Miramonte High School - Orinda, California/CA

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Miramonte High School

750 Moraga Way, Orinda, CA, 94563-4330 -

tel: (925)280-3930
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Definition of Terms

Miramonte High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Contra Costa County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1452 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

68 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 374 students

Grade 10 - 347 students

Grade 11 - 375 students

Grade 12 - 356 students

This School

( CA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( CA ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	15%	11%
% Hispanic	2%	45%
% Black	n/a	7%
% White	75%	33%
% Unknown	8 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

( CA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

44%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( CA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Acalanes Union High School District

This School's Agency

( CA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	4
Number of Students Managed	5,903 students	1,785 students
District Total Revenue	$95,565,000	$16,194,000
District Expenditure	$111,485,000	$16,545,000
District Revenue / Student	$16,189	$8,848
District Expenditure / Student	$18,886	$8,162
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Miramonte High School is a high school which is part of Acalanes Union High School District. It has a strong college preparatory program, with 14 Advanced Placement courses currently offered. Miramonte High School has performed well in national high school academic tests and over 98 percent of its graduates go on to college. Miramonte High School ranks 271st of all high schools in the nation, according to Newsweek's Challenge Index.
Miramonte High School participates in the Virtual High School Consortium, a response to the problems of distance education which allows courses to be taught over the Internet. The high school students can participate in these virtual classes from on-site Internet access, or from a home connection. No core classes are currently being provided as virtual classes. More recently, Miramonte has incorporated the Blackboard Learning System into its curricula; most teachers now post assignments and course documents on this system.
Miramonte High School offers its seniors the choice of a WISE project their senior year. WISE replaces the senior's second semester of English with a project of the student's choice. The choices of subject matter are varied; although film and fiction writing are consistently popular, project subjects have included astrophysics, choral conducting, and democracy in Iran. Teacher Pete Clauson established this program at Miramonte after participating in it at a New York high school.
Miramonte continues a "high school rivalry" with nearby Lamorinda high schools Campolindo High School and Acalanes High School; the rivalry with Campolindo is more visible. Many students of Miramonte sport a "Beat Campo" t-shirt.
History: Miramonte High School and the shocking 1984 murder of cheerleader Kirsten Costas by less popular classmate Bernadette Protti were the basis for an article in Rolling Stone magazine entitled Death of a Cheerleader and the subsequent TV movie A Friend to Die For starring Tori Spelling.
Miramonte is also active in sports. The football team has done well in 2006 season, and the girl's varsity tennis team remains undefeated. Other sports, including dodgeball, are also emerging at Miramonte. These sports are becoming increasingly popular because they can incorporate more of the student population.
Notable Alumni: Miramonte High School is known for producing several Olympians and three current NFL players – Bryan Barker, Drew Bennett and Ken Dorsey.
Heather Petri helped start the first girls' water polo team at Miramonte, and was team captain from 1996-1997. From 1997-1999, she played collegiate water polo at UC Berkeley. Petri won the silver medal with the US Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2005, Jennifer Howitt, then a student at Georgetown University, became Miramonte's first graduate to become a Rhodes Scholar. After losing the use of her legs at the age of nine, Howitt became a basketball player, eventually winning a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games.
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About This Zip Code (94563)

School Zip (94563)

(CA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

17,944 people

33,137,211 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

80%

32%

Population Average Age

45 years old

33.3 years old

Average Household size

2.7 persons

2.9 persons

Median Household Income

$119,832

$49,006

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

7.1 rooms

4.8 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

50 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

92% / 8%

58% / 42%

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Nearby Schools:


1. Acalanes High School - 1389 students - view location
2. Campolindo High School - 1339 students - view location
3. Oakland Technical Senior High School - 1661 students - view location
4. Millennium High Continuation School - 68 students - view location
5. Piedmont High School - 874 students - view location
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