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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Joshua Moss

Phone
  
+1 951-358-1725

Color
  
White

Established
  
1969

Website
  
La Sierra High

Mascot
  
La Sierra Eagle

Motto
  
"Soaring high with pride."

Address
  
4145 La Sierra Ave, Riverside, CA 92505, USA

District
  
Alvord Unified School District

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La Sierra High School, located in Riverside, California, United States, is a public high school in the Alvord Unified School District that was founded on August 28, 1969. Joshua Moss is the principal. La Sierra High School's official school colors are navy blue and white. Red is the accent color and has been since the school opened.

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The two main feeder schools for La Sierra High are Arizona Intermediate and Villegas Intermediate schools. La Sierra's rivals are Norte Vista High School and Hillcrest High School (Riverside, California), the other public high schools in Alvord Unified.

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Recent events

In 2005, La Sierra High School was awarded a 6-year clear accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, making La Sierra High the first comprehensive high school in the entire Inland Empire to earn this distinction.

As of the 2007-2008 school year, approximately 3200 students attend La Sierra High.

Hillcrest High School opened in the Fall of 2012 to relieve crowding at La Sierra.

La Sierra won the Boys State Team Track title in June 2009. It was the first Boys Team Track title in Riverside County History.

API

As of 2005, La Sierra High School has increased its API to 715 from the 2004 base score of 679. Although it met the school-wide growth target, it did not meet the state subgroup growth targets. To encourage schools to improve achievement for all students, the state computes APIs and sets improvement targets for the different student subgroups at the school.

CST results

As of 2005, La Sierra's students met or exceeded the state expectations on the California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) as listed below:

CAHSEE results

All data below reflect the percentage of sophomore, junior, and senior students who passed the CAHSEE sections.

Athletics

La Sierra is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) River Valley League along with Hillcrest High School, Jurupa Valley High School, Norte Vista High School, Patriot High School and Ramona High School.

Teachers

According to the California Department of Education, the teachers at La Sierra have 11.1 average teaching experience and have spent an average of 10 years teaching in the Alvord Unified School District (as of 2005-2006 school year). The average class size is ~ 34.

Notable alumni

  • Jesse James, founder of West Coast Choppers 1983-1987
  • Mark Takano - first non white LGBT member of congress
  • Tyree Washington, athlete (track and field)
  • Reggie Wyatt, National High School record holder in the 300 hurdles
  • Mitch Lucker, Lead vocalist for deathcore band Suicide Silence
  • James Bean, - Entertainment Journalist >
  • References

    La Sierra High School Wikipedia