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, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1959, El Capitan is the fifth of twelve high schools to be constructed in the

. El Capitan High School is accredited by the

History

As of 2008, El Capitan High School is the only high school in the

to feature an agriculture program. In September 2018, construction began on an $11 million event center that included an event space, lobby and concession areas, band room, practice room, dance studio, and drama classroom. The construction of the event center was completed in December 2019.

Students

Rankings

For the 2017–2018 school year, El Capitan High School ranked 9th out of 17 ranked high schools in the district, 13th out of 134 in the

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, 801st out of 1,612 in the state of California, and 5,997th out of 17,792 in the United States according to the '' U.S. News & World Report''. For their 2021 rankings,

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ranked the school 437th among 2,572 California high schools.

Athletics

The school fields teams in the following sports: football, baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. In 2014, the varsity football team enjoyed its best performance in school history. After an upset victory against

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, a Division I team, El Capitan finished the regular season undefeated at 10–0. Defeating Mt. Carmel and Brawley, the school would win its first

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San Diego Section Division II championship in a 14–7 victory against

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. However, El Capitan suffered its first and only defeat of the season in the Division III state championship game when it was defeated 35–28 by Campolindo. In 2016, the girls varsity volleyball team finished the season 25–5 and won its first San Diego Section Division III championship.

Notable alumni

* Ashli Babbitt, protester killed in the

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Jeff Byrd Jeffrey Alan Byrd (born November 11, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher in 1977 for the Toronto Blue Jays. Career Texas Rangers Byrd was drafted out of El Capitan High School (California), El Capitan High School in Lakeside, Califo ...

, pitcher for the

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Kevin Ginkel Kevin Andrew Ginkel (born March 24, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019. Career Amateur career Ginkel attended El Capitan High School in L ...

, pitcher in

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for the

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* Delanie Gourley, softball pitcher * Matt LaChappa, minor league pitcher for the

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...

Ryan Lindley Ryan George Lindley (born June 22, 1989) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the quarterbacks coach at San Diego State University. He played college football at San Diego State, and was drafted by the Arizona ...

, quarterback for the

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* Nic Long, Olympic cyclist *

Jaime Preciado Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

, bass player for Pierce The Veil * Stacie Terry-Hutson (class of 1994), college basketball coach and women's basketball head coach at

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(2013–present)

References

External links

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