| Number of Schools Managed |
37 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
34,588 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$260,105,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$277,731,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$7,520 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,030 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- El Toro High School is a public high school in Lake Forest, California, United States and is one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD). The school has served the area since 1973. The current principal of the school is Dr. Allan Mucerino, who succeeded Dave Ellick at the start of the '07-'08 school year.
- Academics
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El Toro's 2004 API score of 795 tied for highest in the SVUSD. The school began participating in the International Baccalaureate Program in 2004, the program is scheduled to end in 2011 due to district and state budget cuts. . Over 400 computers are available for student use, including 83 computers in the library and four classroom sets of laptops.
- Recent graduates have been admitted to University of Southern California (USC), University of California, Irvine,University of California, San Diego, University of San Diego,University of California, Santa Cruz, Colgate, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Berkeley, UCLA, Notre Dame, Carleton College, Georgetown, Northwestern, Vassar, Duke, Tufts, California Lutheran University, Westmont College, Point Loma Nazarene University and the United States Air Force Academy.
- Athletics
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El Toro's mascot is a bull and teams identify themselves as the Chargers. School colors are blue and gold and teams compete in the CIF Southern Section.
- Recent accomplishments include:
- 1989 Boys Water Polo CIF Champions
- 1990 Boys Soccer CIF Champions
- 1990 Boys Water Polo CIF Champions
- 1991 Boys Water Polo CIF Champions
- 1995 Football CIF Champions
- 1999 Boys' Water Polo CIF Finalists
- 2000 Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalists
- 2001 Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalists
- 2001 Boys’ Cross Country Orange County Champions
- 2000 Girls’ Basketball CIF Semi-Finalist
- 2000 Girls’ Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalist
- 2001 Girls’ Volleyball CIF Finalist
- 2005 Boys' Basketball CIF Finalist
- 2005 Boys' Water Polo Quarter-Finalist
- 2005 Songleaders 3rd place Nationals
- 2006 Boys' Lacrosse State Champions
- 2006 Girls' Volleyball League Champs
- 2006 Boys' Water Polo CIF Champions
- 2006 Boys' Water Polo Masters' Finalist
- 2006 Varsity Cheer National Champions
- 2006 Songleaders 2nd place Nationals
- 2007 Songleaders 2nd place Nationals
- 2007 JV Cheer US Spiritleaders Champions
- 2007 Boys' Lacrosse CIF Finalist
- 2007 Boys' Swimming League Champions
- 2007 Boys' Football CIF Quarter-Finalist
- 2007 Boys' Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalist
- 2007 Boys' Water Polo Masters' Finalist
- 2008 Boys' Baseball CIF Champions
- 2008 Boys' Swimming League Champions
- 2008 Boys' Water Polo CIF Finalist
- 2008 Boys' Water Polo Masters' Champion
- 2009 Boys' Swimming League Champions
- 2009 Girls' Swimming League Champions
- 2009 Boys' Soccer CIF Champions
- 2009 Boys' Track and Field League Co-Champions (Shared with Trabuco Hills High School)
- 2009 Boys' Lacrosse League Finalist
- 2009 Songleaders 3rd place Nationals
- Extracurricular Activities
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El Toro students participate in over 45 clubs and organizations. Two-thirds of the student body are involved in athletics, visual and performing arts and/or campus activities.
- El Toro is home to the districts best drama department. In 2008-2009 the department won first place at the Roleabout festival, first place at the Rancho Cucamonga one act festival, and first place at the Musical Theatre Competition of America. They also put on three main stage productions each year. (ethsdrama.com)
- El Toro's very own Peace club has raised money to support two children through world vision. One in Guatemala and one in Peru. Peace club has also done PEACE demonstrations to increase public awareness of global problems. The club was started by Aze Perkins.
- El Toro's newspaper, The BullETin was awarded a gold award from Columbia University for its 2005-2006 school year.
- Available programs include Model United Nations, Mock Trial, Scholastic Competition, Video Production, Web Page Design, and Virtual Economics. The Read 180 Program and the Newcomers Program were introduced in 2003. El Toro has highly recognized programs in the fine and performing arts including:
- Instrumental Music and Pageantry Program
The Royal Blue Regiment Marching Band and Color Guard
2003 [[Western Band Association|WBA]] Class AAA Marching Band/Color Guard State Champions
2005 WBA Class AAAA State Championship Finalist
2007 WBA Class AAA State Championship Finalist
Jazz Band
2008 Coronado High School Jazz Festival, Novice division, 1st place
2009 Trabuco Hills High School Jazz Festival, Novice division, 1st place
2009 Coronado High School Jazz Festival, Intermediate division, 1st place
Symphonic Band
Wind Ensemble
- Award-Winning Drama Department
Recent productions include:
"Barnum" - Spring 2007
Neil Simone's "Fools" - Fall 2007
"Little Shop of Horrors" - Spring 2008
"101 Dalmatians" - Spring 2008
- "Every 15 Minutes" (presented every other year) is an educational experience that reminds the students, family and faculty of the dangers associated with driving while impaired. It was most recently presented in April 2008.
- Every year, the El Toro Engineering Club participates in the Solar Cup race in Temecula, building a solar powered motorized boat, and racing it against other teams across the state.
- El Toro High School has two award winning competition show choirs, Soundsation and Choralistics. In April 2009, both choirs competed twice earning 3 golds and one silver. Many alumni of the vocal music program have gone on to perform on stage, screen, and on Broadway productions.
- Awards
- California Distinguished School 1988, 1994, & 2001.
- National Blue Ribbon Nominee 1994 & 2001.
- California “Top 100” High Schools Selection.
- 15 National Merit Finalists; 15 Semi-Finalists in the past 5 years.
- 2005 Rancho Cucamonga One Act Festival First Place (for the one act WA)
- 2008 Rancho Cucamonga One Act Festival First Place (for the one act The Cards of Fate)
- Notable alumni
- Actress Erin Murphy and fraternal twin sister Diane Murphy, Bewitched
- Elizabeth George, Mystery Novelist
- Brad Davis, Musician, Bassist, Fu Manchu
- Elliott Parks State Champ in 1996 (high jump) Still holds the Orange County Record at 7'2"
- Ginger Reyes, American rock bassist with the bands Smashing Pumpkins and Halo Friendlies
- Lindsay Soto of the Fox Sports Network
- Swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno, four-time Olympic medalist
- Rob Johnson, NFL Quarterback
- Steve Stenstrom, NFL Quarterback
- Actor Brian Krause, Charmed
- Elaine Youngs, Professional Beach Volleyball Player - AVP tour
- Ryan Mariano, Professional Indoor Volleyball Player - Europe, Professional Beach Volleyball player - AVP Tour
- Matt Spencer, Musician, Tony Furtado & the American Gypsies, The Motet, Hamster Theatre
- Actor Michael Landes, Wonder Years, The New Adventures of Lois & Clark
- Other activities
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During the California Wild Fires in 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made a speech at El Toro High School.
- On one side of the school there is a set of 20 stairs know as the "El Toro 20, and these stairs have been used in many professional skateboarding videos as a grind rail.
- External links
- Official school site
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