Yorba Linda High School

Yorba Linda High School
Location
19900 Bastanchury Rd. Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Yorba Linda, California, (Orange County), 92886
United States
Coordinates 33°54′12.4″N 117°46′44.5″W / 33.903444°N 117.779028°W / 33.903444; -117.779028Coordinates: 33°54′12.4″N 117°46′44.5″W / 33.903444°N 117.779028°W / 33.903444; -117.779028
Information
Type Public
Motto Run with the Stampede
Established 2009
School district Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Principal Mr. Dave Flynn
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1850 (est.)
Color(s)                Navy Blue, Crimson, Silver
Mascot Mustangs
Information (714) 986-7500
Website ylhs.org

Yorba Linda High School (YLHS) is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Yorba Linda, California, and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.

The school's colors are Navy Blue, Crimson, and Silver. The school mascot is the Mustang. Most students come from Yorba Linda, with the rest generally residing in Anaheim and east Placentia.

The school site occupies over 70 acres (280,000 m2) and it is planned that the school will have over 170,000 square feet (16,000 m2) of classroom and administrative space, including a library, gymnasium, performing arts spaces, a pool, an adjacent joint-use park, baseball fields, and a large stadium facility.[1]

Student Life

The ethnic distribution was 62% White, 17% Asian, 16% Hispanic, and 5% other in the 2015/2016 school year.[2]

Academics

To graduate from YLHS, a student tis required to complete 4 years of language arts, 2 years of Math, 3 years of Social Studies, 2 years of Science, 1 year of a Foreign Language or Fine Arts, 1 year of Health/Academic Planning, 2 years of Physical Education, as well as 80 credits worth of electives, 40 hours of community service, and complete the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).[3]

As of the 2015/2016 school year, 16 Honors Courses and 23 Advanced Placement (AP) Courses were offered.[4]

The school was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2013.

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