Yorba Linda High School (YLHS) is a

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located in

Yorba Linda, California Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and had a population of 68,336 at the 2020 census. Yor ...

and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. The school's colors are

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, and

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. The school mascot is the

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. Most

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who attend this school live in Yorba Linda. A small portion of

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with houses located north of Yorba Regional Park are also directed to this school. Before the school opened in 2009, students who lived in Yorba Linda attended Canyon High School (

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), El Dorado High School, and

Esperanza High School Esperanza High School (EHS) is a public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and is home to various California Interscholastic Feder ...

(The latter two are part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District). The school site occupies over and has over of classroom and administrative space, including a library, gymnasium, performing arts spaces, a pool, an adjacent joint-use park, baseball fields, and a large stadium facility.

History

Construction of the school began in April 2007. The first students to receive diplomas from the school were the graduating class of 2012.

Student life

For the 2018-2019 school year, the ethnic distribution is as follows: 58% White, 21% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0.2% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander. In 2019, the Mustang Business Academy officially opened the first YLHS school-wide store called Mustang Market. With a grant and authorization from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, the goal is to teach students in the Business Management program fiscal responsibility and business leadership.

Academics

To graduate from YLHS, a student is required to complete 4 years of language arts, 2 years of Math, 3 years of Social Studies, 2 years of Science, 1 year of a Foreign Language or Fine Arts, 1 year of Health/Academic Planning, 2 years of Physical Education, as well as 80 credits worth of electives, 40 hours of community service, and complete the

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. As of the 2015/2016 school year, 16 Honors Courses and 23

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(AP) Courses were offered. The school was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2013, a 2015 Gold Ribbon/Exemplary Arts High School, and in August 2017 recognized by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as one of the top high schools in the nation. In 2019, Yorba Linda High School was recognized as a ''U.S. News & World Report'' "Best High Schools" award winner. YLHS ranked #1,200 nationwide (top 5%), #184 in California (top 7%), and as the #1 high school in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. Yorba Linda High School also had 12 National Merit Scholars, 4 of which went on to become National Merit Semi-finalists. Yorba Linda High School has two unique career pathways within the Mustang Business Academy: Culinary/Hospitality and Business Management. Within the PYLUSD school district, Yorba Linda High School is the only school to integrate these courses into its curriculum.

Athletics

Yorba Linda High School won its first

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/Southern Section Division 8 football championship, defeating Burbank High School by the score of 31-21, on December 2, 2016. Also in 2013, won CIF in wrestling. As of the 2019-2020 school year, YLHS fields teams for the following sports: aquatics, cross country, cheer and song, dance, baseball, football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's volleyball, softball, track and field, and wrestling. The men's aquatics program also claimed its first second place finish in the California Interscholastic Federation (

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)/Southern Section swimming championships on May 10, 2019. Yorba Linda High School Men's Water Polo also won its first

/Southern Section Division 2 water polo championship on November 13, 2021

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* {{authority control High schools in Orange County, California Yorba Linda, California Public high schools in California Educational institutions established in 2009 2009 establishments in California