Ocean View High School
| Ocean View High School | |
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| Address | |
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17071 Gothard Street Huntington Beach, CA United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°42′51″N 118°00′03″W / 33.714299°N 118.000957°WCoordinates: 33°42′51″N 118°00′03″W / 33.714299°N 118.000957°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Knowledge is Power |
| Established | 1976 |
| School district | Huntington Beach Union High School District |
| Principal | Courtney Robinson |
| Number of students | Approximately 1,500 |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and Gold |
| Website | ovhs.info |
Ocean View High School (OVHS) is a public comprehensive college-prep academy located in Huntington Beach, California. OVHS was established in 1976 whose mascot is the Seahawks. Currently, there are approximately 1,470 enrolled students. It is part of the HBUHSD school district, with five other high schools. The school is unique in that, it features the only IB Program in the district. The implementation of “embedded tutorial” at the end of each period two years ago resulted in the biggest drop in the total number of D and F grades for students in the District. It features a Business Academy that has 170 participants, the sole Mandarin Chinese Foreign Language program in the district, and a college preparation curriculum. In addition, the school boasts the highest senior satisfaction survey results of the district. OVHS is also a two-time California Distinguished School.
OVHS is in the International Baccalaureate or IB program. An IB program consists of three main programs: the IB Primary Years Program (PYP), which is for students ages 3 to 12, the IB Middle Years Program (MYP), ages 11 to 16, and the IB Diploma Program (DP), ages 16 to 19.
Ocean View offers many AP classes in addition to its IB classes. Ocean View High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses for students.
In 2008, OVHS was ranked number 775 on the list of Top 1,000 High Schools in the United States, [1] published by Newsweek Magazine. The public schools are ranked by the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate test taken by all students in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
In 2013-2014 it has been ranked #442 in the State and #2018 in the US.
The demographics of the student body are as follows:
American Indian/Alaskan Native 6.3%
Asian 15.0%
Pacific Islander 1.0%
Filipino 2.0%
Hispanic/Latino 64.6%
African American 2.6%
White 8.3%
Other/Declined to state 0.3%
In the 2013-2014 School Year, 43% of the Student Body is enrolled in the Free Lunch Program, and 7% in a Discounted Lunch Program. At 50%, this places OV in what the State of CA refers to as Economically Disadvantaged.
Ocean View's sports teams are members of the Golden West League in CIF Southern Section. The sports offered at OVHS are: baseball, cross-country, track & field, golf, swimming, basketball, wrestling, volleyball, football, soccer, tennis, water polo, and softball.
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