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Pioneer High School

Address

10800 Benavon St. Whittier, California 90606 United States
Coordinates	33°58′15″N 118°04′45″W / 33.9707°N 118.0793°W / 33.9707; -118.0793
Information
Type	Public secondary
Opened	Monday, September 14, 1959
Status	Open
School district	Whittier Union High School District
Principal	Mary Chapman
Teaching staff	52.41 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,233 (2020-21)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	23.53^[1]
Color(s)	Green, black, white
Mascot	Titan
Nickname	PiHi or Pioneer
Team name	Titans
Newspaper	Titan Tribune (1959-200X)
Yearbook	The Torch
Website	phs.wuhsd.org

Pioneer High School is a public school in West Whittier-Los Nietos, a census-designated place in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California.

Academics

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Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare for college.^[2]

Pioneer High School offers a wide variety of AP courses, which include:

General information

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Pioneer High School, home of the Titans, is located in unincorporated community of West Whittier-Los Nietos, California, neighboring the city of Pico Rivera. The school serves students from the Los Nietos, South Whittier, and Whittier City school districts. PHS is one of the 5 comprehensive high schools in the Whittier Union High School District.

Demographics

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The student body at pioneer is 96.4% Hispanic, 1.8% White, and less than 1% each Asian, Black, Native American and Pacific Islander. (As of 2020-2021)^[1]

Titan sports

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Fall sports

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Cross country
Football
Tennis (girls)
Volleyball (girls)
Water polo (boys)

Winter sports

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Basketball
Soccer - 1979 3A CIF Champs; 1978, 1979 ^[3]
Wrestling -

Spring sports

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Baseball
Golf
Softball
Swimming
Tennis (boys)
Track & field
Volleyball (boys)

Summer sports

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Wrestling
Baseball
Basketball
Cross country
Football
Soccer
Tennis
Volleyball
Water polo

Notable former pupils

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Lauren Tewes; actress.^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pioneer High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ "Pioneer High School Choosing Classes". phs.wjusd.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
^ e-yearbook.com (tm). "Pioneer High School - Torch Yearbook (Whittier, CA), Class of 1979, Page 170 of 296 | E-Yearbook.com has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Search and browse yearbooks online!". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
^ "Lauren Tewes -- Hollywood Success". The Morning News. Jun 24, 1979.

External links

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