| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Santa Clara County, CA |
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| Total Students |
1856 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
77 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 486 students | | Grade 10 - 446 students | | Grade 11 - 522 students | | Grade 12 - 402 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:24 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
3% |
| % Asian |
32% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
36% |
39% |
| % Black |
5% |
9% |
| % White |
27% |
36% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
14% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Fremont Union High School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
6 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
9,890 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$89,910,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$87,574,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,091 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,855 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- Fremont High School is a comprehensive, co-educational, public secondary school in Sunnyvale, California, United States. Fremont is currently the only open public high school located in the city of Sunnyvale and is part of the Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD).
- History
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Fremont was originally named West Side Union High School, the first school opened in the West Side Union High School District. In 1923, it opened as the only school in the Sunnyvale–Cupertino (West Valley) area. On March 27, 1925, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to change the name of the school and district to Fremont Union High School. The original school building was designed by noted California school architect W. H. Weeks.
- In 1969, a late-night fire occurred the Bell Tower (visible in the photo to right) of the main building but did little damage to the school property.
- On July 1, 1996, after much controversy, the Fremont Union School Board did away with the original Indian mascot at the request of American Indians, replacing it with the current Firebirds mascot. Currently, the Firebird mascot is under review as many students are unsure of what a firebird is. School officials are considering changing the school's mascot to the Fremont Flamingos or Phoenixes to stay within the bird theme.
- Campus
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Fremont High School is located at the intersection of Fremont Avenue and Sunnyvale–Saratoga Road. The school has a comparatively large football stadium which is used by nearby schools such as rival Homestead. Some of the campus' buildings are built in a Spanish mission architectural style. The Fremont Union High School District's offices are also located in the high school's campus.
- The site at which the school is located at used to be an old military base. There is a stretch of open space on the campus that runs from the front entrance gates to the rear parking lot (parallel to Fremont Ave). That area was used as a short runway. There are also a couple of WWII-era Quonset huts located near the tennis courts.
- Student enrollment
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In the 2006–2007 school year, Fremont had a total enrollment of 1,878 students. Fremont is known for its diversity; nearly every racial group found in California is represented in its student population. White students comprise 26.9% of the student population while black students comprise 4.7% of the population. In addition, Hispanic students are the largest group representing 36.6% of the student population with Asian students not far behind at 31.2% of the school's student population. Also, there is a small percentage of American Indian students whom comprise around 0.5 to 0.6% of the student population. This racial diversity makes Fremont High School unique in the Fremont Union High School District; the other schools in the district are predominantly made up of white and Asian students.
- Extracurriculars
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Fremont students participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities ranging from marching band and athletics to various cultural and community service clubs like Octagon, Key Club, Culinary Club, LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), and The Movie Club. The poetry slam team has won numerous awards at spoken word poetry competitions. Furthermore, so far in the 2005–2006 school year, Fremont athletic teams have had successful seasons; Fremont currently holds League Champions titles in Varsity girl's tennis, wrestling, and Varsity girl's basketball. The Fremont Wrestling Team is also currently one of highest ranking high school wrestling teams in the state, after taking 3rd place as a team at State Championships in 2006, as well as having 3 State Champions: Filip Novachkov, Boris Novachkov, and Greg Crane. Boris later won the Walsh Ironman Invitational in Ohio in December 2006, as well successfully defending his state title in 2007. In 2003–2004 the Fremont varsity cheerleaders took 1st place in every cheer competition in which they competed, including the National Cheerleading Association Championships in Anaheim.
- Fremont's rival, Homestead High School, located in nearby Cupertino, is also part of the FUHSD.
- Notable alumni
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Notable alumni of Fremont High School include:
- Peter Ueberroth — Olympic organizer and 1984 Time Magazine Man of the Year
- Steve Kloves — screenwriter for Wonder Boys (Oscar nominated) and Harry Potter
- Teri Hatcher — actress, played Lois Lane in the TV series The New Adventures of Superman and Susan Meyer in Desperate Housewives for which she won a Golden Globe award
- Carl Ekern — Los Angeles Rams football player
- Jason Simontacchi — Washington Nationals baseball player
- Tully Banta-Cain — New England Patriots football player
- Troy Tulowitzki — Colorado Rockies shortstop
- Imran Khan — Bollywood actor
- Bruce Wilhelm — World's Strongest Man (1977, 1978), Olympian in the Hammer Throw
- Donna Hanover — Newscaster, actress
- Andrew Fire — UC Berkeley and MIT graduate, currently professor of pathology and genetics at Stanford University and 2006 Nobel Prize co-winner of Medicine or Physiology
- Francie Larrieu-Smith — Distance runner & five time U.S. Olympic Team member. Established 36 US records & 12 world bests from 1000 meters to 10,000 meters. Flag bearer in 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain
- External links
- Fremont High School website
- Fremont Union High School District website
- Fremont Octagon Official Website
- Fremont Key Club Official Website
- Fremont Yearbook Official Website
- Fremont Firebird Marching Band Website
- Famous-Alumni.com - A list of famous alumni from Fremont.
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (94087) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
50,051 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
66% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
38 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.5 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$84,856
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.2 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
44 years old |
39 years old |
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59% / 41% |
58% / 42% |
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