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Novato High School

625 Arthur St., Novato, CA, 94947-4499 -

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Definition of Terms

Novato High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Marin County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1184 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

51 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 329 students

Grade 10 - 313 students

Grade 11 - 285 students

Grade 12 - 257 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:23

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	3%
% Asian	7%	8%
% Hispanic	22%	39%
% Black	4%	9%
% White	65%	36%
% Unknown	2 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

15%

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Novato Unified School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	18	7
Number of Students Managed	7,952 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$63,984,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$74,062,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,046	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$9,314	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Lobbying for lights (Novato Advance)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:05:26 am
Dale Kline, the President of the Novato High School Sports Boosters Club, has been leading the charge to get lights for night games installed at Novato and San Marin high schools.
Novato Notebook (Novato Advance)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:10:13 pm
Hoffmann shoots 86 in NCS golf tourney Novato High freshman Ali Hoffmann shot a 12-over-par 86 at the North Coast Section Golf Championships at Baywood CC in Arcata Monday.
As deportation nears, Novato family draws national attention (Marin Independent Journal)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 07:21:52 am
With the scheduled deportation of his parents fast approaching, the case of Gilbert Mejia-Perez, an 18-year-old Novato resident in legal limbo until July 2010, is drawing national attention.
Novato school officials struggle to quell clamor over lights (Marin Independent Journal)
posted on October 28, 2009 at 08:51:42 pm
Novato school officials have given themselves two weeks to decide whether to use leftover bond money to install lights at the district's two high school football fields.
Sound to be turned down at NHS games (Novato Advance)
posted on October 28, 2009 at 07:54:13 pm
Neighbors who oppose athletic-field lights for night football games at Novato High School weren’t able to get the school board to abandon the idea.

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Novato High School (NHS) is a high school located in Novato, California, in Marin County.
History
Built in 1955 and founded in 1957, it is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Novato Unified School District, the other being San Marin High School.
Demographics
Since the mid 1980's the schools student population has ranged from 1000-1200 students. As of recent, the demographic distribution is White (67.1%), Latino/Mexican (20.1%), Black (4.0%), Asian (5.7%), and Other (3.1%).
Campus
NHS rests on a thirty-eight acre site, with two gymnasiums, a Lecture Hall/Performing Arts Center, three computer centers, a library with a computer lab, dance studio, weight room, and a music room. Outdoor facilities include tennis courts, basketball courts, softball and baseball diamonds, a recently built, state of the art turf football stadium, soccer field, and a swimming pool.
Curriculum
Novato High School has several comprehensive academic program including college preparatory courses, Honors and Advanced Placement classes, fine and performing arts classes, and industrial arts courses. Novato High School also provides support services such as the English Language Development (ELD) Programs for those students who require additional resources.
Performing and Visual Arts
Teaching staff work with administration during faculty meetings, where open discussion about school issues take place. In addition, NHS has extensive parent involvement, via the Marin School of the Arts (MSA) Boosters, Sports Boosters, English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC), Parent Teacher Association (PTSA), Drama Boosters, Site Leadership Team, and Parent Beautification Committee, among others.
Athletics
Varsity sports teams of note include football, volleyball, soccer, baseball, basketball, and water polo. The football program has won four California regional (North Coast Section) titles in the last six years (2002, 2005, 2006 & 2007). .On Dec. 9th, 2007 The Varsity Football Team was elected to play in California's Div. II State Championship and lost to Oceanside of San Diego, 28-14 in Carson, CA. The boy's soccer team came in first in the North Coast Section tournament for the first time in school history in 2007 beating Marin Catholic 1-0. The baseball program recently won the North Coast Section championship in the spring of 2007. The women's basketball program won the California state Div. II championship in the 1986 season, in which they went undefeated, 35-0. The Novato High School Varsity Water Polo team received third place at the county level (Marin County Athletic League) in 2005 and 2006..

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