Durham High School (California)

Durham High School
Address
9455 Putney Drive Durham , California 95938 United States
Coordinates	39°38′53″N 121°48′05″W[1]
Information
Established	1922
Status	Open
School district	Durham Unified School District
Principal	Marty Wilkes
Teaching staff	19.28 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	308 (2023-2024)[2]
Average class size	85-95
Student to teacher ratio	15.98[2]
Campus type	Suburban[2]
Colour(s)
Mascot	Trojan
Website	Durham High School

Durham High School is a public secondary school in Durham, California, United States. Durham High is located in the heart of an agricultural community. Durham High School's current enrollment is around 300 students.

History

Durham High School was founded in 1922

Campus

Durham High School is located on a 55 acres (220,000 m^2) campus that also contains the elementary, intermediate and continuation schools as well as the district offices.

Curriculum

Extracurricular activities

Organizations available to Durham students include Big Sister Little Sister, Block D, California Scholarship Federation, Cinema Club, Girls Block, Harry Potter Club, FFA, and Interact.

Durham High School fields teams in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. They compete in the California Interscholastic Federation Northern Section.

Notable alumni

• Sergio C. Garcia, first undocumented immigrant to be admitted to the State Bar of California

References

1. "Durham High School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
2. "School Detail for Durham High". National Center for Education Statistics.

External links

• Durham High School Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine