El Dorado High School - Placerville, California/CA

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El Dorado High School

561 Canal St., Placerville, CA, 95667-4312 -

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Definition of Terms

El Dorado High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

El Dorado County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1245 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

59 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 354 students

Grade 10 - 328 students

Grade 11 - 299 students

Grade 12 - 264 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	2%	3%
% Asian	1%	8%
% Hispanic	11%	39%
% Black	1%	9%
% White	78%	36%
% Unknown	7 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

10%

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

El Dorado Union High School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	10	7
Number of Students Managed	7,513 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$67,870,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$62,142,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,034	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$8,271	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Working (music) man (The Sacramento Bee)
posted on October 9, 2009 at 07:03:10 am
The intersection of art and commerce runs through River Park, through a house – in fact – where the jam room and the computer room share equal importance, like it or not.
Pride in El Dorado High spans the years as centennial class celebrated (The Sacramento Bee)
posted on September 26, 2009 at 07:09:36 am
Clara Dixon Scheiber was among 43 students in El Dorado County High School's class of 1929.
El Dorado High School centennial celebrations (The Sacramento Bee)
posted on September 26, 2009 at 07:09:36 am
• Homecoming football game: El Dorado vs. Encina High, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 561 Canal St., Placerville
Police: 2 West Sac Shooting Suspects Arrested (CBS 13 Sacramento)
posted on September 18, 2009 at 01:55:22 am
Two of the suspects involved in a fatal West Sacramento shooting over the weekend have been taken into custody, according to authorities.
Placerville Manhunt Continues for Suspected Gunman (News10 Sacramento)
posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:16:31 pm
As of late Thursday afternoon, police said they were still looking a man and a woman in the Cold Springs Road area. The two are believed to be connected to a deadly bar shooting in West Sacramento on Sunday.

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El Dorado High School is a public high school in Placerville, California, United States. One of six high schools in the El Dorado Union High School District, EDHS is a California Distinguished School.
History
Curriculum
College-bound students can begin earning college credits from California State University, Sacramento through an Accelerated College Entrance program held on campus. The school also offers three career academy programs to students in grades 10-12: the Automotive Academy and Construction Academy programs, offered through a joint agreement with Cosumnes River College, and the Health Academy at El Dorado High.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
El Dorado High School fields athletic teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, ski & snowboard racing, and wrestling in the Sac-Joaquin Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.
The school is known for its excellent ski and snowboard team, both teams winning numerous league and state championships. With 24 league titles in the past 27 years, the ski/snowboard team is one of the most dominant high school sports programs in the country over the last 3 decades.
Apart from skiing/snowboarding, the school holds twelve team championships, including eight girls' volleyball titles (1983-1986, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999).
El Dorado moved into the Pioneer Valley Leaugue in 2006, and has started to dominate in the league. Now that El Dorado is in the proper division for its school size, they have become division champions for soccer, volleyball, wresteling, women's swimming, and cross country. some of these teams have even advanced further into their division/league play-offs.
Clubs and activities
Associated Student Body

Band

Cheerleading

Cultural Dancers

California Scholarship Federation

Drama

FIRST Robotics Club

French

Friday Night Live

Interact Club

Key Club

Leos Club

La Raza

Multi-Cultural

Speech/Debate

Students On Bikes

Gay-Straight Alliance

Notable alumni
Toby Hall, catcher for the Chicago White Sox

External links
El Dorado High School official website

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