Woodside High School is an American

United States

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 public high school

High school

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 located in Woodside

Woodside, California

Woodside is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It uses a council-manager system of government. The U.S. Census estimated the population of the town to be 5,287 in 2010....

 on the border with Redwood City, California

Redwood City, California

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. It is part of the Sequoia Union High School District

Sequoia Union High School District

The Sequoia Union High School District is a public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily serving the communities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Ladera, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, and Woodside....

. It has scored a perfect ten in California's similar-school rankings in 2009 and 2010.

History

Serving students from the surrounding communities of Portola Valley, Woodside, East Palo Alto and Redwood City. It was once noted for having the largest student parking lot of any High School.
It has a large Performing Arts Center, which was built by Fall of 2004. Woodside High School has been a California Distinguished School since 1994. Woodside High School has the highest graduation rate of all the schools in the SUHSD with 95.7% graduation rate as compared to the district rate of 87.8%.

95% of Woodside High School students pass the California High School Exit Exam on their first attempt their sophomore year.

Sequoia Union High API Scores

• Carlmont High 753
• Menlo Atherton 762
• Sequoia High 699
• Summit Prep 841
• Woodside High 743

Robotics

Woodside is the home to FIRST Robotics

First

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 Team #100, the Wildcats. The team is noted to have won the 1995 National FIRST competition, and to have won regionals in 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009 and recently in 2010.

Sports

Mascot: Wildcat.
School Colors: orange, black and white.
The school's football

American football

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 team is noted for winning the California Interscholastic Federation's

California Interscholastic Federation

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 Central Coast Section title in 2005.
Julian Edelman, a wide receiver for the New England Patriots, attended Woodside High School and graduated in 2005.

Demographics

The API scores for Woodside's diverse community are 832 for White/Non-Hispanic; 674 for Hispanic; 658 for socio-economically disadvantaged; 641 for English Learners; 572 for students with disabilities. Overall, Woodside High School's API is 740.

See also

• San Mateo County High Schools