Davis Senior High School

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Davis Senior High School (Davis High School or DHS) is the largest of three high schools located in Davis, California, in the United States. DHS is a WASC accredited, 3-year, public, comprehensive high school covering grades 10-12. The campus opened its current location in 1961. Enrollment for school year 2004-2005 was 1,831 students. The school's mascot is the Blue Devil.

Leonardo da Vinci High School is located on the Davis Senior High School campus.

1 School killing
2 Academics
3 Athletics
4 Notable Alumni
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] School killing

On May 4, 1983, Vietnamese-American student Thong Hy Huynh was stabbed to death by a white student on campus after Huynh was taunted by a group of white students.[1]

[edit] Academics

Approximately 96% of Davis High School's 2004 graduates continued on to higher education, with 66% attending 4-year colleges and 30% attending 2-year colleges. The median SAT score for Davis High seniors in 2003-04 was 610 Math, 578 Verbal. Davis High offers 20 AP courses, with 80.5% of testtakers earning a passing grade of 3 or above in 2004. 14 students were named National Merit Scholar semifinalists in 2004-05.

Davis High students occasionally elect to take courses at UC Davis or the Davis center of Sacramento City College.

Davis Senior High faced a loss in funding in 2006 when less than the required 95% of students reported in for STAR testing. [2]

[edit] Athletics

Davis High School has a proud tradition of athletic excellence. DHS is a member of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The Blue Devils have more team championships (86) than any other school in the section [3], although admittedly, the team with the second-most championships (77), Jesuit High School, is an all-boys school. DHS won five section championships in the 2005-2006 school year, in Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys Soccer, Boys Water Polo and Girls Swimming. Davis High's principal athletic rivals are Woodland High School and Jesuit.