Moorpark High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the Mountain Meadows neighborhood of

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, and serves students from grades 9 through 12. It is part of the

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; and had an enrollment of 1,908 students for the 2018–19 school year. The student/teacher ratio for 2017–18 was 23:1. Moorpark High School is accredited through the

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. Moorpark High School takes pupils from two main feeder middle schools: Chaparral Middle School and Mesa Verde Middle School.

History

The school was established in 1919 as Moorpark Memorial Union High School. The campus was originally located at 280 Casey Road (through the end of the 1987–1988 school year before being relocated to its current campus at 4500 Tierra Rejada Road). "Memorial" was included in the school name as a remembrance of servicemen lost during the First World War. Moorpark High School has been noted for its performance in

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, winning the

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four times with the latest in 2009.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Official Web Site
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