| Sunny Hills High School | |
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1801 Lancer Way , 92833 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°53′02″N 117°57′14″W / 33.884°N 117.954°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Established | 1959 |
| School district | Fullerton Joint Union High School District |
| Principal | Craig Weinreich |
| Teaching staff | 90.70 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 2,429 (2022-23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 26.78[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Campus size | 42 acres (170,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Black and gold |
| Athletics | 16 sports[3] |
| Athletics conference | CIF Southern Section[3] |
| Nickname | Lancers |
| Rival | Troy Warriors[2] |
| Newspaper | The Accolade |
| Yearbook | Helios |
| Website | www |
Sunny Hills High School (SHHS) is a public high school located in Fullerton, California, United States. Established in 1959, it is part of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.
The campus, consisting mostly of single-story open plan buildings, is situated on 42 acres (170,000 m2) in western Fullerton.[4]
SHHS has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 1987, and hosts the largest IB program in California. SHHS also offers Advanced Placement classes to its students. It has been recognized four times as a California Distinguished School, in 1988, 1994, 2009, and 2019, and recognized as one of the top high schools in the United States in the March 30, 1998, March 13, 2000, and June 2003 issues of Newsweek magazine.[5] At 284 in the magazine's latest (2007) rankings of public high schools, Sunny Hills remains in the top 0.1 percent of schools in the country.[6] Sunny Hills was presented with the National Blue Ribbon School Award in 2012.[7]
The school contains the Sunny Hills Performing Arts Center, a notable venue in Orange County for classical performances.
- ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - Sunny Hills High (061476001815)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Whitehead, Brian. "The Sunny Hills-Troy rivalry grows on a nearby campus". OC Register. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Directory - CIF Southern Section". Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ Dodero, Tony, "In Fullerton hills, life slows to a trot," Los Angeles Times August 29, 2004.
- ^ "State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces 2019 California Distinguished Schools and Exemplary Districts". California Department of Education.
- ^ Newsweek, Americas Top Public High Schools 2007[dead link]
- ^ Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Sunny Hills High School Profile