Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove, California)

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Elk Grove High School is a four year public high school located in Elk Grove, California. It is part of the Elk Grove Unified School District along with 8 high schools, 9 middle schools and 40 elementary schools.

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Elk Grove High School, previously known as Elk Grove Union High School, was the first union high school in the state of California. Sixteen elementary districts voted to tax themselves for a high school, and they all remained as separate districts until the entire K-12 district unified in 1959. The high school opened its doors in 1893 at its first site on Main Street (now Derr Street and Elk Grove Boulevard in Old Town Elk Grove). In 1922, a new brick building was constructed where the Joseph Kerr campus is today. In 1964 the school moved to its present site as a three-year high school (senior high) with grades 7-9 at the junior high. Elk Grove is the second oldest high school in Sacramento County. Until 1977and the oldest high school in the Elk Grove Unified School District.

EGUSD.net. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.