Hillsdale High School (San Mateo, California)
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3115 Del Monte Street San Mateo, California 94403 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°31′57″N 122°18′46″W / 37.532403°N 122.312669°WCoordinates: 37°31′57″N 122°18′46″W / 37.532403°N 122.312669°W |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1955 |
| Principal | Jeff Gilbert |
| Faculty | 77 |
| Number of students | 1,375 (2015-2016) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Columbia Blue, Scarlet Red |
| Mascot | Fighting Knight |
| Rival | Aragon High School |
| Website | www |
Hillsdale High School is a public high school in San Mateo, California serving grades 9–12 as part of the San Mateo Union High School District. Hillsdale generally serves the residents of San Mateo and Foster City. Feeder schools include Abbott, Borel, Bowditch, and Bayside middle schools.
Hillsdale High School has received a number of awards and honors:
The original 1955 campus is noted for the model it set for area schools, in particular the use of natural lighting, landscaping, and a combination of exterior and interior passages. SMUHSD residents approved Measure D in 2000 and Measure M in 2006, which directly funded the repair and modernization of District schools, including Hillsdale.
In 2003, the city of San Mateo approved funding for Hillsdale to put in Small Learning Communities (SLCs). Hillsdale is divided into six SLCs, also known as "Houses," each of which are named after important historical cities: Florence, Kyoto, and Marrakech in the 9th and 10th grades, and Cusco, Jakarta, and Timbuktu in the 11th and 12th grades. The Houses are designed to be individual small schools of 200-280 students each. Hillsdale's academic performance, as measured by the Academic Performance Index (API), has increased from a score of 662 in pre-SLC school year 2002-03 to 818 in 2012-13, exceeding the statewide API performance target of 800 for all schools.
In 2008, Hillsdale put in new batting cages for the boys baseball and girls softball teams and received a new turf field. The track field was re-done as a turf field in 2008 so that football games could be played at "home" and other sports could have access to the field as well. There are two gyms [Big (Homer P. Zugelder) and Small], and two theaters [Little Theater and Auditorium]. There are three levels of the high school, which all have accessibility ramps, and an elevator is right beside the main office.
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