School Profile
Santa Rosa High School School Profile 2024-2025
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Santa Rosa High School is to produce students who are educated, productive citizens of our society, and prepared to enter post-secondary education and employment opportunities. They will be critical thinkers and consumers, aware of the social and political consequences of their choices.
VISION STATEMENT
Santa Rosa High School has an uncompromising commitment to achieve powerful results for all students. Students are confident, inquisitive, principled, and respectful. All students are actively engaged, share in the responsibility for their own learning, and attain high standards. Personal and interpersonal growth, leadership, and service are valued and fostered. Each student graduates prepared for success.
COMMUNITY
Santa Rosa is an increasingly diverse community. It has traditionally been a support and service community for the rich agricultural area north of San Francisco to the Oregon border. The city has developed industry and is becoming a leader in the telecommunication and biotechnology fields. The current population is approximately 178,000.
SCHOOL
Established in 1874, Santa Rosa High School is the oldest of five high schools city-wide and the sixth-most senior high school in California. It has maintained its rich traditions as a comprehensive high school, serving approximately 1557 students of many cultures and over 20 languages. This school has the reputation of sending many students to four-year universities and having some of the highest SAT scores in Sonoma County. Santa Rosa High School will celebrate its 150th year this October 4-5, 2024.
| Enrollment: 1557 | Grade 12 – 354 | Grade 11 - 404 | Grade 10 - 398 | Grade 9 - 401 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty: | Certificated staff members 84 | Pupil/teacher ratio: 20:1 | ||
| Staff with Masters 21 | Pupil/counselor ratio: 389:1 | |||
| Accreditation: | Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). | |||
| School year/day: | The school year is 180 days, August-June, consisting of a 6-period day with 55-minute periods. CEEB School Code Number is: 053-330 |
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
220 credits are required to include the following subject requirements:
| English | 40 credits |
| Social Science | 30 credits |
| Mathematics | 30 credits |
| Physical Education | 20 credits |
| Science | 20 credits |
| World Language | 20 credits |
| Visual & Performing Arts | 10 credits |
| Electives | 50 credits |
GRADING SCALE
- A = 4.0 GPA scale determines
- B = 3.0
- C = 2.0
- D = 1.0
- F = 0.0
- WF = 0.0
RANK IN CLASS
Rank in class
based on all classes completed in grades 9-11,
including junior college courses.
| COLLEGE ENTRANCE: |
Entering all colleges - 82% *4-year colleges - 21% 2-year colleges - 61% |
|---|---|
| GRADUATION RATE: | 88% |
| Advance Placement * | Honors Courses |
|---|---|
| AP Biology HP* | Living Earth-HP |
| AP Calculus AB* | French 2-HP |
| AP Chemistry 1* | French 3 -HP |
| AP English Lit * | Spanish 2-HP |
| AP Env. Science * | Spanish 3-HP |
| AP Euro History * | Ag Soil Chem-HP |
| AP French Lang * | World History-HP |
| AP Lang & Comp * | Math 2-HP |
| AP Physics 1 * | AQ English 1-HP |
| AP Precalc HP * | English 1HP |
| AP Spanish Lang * | Math 3-HP |
| AP Art 2D * | AQ Adv Dance HP |
| AP Statistics * | AQ Photo HP |
| AP Art 3D * | AQ English 2-HP |
| AP US History * | English 2-HP |
| AP US Govt * | AQ Adv. Theatre-HP |
| AP Macro * | AQ Fine Arts-HP |
| ETHS Eng 3-HP |
AP exams are offered in all coursework listed as AP. Advanced Placement results show that 190 students (12% of the student body) participated in exams with an 80% passing rate of 3 or above. *AP courses.
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT):
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges have become test-optional. This is because many SAT administrations were canceled during 2020 and 2021, as it was deemed potentially unsafe for students to take the test in person.
| CLASS | READING/ WRITING |
ALL-TEST TAKERS | MATH | ALL-TEST TAKERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 460 avg | 568 avg | ||
| 2021 | 673 avg | 623 avg | ||
| 2020 | N/A | N/A | ||
| 2019 | 578 | 536 | 589 | 531 |
| 2018 | 602 | 560 | 595 | 555 |
| 2017 * | 590 | 538 | 588 | 533 |
| 2016 | 542/529 | 494/484 | 537 | 508 |
| 2015 | 542/536 | 495/484 | 535 | 511 |
| 2014 | 555/552 | 497/487 | 556 | 513 |
| 2013 | 574/563 | 496/488 | 569 | 514 |
| 2012 | 589/577 | 495/496 | 576 | 512 |
| 2011 | 565/565 | 497/489 | 568 | 514 |
| 2010 | 587/588 | 501/492 | 598 | 516 |
| 2009 | 571/567 | 501/493 | 572 | 515 |
| 2008 | 552/551 | 502/494 | 564 | 515 |
*In 2017, the College Board released “Reading and Writing” as a singular score referred to as “Evidence-Based Reading and Writing” (ERW).
ADMINISTRATION
- Principal- Dr. Mark Ryan
- Vice Principal - Valerie Jordan
- Assistant Principal - Ed Weber
- Assistant Principal -Jill Finnerty
SCHOOL COUNSELORS
- Kris Bertsch
- Adam Derum
- Seth Geffner
- Marlene Nemoede
- Tracy Batchelder, CCC
- Courtney Crakow - MTSS