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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

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