La Sierra High School

La Sierra High School
Address
4145 La Sierra Avenue
Riverside, California 92505
United States
Coordinates 33°54′33″N 117°28′45″W / 33.90927°N 117.47919°W / 33.90927; -117.47919Coordinates: 33°54′33″N 117°28′45″W / 33.90927°N 117.47919°W / 33.90927; -117.47919
Information
Type Public
Motto "Soaring high with pride."
Established 1969
Principal Joshua Moss
Color(s) Navy and White         
Mascot Eagle
Website La 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. Joshua Moss is the principal. 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 Intermediate and Villegas Intermediate schools. La Sierra's rivals are Norte Vista High School and Hillcrest High School (Riverside, California), the other public high schools in Alvord Unified.

Recent events

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

As of the 2007-2008 school year, approximately 3200 students attend La Sierra High.

Hillcrest High School opened in the Fall of 2012 to relieve crowding at La Sierra.

La Sierra won the Boys State Team Track title in June 2009. It was the first Boys Team Track title in Riverside County History.

Academics and test scores

Test scores

API

As of 2005, La Sierra High School has increased its API 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

As of 2005, La Sierra's students met or exceeded the state expectations on the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) as listed below:[1]

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

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

ELA[2]
Year Percent Passed
2002 65
2003 67
2004 71
2005 65
2006 61
Mathematics[2]
Year Percent Passed
2002 24
2003 40
2004 70
2005 67
2006 91

Athletics

La Sierra is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) River Valley League along with Hillcrest High School, Jurupa Valley High School, Norte Vista High School, Patriot High School and Ramona High School.

Teachers

Category Total # of Teachers[3]
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, the teachers at La Sierra have 11.1 average teaching experience and have spent an average of 10 years teaching in the Alvord Unified School District (as of 2005-2006 school year). The average class size is ~ 34.


Notable alumni

References

  1. California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program . Accessed on 02 November, 2006.
  2. 1 2 California High School Exit Examination Cahsee Results. Accessed on 02 November, 2006.
  3. California Department of Education website. CDE website. Accessed on 02 November, 2006.
  4. LA SIERRA HS 1985 FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO WCC JESSE JAMES
  5. 1 2 "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
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