| Whitney High School | |
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| Address | |
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701 Wildcat Boulevard , Placer , California 95675 | |
| Coordinates | 38°50′11″N 121°17′18″W / 38.8364°N 121.2884°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Claws Up, Buddies! |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Rocklin Unified |
| Superintendent | Roger Stock[1] |
| Principal | Scott Collins |
| Teaching staff | 91.35 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,984 (2022-23)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.72[2] |
| Hours in school day | 6 hours 55 minutes (8:45 am – 3:40 pm) |
| Classrooms | 65 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Rival | Rocklin High School |
| Newspaper | The Roar |
| Yearbook | Details |
| Feeder schools | Granite Oaks Middle School Spring View Middle School |
| Website | whs |
Whitney High School is a public school located in the southern Placer County city of Rocklin, California, a settlement in the northern Sacramento metropolitan area. Whitney is one of two high schools in Rocklin Unified School District; its counterpart is Rocklin High School. The school is the district's newest educational facility, having opened in 2005 to freshmen and sophomores; Whitney's first freshmen graduated at the end of the 2008–09 school year. That same school year, Whitney was recognized as a California Distinguished School.
The school educates its students using a modified block schedule program that alternates four periods every two days. Students are subject to eight different periods in total. Students at the school are also taught through a standard-based essential skills program, where students must demonstrate mastery of all skills deemed necessary in a class before credits can be earned; additionally, students must achieve a grade higher than C by the year's end, as scores lower than C equate to a "No mark", and the course must be retaken. As of the end of the 2009–10 school year, the high school fielded twenty-three clubs, including an award-winning school yearbook (known as Details), a school newspaper (known as the Roar), and an Emmy winning broadcast program (known as Unleashed). Whitney also ran twenty-three sports teams as of the 2008–09 school year; the football and girls' soccer teams were champions at the 2009 Sac-Joaquin Section Championships for the respective sports.
- ^ "Staff Directory.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Whitney High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 25, 2024.