San Ysidro High School is a

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

public four-year (grade levels 9–12)

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located in

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. It was founded and established in 2002, and is part of the

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. SYHS predominantly serves

San Ysidro San Ysidro (Spanish for " St. Isidore", ) is a district of the City of San Diego, immediately north of the Mexico–United States border. It neighbors Otay Mesa West to the north, Otay Mesa to the east, and Nestor and the Tijuana River Valley t ...

and other parts of San Diego with a student enrollment of 2,408.

History

San Ysidro High School was established in the summer of 2002, and was named after the community in which the institution predominantly serves, "

San Ysidro, California San Ysidro (Spanish for " St. Isidore", ) is a district of the City of San Diego, immediately north of the Mexico–United States border. It neighbors Otay Mesa West to the north, Otay Mesa to the east, and Nestor and the Tijuana River Valley ...

." Prior to its establishment, the community did not have a high school in which the nearby K-8 educational district, the

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, could feed students into. This resulted in many middle school students transferring to different schools within the

, such as

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. However, once the school opened, many students began enrolling in the school, as it was much closer compared to neighboring schools.

Demographics

Of the students enrolled at San Ysidro High School, 51.6% are male, 48.4% are female. Racial and ethnic breakdown is 88.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% Asian, 1.3% multi-racial 1.6% black, 5.1% caucasian, with 0.3% or less of indigenous. In addition, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch prices.

Academics

San Ysidro High School offers a dozen

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programs.

Notable Programs

*Men's Basketball Team - 2020 CIF Division 3 Champions *'CougarBots' Robotics Team - Competed at the 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021

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World Competition *Men/Women's Tennis Team - 2021 South Bay League Champions

Athletics

San Ysidro High School offers the following athletic programs:

Fall

*Football *Volleyball (Women) *Water-Polo (Men) *Tennis (Women) *Cross Country (Men/Women) *Golf (Women)

Winter

*Soccer (Men/Women) *Basketball (Men/Women) *Wrestling (Men/Women) *Roller Hockey *Water-Polo (Women)

Spring

*Track and Field (Men/Women) *Golf (Men) *Tennis (Men) *Baseball *Swim and Dive (Men/Women) *Softball *Volleyball (Men) *Lacrosse (Women)

Notable alumni

* Miguel Ángel Ponce, Class of 2007 - Soccer Player for

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* Mikey Williams, Class of 2023 - Basketball Player.

References

External links

San Ysidro High School WebsiteSan Ysidro Cougar Pride BandSan Ysidro Science ClubSan Ysidro High School Mariachi ClubSan Ysidro High School Grupo FolkloricoSan Ysidro High Drama Club
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