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Moorpark High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the Mountain Meadows neighborhood of Moorpark, Ventura County, California, and serves students from grades 9 through 12.[2] It is part of the Moorpark Unified School District; and had an enrollment of 1,908 students for the 2018–19 school year.[3] The student/teacher ratio for 2017–18 was 23:1.[4] Moorpark High School is accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[5] Moorpark High School takes pupils from two main feeder middle schools: Chaparral Middle School and Mesa Verde Middle School.[6]
| Moorpark High School | |
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| Address | |
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4500 Tierra Rejada Road , 93021 | |
| Coordinates | 34°16′11″N 118°53′53″W / 34.26972°N 118.89806°W |
| Information | |
| Former names | Moorpark Memorial Union High School, Moorpark Union High School |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "All for One, One for All" |
| Established | 1919 |
| Principal | Zaid Bakoo |
| Teaching staff | 71.54 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,849 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 25.85[1] |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | CIF Southern Section Coastal Canyon League |
| Nickname | Musketeers |
| Website | mhs |
In addition to Moorpark, the school district it includes a portion of Santa Rosa Valley.[7]
History
editThe school was established in 1919 as Moorpark Memorial Union High School.[8][9] The campus was originally located at 280 Casey Road (through the end of the 1987–1988 school year before being relocated to its current campus at 4500 Tierra Rejada Road). "Memorial" was included in the school name as a remembrance of servicemen lost during the First World War.[9]
Moorpark High School has been noted for its performance in Academic Decathlon, winning the national championship four times with the latest in 2009.[10]
Notable alumni
edit- Kelli Berglund, actress
- Greg Estandia, Jacksonville Jaguars/Cleveland Browns tight end
- Sunny Hale (1968–2017), polo player for the Outback Polo Team; and first woman to win the U.S. Open.[11][12]
- Chad Hansen, New York Jets wide receiver
- Drake London, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver
- Jonah Monheim, college football offensive lineman for the USC Trojans[13]
- Zach Penprase (born 1985), Israeli-American baseball player for the Israel National Baseball Team
- Dennis Pitta, Baltimore Ravens tight end
- Dillon Price (a.k.a. "Attach"), Call of Duty World Champion 2015
- Grant Rohach, former American football quarterback[14]
- Chastin West, Detroit Lions wide receiver
References
edit- ^ a b c "Moorpark High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ "Student Accountability Report Card". California Dept of Education SARC Online. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Enrollment by Ethnicity and Grade – Moorpark High (CA Dept of Education)". data1.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Fiscal, Demographic, and Performance Data on California's K-12 School". Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Directory of Schools". Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "Moorpark Unified School Sites". Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ventura County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved October 18, 2024. - Text list
- ^ "History of Moorpark Unified School District". www.mrpk.org. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "Moorpark History". Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ Mehta, Seema (April 26, 2009). "Moorpark wins 4th Academic Decathlon championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Moorpark Polo Players Advance in N.Y." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ Shapiro, T. Rees. "Sunny Hale, top-ranked polo player of peerless style and audacious speed, dies at 48". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ Ledin, Loren (August 19, 2019). "Monheim brings the power to Moorpark". Ventura County Star. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Appelbaum, Eliav (November 20, 2009). "Football is a family affair at Moorpark High". Moorpark Acorn. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.