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|motto          ="Once a Mule, Always a Mule"
|location       =4500 Multnomah Street<br />[[El Sereno, Los Angeles|El Sereno]], [[Los Angeles]]<br />[[California]] 90032 <br /> United States
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'''Woodrow Wilson High School''' is a [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] (LAUSD) [[high school]] in the [[Northeast Los Angeles|Northeast]] region of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States.<ref name=IBWilsonmules>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com IBWilsonmules.com: International Baccalaureate Woodrow Wilson High School website]</ref><ref name="Secondchance">Landsberg, Mitchell. "[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/10/local/la-me-charters-lai10-2010jan10 County gives Los Angeles International Charter High School a second chance]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. January 10, 2010. Retrieved on September 8, 2011.</ref> It is located in the community of [[El Sereno, Los Angeles|El Sereno]], atop the Ascot Hills at 4500 Multnomah Street.<ref>"Students Get History Lesson in Mural Project" Valencia, Monica." [http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-15/local/me-18845_1_water-district]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. January 15, 2007.  Retrieved on August 28, 2012.</ref>

The school serves the El Sereno and [[University Hills, Los Angeles|University Hills]] communities, and areas of [[City Terrace, California|City Terrace]] and [[Ramona Gardens]].  
Wilson High, with an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students, is under the direct supervision of LAUSD Local District East, Board District 2.<ref>((cite web |title=School Page, Woodrow Wilson Senior High |url=https://schooldirectory.lausd.net/schooldirectory/SchoolPage?locationId=8618 |website=schooldirectory.lausd.net |publisher=Los Angeles Unified School District |access-date=12 December 2018))</ref>

The school colors are Navy blue, Vegas gold and White. The school's mascot is the "Mighty Mule", a [[mule]] also nicknamed "Seymour".

==History==
The original Wilson High School campus opened in 1937 on Eastern Avenue, in what is now the El Sereno Middle School campus.<ref name=ibwaboutus>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/map  About Us]</ref> Classes were separated into winter and summer classes and took place in tents and old bungalows. The first gym was begun just before [[World War II]] and was completed in 1942. The first class to graduate was in the winter of 1940 with a class of 40 students.

The original site at one time had been a [[mule]] farm, which is one reason a mule was chosen as the school mascot.<ref name=ibwaboutus /><ref>((cite web|title=History of El Sereno|url=http://www.elserenohistoricalsociety.org/El_Sereno.php|website=El Sereno Historical Society|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112155142/http://www.elserenohistoricalsociety.org/El_Sereno.php|archive-date=12 November 2016|location=1970's))</ref> Other reasons cited were to honor the important [[Mechanization#Military usage|pre-mechanization]] role 200,000+ mules played during World War I when Woodrow Wilson was president, and to acknowledge Woodrow Wilson's association with the Democratic Party whose symbol is the [[Democratic donkey|mule or donkey]].
It was in the [[Los Angeles City High School District]] until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/history/schoollist.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980207051712/www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/history/schoollist.html |archive-date=1998-02-07 |title=Los Angeles City School District|publisher=[[Los Angeles Unified School District]]|access-date=2020-10-27))</ref>

In 1970, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School moved to its current location on Multnomah Street. The new 37-acre campus and buildings were constructed between 1968–1969 and designed by the renowned African American architect [[Paul Williams (architect)|Paul Revere Williams]]. It was an engineering challenge to excavate over one million cubic yards of earth to re-grade the hilltop and to use 3,500 tons of structural steel for the main buildings. The new Wilson High was the first [[LAUSD]] school to implement multi-floored buildings equipped with elevators and escalators to accommodate students with disabilities.<ref>((cite web|title=Gallery - Woodrow Wilson High School, Los Angeles|url=http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/gallery/woodrow-wilson-high-school-los-angeles-california/|website=www.paulrwilliamsproject.org|publisher=The PRW Project|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012042900/http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/gallery/woodrow-wilson-high-school-los-angeles-california/|archive-date=12 October 2016))</ref>

