La Sierra High School

La Sierra High School
Address
Map
4145 La Sierra Avenue

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92505

United States
Coordinates33°54′33″N 117°28′45″W / 33.90927°N 117.47919°W / 33.90927; -117.47919
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Soaring high with pride"
Established1969
PrincipalTania Cabeza
Staff77.88 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,501 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.27[1]
Color(s)Navy blue and white   
MascotEagle
WebsiteLa Sierra High

La Sierra High School, located in Riverside, California, United States, is a public high school in the Alvord Unified School District that was founded on August 28, 1969. Tania Cabeza is the principal.[2] La Sierra High School's official school colors are navy blue and white. Red is the accent color and has been since the school opened.

The two main feeder schools for La Sierra High are Arizona and Villegas intermediate schools. La Sierra's rivals are Norte Vista and Hillcrest, the other public high schools in Alvord Unified.

Recent events

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In 2005, La Sierra High School was awarded a 6-year clear accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, making it the first comprehensive high school in the entire Inland Empire to earn this distinction.

In the 2007–2008 school year, approximately 3,200 students attended La Sierra High.

Hillcrest High School opened in fall 2012 to relieve crowding at La Sierra.

Academics and test scores

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Test scores

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API

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In 2005, La Sierra High School increased its API (Academic Performance Index (California public schools)) to 715 from the 2004 base score of 679. Although it met the school-wide growth target, it did not meet the state subgroup growth targets. To encourage schools to improve achievement for all students, the state computes APIs and sets improvement targets for the different student subgroups at the school.

2005 API base by subgroup
Subgroup API base
All students 715
African-American 690
Asian 791
Hispanic 676
White/Caucasian 761
Socioeconomically
disadvantaged
664
English learners 648
Special education 487

CST results

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In 2005, La Sierra's students met or exceeded the state expectations on the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) as listed below:[3]

Subject Freshmen pass rate (%) Sophomore pass rate (%) Junior pass rate (%)
Algebra 1 4 2 3
Algebra 2 80 24 6
Biology / Life sciences 20 14 12
Chemistry -- 22 12
Earth sciences 5 20 19
English 39 32 30
Geometry 46 10 6
World history -- 29 --
U.S. history -- -- 39

CAHSEE results

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All data below reflect the percentage of sophomore, junior and senior students who passed the CAHSEE sections.

ELA[4]
Year Percent passed
2002 65
2003 67
2004 71
2005 65
2006 61
Mathematics[4]
Year Percent passed
2002 24
2003 40
2004 70
2005 67
2006 91

Athletics

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La Sierra is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) River Valley League along with Hillcrest, Jurupa Valley, Norte Vista, Patriot and Ramona high schools. They won the boys' state team track title in June 2009 which was the first boys' team track title in Riverside County history.

Teachers

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Category Total # of teachers[5]
La Sierra 120
District 899
County 18,164
State 307,864
Type of credential Teachers (state) Teachers (LSHS)
Full 307,864 (94.2%) 114 (95.0%)
University intern 7,668 (2.5%) 3 (2.5%)
District intern 2,690 (0.9%) 2 (1.7%)
Pre-intern 1,150 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%)
Emergency 9,922 (3.2%) 1 (0.8%)
Waiver 1,298 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%)

According to the California Department of Education, in the 2005–2006 school year, teachers at La Sierra had 11.1 years average teaching experience and had spent an average of 10 years teaching in the Alvord Unified School District. The average class size was ~ 34.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "La Sierra High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Administration / Dr. Tania Cabeza, Principal". Alvord Schools. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program [1]. Accessed November 2, 2006.
  4. ^ a b California High School Exit Examination Cahsee Results. Accessed November 2, 2006.
  5. ^ California Department of Education website. CDE website. Accessed November 2, 2006.
  6. ^ "What is known so far about Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the San Bernardino shooting suspects". 4 December 2015.
  7. ^ LA SIERRA HS 1985 FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO WCC JESSE JAMES
  8. ^ a b "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
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