Ramona High School is a

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, United States, part of the Riverside Unified School District. Ramona graduated its first class of students in 1958. Ramona has been designated as a "National Demonstration School" for the AVID Program.

Institution

Ramona's feeder middle schools are Chemawa Middle School and Sierra Middle School.

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(1887), Ramona, and John W. North High School (1965) are the three oldest high schools in the Riverside Unified School District. The Ramona High school stadium underwent extensive remodeling and was re-opened in 2010.

Ramona Creative and Performing Arts (RCAPA)

Ramona's Creative and Performing Arts magnet program provides visual, creative, and performing arts classes to more than 1,200 students on their campus and comprises the largest elective department at Ramona. As of the 2024-2025 school year, courses offered include: *Art Design *Band / Color Guard *Ceramics *Culinary *Dance *Drawing *Film/Television/Video Production *Orchestra *Painting *Piano / Music Theory *Technical Theatre Production *Vocal Performance

AVID Program

Ramona High School implemented Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) in 1987 becoming the first site outside of San Diego County to use the program. When Ramona High School started their AVID system, only three percent of the 325 graduating students went to college. Today, ninety-nine percent of the AVID students at Ramona enroll in college. More than 1,200 students have graduated from Ramona's AVID program, receiving more Dell and Gates scholarships than any other high school in the nation.

Sports

*Girls: Swimming, Water Polo, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Track, Softball, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Flag Football *Boys: Football, Baseball, Swimming, Water Polo, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Wrestling, Track Ramona's football team won

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Titles in 1983 and 1989, and the girls' soccer team won CIF in 2022-2023 school year

Notable alumni

* Cheri Jo Bates * Michael L. Coats,

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