| 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 |
Contra Costa County, CA |
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| Total Students |
2138 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
78 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 573 students | | Grade 10 - 568 students | | Grade 11 - 512 students | | Grade 12 - 406 students | | Grade Not Listed - 79 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:27 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
3% |
| % Asian |
14% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
12% |
39% |
| % Black |
2% |
9% |
| % White |
71% |
36% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
n/a |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
n/a |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Mt. Diablo Unified School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
55 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
35,915 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$345,693,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$354,561,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,625 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,872 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- College Park High School is a public distinguished high school located in Pleasant Hill, California, adjacent to Valley View Middle School and Diablo Valley College. It is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District.
- Athletics
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College Park High School Competes in Division I in the the California Interscholastic Federation's (CIF) North Coast Section (NCS).
The 2008-09 School year marked the beginning of the school's return to the Diablo Valley Athletic League (DVAL).
College Park is known for their successful boys and girls cross country teams. Both teams recently won the 2006 North Coast Championships, and placed 15th (boys) and 16th (girls) at the 2006 California State Championships. The football teams rivals are the Alhambra Bulldogs. - CPHS's Varsity Football Team won the DFAL football championship in 2006. They went 9-1.
- CPHS's Wrestling team recently won their 2nd consecutive DFAL championship, North Coast Section Team and Dual Titles (2006 and 2007). One wrestler, Matt Zonfrello, placed 5th at the state meet, and the CPHS team placed in the top 20 teams.
- CPHS also includes other teams like Water Polo which has recently become finalists for NCS in 2007. Other teams include Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, and Cycling.
- CPHS Varsity Baseball won their first NCS title in 2008. Led by the pitching of Casey Goonan and Harmen Sidhu, they had a great run and became the first 15 seeded team to win the North Coast Section Title.
- CPHS Varsity Boys Volleyball team also won the championship in 2008, beating Cal High.
- In 2009 the CPHS Wrestling team won the DVAL League Championship. One wrestler, Dylan Phillipy (09) took 4th place in the state tournament in the 130lb weight class.
The Falcons were, and are currently plagued by perpetual budget cuts from the Mount Diablo Unified School District. The MDUSD has suspended funding towards schools athletic and academic programs. The return of athletics was in question for the DVAL in 2009, but after deliberation and protest, the district allowed For the 2009-10 academic year, student athletes will have to pay for all of their registration, equipment, and transportation for their respective sports as a result of the budget cuts.
- Academics
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CPHS is the only school in the district to use the PCM (Pre-College Math) program. As of the 2007-2008 school year, the PCM program will be dropped from the district, stating that only College Park has succeeded in its use of the program.CPHS has, in recent years, sent students on to MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, Yale, CMC,USC, Caltech and many other top-ranked colleges and universities.
- CPHS has the top ranked Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES) program among high schools in the area.
- Shortly after the massacre at Columbine High School, on 22 April 1999, CPHS was evacuated and a bomb squad called in after a package resembling a bomb exploded on school grounds.. The culprits to that attack were quickly captured with the aid of students in early May of that year
- CPHS had an incident in June 2004, where members of the student body were found to have created a website that contained stolen test answers and student-posted homework answers. Much of the Junior class was found to have knowledge of the site, which had existed nearly all year long. Two students as well as a teacher went on to appear on the Dr. Phil show as a result of the incident, gaining College Park national attention for the scandal.
- CPHS also gained national media attention in January 2005 when United States Army recruiters turned the school's quad into a lunchtime shooting range. The event was approved by the school's principal, but he had envisioned a different type of event than what took place.
- CPHS also had an incident in January 2007, where a student was stabbed with a steak knife in a bathroom. The stabber, 17-year-old Christopher Escover, admitted to stabbing the high school student against whom he said he had a grudge, according to police. The incident prompted a 'lockdown' of the school for a couple of hours. He turned himself in to police several days after the attack, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. However, police misconduct during the initial investigation into the stabbing resulted in the city being sued for $2 million by a falsely accused male student..
- In the beginning of Spring, 2009, over 300 College Park students gathered outside of the school grounds. The reason for this gathering was to protest the budget cuts, which affected the sports deeply. The protest quickly turned into a riot after the mob left the school grounds and headed towards Sunvalley Mall. Multiple stores were vandalized and students were arrested..
- Famous Alumni
- Meredith Patterson -- Broadway, TV and Film Actress
- Russ Rohlicek -- pitcher for the minor-leagues Iowa Cubs and Huntsville Stars
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| About This Zip Code (94523) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
32,671 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
52% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
39 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.4 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$67,824
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.4 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
39 years old |
39 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
65% / 35% |
58% / 42% |
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