Acalanes Union High School District is a public high school district in

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, located in the

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. The district takes its name from

Rancho Acalanes Rancho Acalanes was a Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California. It was given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Candelario Valencia. The name Acalanes seems to have come from ''Ahala-n'', the name of a Costanoan nati ...

, an 1834 Mexican rancho grant which occupied much of the area from Orinda to

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. The district operates four high schools.

Schools

It currently has four schools:

Acalanes High School Acalanes High School is a public secondary school located in Lafayette, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, within Contra Costa County. Acalanes was the first of four high schools established in the Acalanes Union High Scho ...

Campolindo High School Campolindo High School is a public high school located in Moraga, California, United States, and is in the Acalanes Union High School District. In 2019, Campolindo was ranked 30th in California (and 239th nationally) by '' U.S. News & World Rep ...

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Las Lomas High School Las Lomas High School (LLHS) is a public high school in Walnut Creek, California, United States. It was founded in 1951 by the Acalanes Union High School District, and opened its doors in the fall of 1952 to its first graduating class. Las Loma ...

and

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, and

Miramonte High School Miramonte High School is a public high school located in Orinda, California, United States. It is part of the Acalanes Union High School District. The school has a college-preparatory program, with 15 Advanced Placement courses offered. Histo ...

in Orinda. A fifth campus, Del Valle High School located in Walnut Creek was closed at the end of the 1978–1979 school year and remaining students were transferred to Acalanes, Campolindo, and Las Lomas High Schools. The district's alternative school, Del Oro High School, opened on the former site of Del Valle High School, closed following the 2009–2010 school year, although the district still operates Acalanes Adult Education at the Del Valle Education Center in Walnut Creek. John Nickerson has served as the district's Superintendent since May, 2011. In 2004, the Acalanes Union High School district was ranked the second highest in the state of California, behind only Los Gatos/Saratoga (LGJUHSD) in Los Gatos. In 2007, the Acalanes Union High School district was ranked the number one district in the state of California based on the STAR Test scores.

Boundary

The district includes Acalanes Ridge, Castle Hill,

, Orinda, San Miguel, and Saranap. It also includes much of Contra Costa Centre, Shell Ridge, and

, and portions of

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and Reliez Valley.

Staffing

The district employed 167 classified employees in the 10/11 school year
California Dataquest - AUHSD Classified Staff Report for 2010/2011
The district employed 301 teachers in the 09/10 school year, a third of which have graduate degrees.
California Dataquest - Staff Education Report

Enrollment

Total enrollment in the district in the 10/11 school year was 5,589. Enrollment in the 10/11 school year by grade is as follows: * 9th Grade - 1,367 * 10th Grade - 1,430 * 11th Grade - 1,358 * 12th Grade - 1,41
California Dataquest - District Enrollment by Grade Report

References

External links

Acalanes Union High School District website
{{Contra Costa County, California Schools School districts in Contra Costa County, California Lafayette, California Orinda, California Walnut Creek, California