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, United States, on the border with

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. It is part of the

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(SUHSD). Woodside serves students from the surrounding communities of Portola Valley, Woodside and Redwood City. It shares a name to another school called Woodside High School in England.

Athletics

The school's football team won the California Interscholastic Federation's Central Coast Section title in 2004. More recently, the school's girls' soccer team won the California Interscholastic Federation's Central Coast Section title in 2011 in a 0–0 tie with Santa Teresa High School.

Statistics

Demographics

2015–2016 * 1,781 students: 862 male (48.4%), 919 female (51.6%)

Standardized testing

Notable alumni

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, (class of 1967), former

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* Renel Brooks-Moon (class of 1976),

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baseball announcer and radio personality, 1972–76. * Wendy Brown, Olympian *

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(class of 2005), wide receiver for Super Bowl champion New England Patriots *

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, vocalist and keyboardist best known for her work with the bands Santana and Azteca. * Rich Kelley, former professional basketball player, seventh selection of

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* Lars Lyssand, soccer player * Tyler MacNiven (class of 1998), winner of ''

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'' and filmmaker * Sean David Morton (class of 1976), incarcerated self-described psychic. *

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, former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist * Folau Niua, professional rugby union player and Olympian with

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, football coach * Zack Test (class of 2007), professional rugby union player and Olympian with

* Lillian "Pokey" Watson, Olympic gold medal swimmer, 1964, 1968, International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

External links

Official siteSchool newspaper
High schools in San Mateo County, California Educational institutions established in 1958 Public high schools in California Woodside, California 1958 establishments in California {{SanMateoCountyCA-struct-stub