Rancho Cucamonga High School

Rancho Cucamonga High School
Address
11801 Lark Drive Rancho Cucamonga, California 91701 USA
Information
Type	Public
Established	1991
School district	Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Principal	Cary Willborn
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	3,371 (2016-17)
Color(s)	Purple      Silver      Black
Team name	Cougars
Rival	Los Osos High School
Newspaper	The Cat's Eye
Information	909-989-1600
Website	Official website

Rancho Cucamonga High School is a public high school located in the city of Rancho Cucamonga in Southern California's Inland Empire. It is one of nine high schools in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. Rancho Cucamonga High School opened in August 1992 with an enrollment of approximately 1,500 ninth to eleventh grade students. Today, RCHS has an enrollment of approximately 3,400 students in the 9th through 12th grades.

In 1996 and in 2003, Rancho Cucamonga High School was honored as one of California's Distinguished Schools. In 1997 and in 2003, Rancho Cucamonga High School was accredited by WASC for 6 years. Rancho Cucamonga High School was honored in 1998 as a State of California nominee as a national Blue Ribbon School. In 1999, RCHS joined the ranks of California's digital high schools. It serves students from Ruth Musser, and Etiwanda District schools (primarily Etiwanda Intermediate). Rancho Cucamonga High School has been recognized as a Silver Medal School by U.S. News & World Report.

Rancho Cucamonga High School has posted an Academic Performance Index (API) rating of over 800 since the 2009-2010 school year, with a score of 839 in the 2011-2012 school year.

RCHS offers 21 Advanced Placement courses as of the 2013-2014 school year, with about 30% of the students taking one or more AP courses. RCHS also uses California Standardized Testing and Reporting, and supports the GATE program.

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