Foothill High School - Tustin, California/CA

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Foothill High School

300 South C St., Tustin, CA, 92780 -

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Definition of Terms

Foothill High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2109 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

80 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 558 students

Grade 10 - 491 students

Grade 11 - 467 students

Grade 12 - 593 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:26

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	9%	11%
% Hispanic	30%	50%
% Black	1%	7%
% White	57%	28%
% Unknown	3 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

44%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Tustin Unified School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	28	4
Number of Students Managed	20,195 students	1,760 students
District Total Revenue	$157,736,000	$14,612,000
District Expenditure	$178,865,000	$15,326,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,811	$7,880
District Expenditure / Student	$8,857	$7,807
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Foothill High School is a public high school located in unincorporated community of North Tustin in Orange County, California, with a mailing address of Santa Ana, California; however, it is a high school in the Tustin Unified School District.
It is the only school in the Tustin Unified School District to offer the International Baccalaureate program. It is a multiple recipient of the California Distinguished School and National Blue Ribbon School awards.
Mission statement: Foothill High School fosters a positive and rigorous learning environment, which encourages students to value themselves and others while pursuing their maximum potential. In this environment, students care about developing personal values; respect artistic, cultural, and intellectual diversity; and produce quality work.
History and culture: Opened in September 1963 on 37 acres of land, it is the second oldest high school in the Tustin Unified School District. Its name is derived from its literal position at the base of Cowan Heights and Lemon Heights in North Tustin. The school's colors are black and gold. The school's mascot is the Knight.
Traditions: One of the many traditions is the long-standing feud between the Tustin High School and Foothill High School football teams. The assembly to promote this game usually involves a squad of "Tustin Cheerleaders": volunteer Foothill males dressed in skimpy outfits using inflated balloons for breasts who dance in choreographed, cheerleader-style routines to make a mockery of Tustin High School. At the end of the performance, a stereotyped "hillbilly" Tiller (Tustin High School's mascot) arrives and is swiftly defeated by the Foothill school mascot, the Knight.
"Senior Munch" is another integral part of Foothill tradition. As indicated by its name, Senior Munch is a day in which the senior class is allowed to have an off-campus event during the week. While the events vary slightly from year to year, they generally include: breakfast at Knott's Berry Farm.
dinner and a "joust" at Medieval Times.
There are usually three Munches per year; this number can decrease if low attendance is expected.
Programs: Foothill High School has many strong academic programs, including the Advanced Placement program and the International Baccalaureate program. In addition, students can join the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program, designed to help "B" and "C" students move on to a four-year college or university. During the 2003-2004 school year, a biweekly 40-minute "reading period" was introduced in order to provide on-campus, free tutoring to students. This program has since been expanded in order to provide California High School Exit Exam tutoring for juniors and seniors in danger of not graduating as a result of failure to pass the CAHSEE.
Since the 2005-2006 school year, almost all classes use the online educational service Edline.
International baccalaureate: In addition, there are 5 IB Higher Level and 8 IB Standard Level courses offered, but because of the individualized nature of International Baccalaureate study, students are able to take many of the higher level classes as a standard level study and vice versa.
Knightlife: Foothill Knightlife is the school newspaper formerly under the faculty guidance of Bobby Coulter. However, because of "personal reasons," Coulter decided to step down from the position at the end of the 2006 school year following six years of leadership. During his tenure as faculty adviser, the newspaper and its student writers became notorious for their disputes with the administration and Coulter himself over censorship issues.
Notable graduates: Matthew Lillard (1988).
Phil Hughes (Yankee pitcher ).
Bruce Furniss (1976 Summer Olympics, swimming).
Steve Furniss (1972 Summer Olympics, swimming).
Margo Harshman (Actress).
Ann Harlow (Alicia Hackett) (2001) (porn star).
Certain prints of the Foothill High School mission statement from 2005-2006 ironically include a misspelling, using "pursing" instead of "pursuing," as in "..while pursing their maximum potential".
The current school mascot is the Knight, although a serious effort was undertaken in 1993-94 to change the mascot to a Llama. Although students gathered more than 300 signatures, including all members of the ASB cabinet, the ASB cabinet ultimately voted against it by a vote of 4-13 and the movement ended.
The first graduating class of 1966 was composed of students who had been transferred from Tustin High School in 1963.
The "Senior Munch" tradition dates from the first graduating class of 1966.
Larry Lekander was the first member of the faculty to hold a Doctorate in Education which he earned in 1967 from the University of Southern California.
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About This Zip Code (92780)

School Zip (92780)

(CA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

55,047 people

33,115,272 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

32%

32%

Population Average Age

31 years old

32 years old

Average Household size

3.0 persons

2.9 persons

Median Household Income

$47,961

$48,909

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.4 rooms

4.8 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

39 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

46% / 54%

58% / 42%

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