Colfax High School (California)
| Colfax High School | |
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| Address | |
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24995 Ben Taylor Rd. Colfax, California 95713 USA |
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| Coordinates | 39°06′27″N 120°57′57″W / 39.1076°N 120.9659°WCoordinates: 39°06′27″N 120°57′57″W / 39.1076°N 120.9659°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1959 |
| School board | Placer Union High |
| NCES District ID | 0630750 |
| Superintendent | Dave Horsey |
| NCES School ID | 063075004781 |
| Principal | Paul Lundberg |
| Teaching staff | 41 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 715 |
| Average class size | 25–27 |
| Campus size | 40 acres (160,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Mascot | Falcons |
| Rival | Placer High School |
| API average | 835 |
| Average SAT scores | 1606 |
| Newspaper | Pulse Magazine |
| Yearbook | The Evergreen |
| CDS Code | 31668943131851 |
| Website | https://sites.google.com/a/puhsd.k12.ca.us/colfax/home |
Colfax High School is a four-year public high school in Colfax, California in the United States. It is in the Placer Union High School District in Placer County. The school currently serves about 700 students living between Auburn, Grass Valley, and Alta/Dutch Flat. The school itself is located on 40 acres (16 ha) in the Bear River valley north of downtown Colfax and adjacent to Colfax Elementary School.
The student body self-identified as 85.3% white, the average classroom size is 25–27, and there are 3.6 students per computer. Students are also given chromebooks as of 2014. 95% of the teachers have a full credential and the average length of time they have been teaching is 19 years. The graduation rate is 100.0% as of the 2007-08 academic year.
Colfax High's mascot is the falcon, school colors are green and white.
Colfax High offers 10 AP classes in subjects including English, Calculus, Statistics, Physics, Microeconomics, U.S. Government, Environmental Science, and U.S. History. 36.2% of 2008 Colfax High graduates completed the UC/CSU high school course requirements.
Colfax High School has a drama program that operates as Creators of Riveting Entertainment a backronym of C.O.R.E. The drama program uses Colfax High's 500 seat performing arts center finished in 2003, inaugurated with a performance of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in 2004. In 2011, C.O.R.E. launched its first musical production, Guys and Dolls. The musical theater program continued into the next year with a production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The school also has a chamber choir program, which has won the Gold award at the WorldStrides Heritage Music Festival for 15 consecutive seasons. Other student media includes a yearbook (The Evergreen), a magazine (The Pulse), and from 1981-2011 a yearly calendar produced by the art program. It has in the past had a film and media class (Thunderpaw Multimedia), as well as an apparel store (Greenline Inc.). The film and media class used to produce yearly video yearbooks and short films, a few of which won awards.
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