School Profile 2025-26
Vision
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.
Mission
The mission of the Santa Rosa High School is to produce students who are educated, productive citizens of our society 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.
Administrators
- Principal- Dr. Kimberly Clissold
- Vice Principal - Jill Finnerty
- Vice Principal - Michael Casper
- Vice Principal -Hector Soto
- Vice Principal - Debra LaPrath
SCHOOL STATISTICS
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 grade 7-12 high school, serving approximately 1900 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 celebrated its 150th year on October 4-5, 2024.
| HS Enrollment: | Grade 12 – 354 | Grade 11 - 347 | Grade 10 - 396 | Grade 9 - 326 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Enrollment | Grade 8 - | Grade 7 - | ||
| 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. | |||
| Contact Information: | 1234 Mendocino Ave. Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Phone: (707) 890-3850 CEEB: #053330 |
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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 and Transcripts
Transcripts are generated on a 4.0 GPA
scale. Courses designated Honors and
AP are weighted one extra grade point
for the grades above 70%. State GPA is
an overall GPA excluding physical
education marks.
GRADING SCALE
- A = 4.0 GPA scale determines
- B = 3.0
- C = 2.0
- D = 1.0
- F = 0.0
- WF = 0.0
Honors & AP Courses
| 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.
Special Programs
ArtQuest is a public school magnet program for the Visual and Performing Arts at Santa Rosa High School. The passion, commitment and discipline of the Arts is connected to the energy of academic learning. Students imagine meaningful concepts, develop strong technical skills, and critically assess their work and the work of others.