| Bolsa Grande High School | |
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| Address | |
| 9401 Westminster Blvd. Garden Grove, California 92844 |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public High School |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Superintendent | Laura Schwalm |
| Principal | Louise Milner |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,659 (2009) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Garden Grove, California |
| Color(s) | Red, Blue, and White |
| Mascot | Matador |
| Website | http://www.bolsagrande.org |
Bolsa Grande High School is a public high school in the Garden Grove Unified School District in southern California. The school opened September 28, 1959.
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Bolsa Grande (Big Pocket or Big Pouch in Spanish translation; geographically related to Bolsa Chica wetlands, the high school was named after the Bolsa Grande lowlands. Which is the larger of the two topographical depressions and set inland about 5 miles) was recognized as a California Distinguished School. In the year of 2008, the school's API was 770. The following year, 2009, the API dramatically increased up to 789. In 2010, the API took another dramatic increasing to 797, with the average California High School API being 728. In 2011, Bolsa Grande jumped from 797 to an 822, making it the school with the biggest jump in the whole entire district.
Bolsa Grande's sports teams are known as the Matadors, and compete in the Garden Grove League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section.
The school is home to one of only two on-campus football stadiums in the GGUSD (the other is at Garden Grove High School). All seven high schools in the district share these two stadiums during football season.
Track & Field and Swim are some of Bolsa's top sports.