In 2012 Woodrow Wilson High School celebrated its 75th anniversary.<ref name=IBWilsonmules />

===Chicano Movement on campus===
In late 1967 [[Eastside Los Angeles|East Los Angeles]] had a school system entrenched in racial disparities. It led to the local beginning of the [[Chicano Movement]]. The [[Mexican American]] community had the highest high school dropout rate and lowest college attendance among any ethnic group. Poor facilities and constant underestimation of student capabilities by teachers created an atmosphere that impeded learning for some students. Feelings of oppressive conditions coupled with the inability to make changes compelled students, activists, and teachers to meet and discuss the situation. They decided that making their plight public was the best way to pressure the school board for education reform.

Lincoln High School teacher [[Sal Castro]], along with student leaders from the five public schools in East Los Angeles (Roosevelt, Wilson, Lincoln, Garfield, and Belmont High Schools), including Wilson student Paula Crisostomo; college students including Moctesuma Esparza; and groups including the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) and the [[Brown Berets]] developed 36 demands to bring to the Los Angeles Board of Education. These goals included [[Bilingual education##United States|bilingual education]] and [[Bicultural identity|bicultural education]], Latino teachers and administrators, smaller class sizes, better facilities, and the revision of textbooks to include [[History of Mexican Americans|Mexican American history]].

====Walkouts: "Blowouts"====
After none of the 36 goals and demands were met, students threatened walkouts, which they called "Blowouts."<ref name="ucsb">((cite web |last1=Estrada |first1=Andrea |title=UCSB Conference Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Chicano Student Walkouts |url=https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2008/012370/ucsb-conference-commemorates-40th-anniversary-chicano-student-walkouts |website=The UCSB Current |publisher=Regents of the University of California |access-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823072031/https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2008/012370/ucsb-conference-commemorates-40th-anniversary-chicano-student-walkouts |archive-date=23 August 2017 |language=en |date=7 February 2008))</ref><ref name="swarthmore">((cite web |title=East Los Angeles students walkout for educational reform (East L.A. Blowouts), 1968 |url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/east-los-angeles-students-walkout-educational-reform-east-la-blowouts-1968 |website=Global Nonviolent Action Database |publisher=Swarthmore College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315172454/https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/east-los-angeles-students-walkout-educational-reform-east-la-blowouts-1968 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |language=en))</ref> Funds for Los Angeles public schools were allocated based on the number of students in class each day. By walking out of homeroom before attendance was taken, the students could target the schools financially.<ref name=ucsb />

An ad hoc committee, UMAS, and college students established Blowout Committees at other schools such as [[Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles)|Theodore Roosevelt High School]], [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles)|Lincoln High School]], and [[Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California)|Garfield High School]], plus a central coordinating committee.<ref name=ucsb /> These committee meetings were known to be infiltrated by plainclothes policemen.<ref name=swarthmore />

The incident which prematurely triggered the blowouts was when Wilson High principal Donald Skinner canceled a student production of Neil Simon's ''Barefoot in the Park'', citing it as too risqué for a Mexican American audience. Although Wilson was not one of the original three schools intending to walk out, 300 students did so on March 1, 1968. The administration had senior students blockade the main exit, but the students found alternatives, pushing the school entry gates back and forth as other students inside demonstrated by throwing fruit, books and other items over the gate. Police and photographers showed up on the scene, and the students were told to return to class. Some refused, forming sit-ins and rallies. As a symbol of the walkouts, students wore the image of a foot on their clothes.<ref name=swarthmore />

The walkouts or blowouts, which began with the March 1, 1968 walkout at Wilson, are credited as seminal events of the [[Chicano Movement]]:<ref name=ucsb /><ref name=swarthmore />

((blockquote|"The blowouts resulted in the gradual beginning of various reforms, including bilingual education, Chicano studies, more emphasis on academic subjects, more encouragement of Mexican American students going to college, and more Mexican-American teachers and administrators. ... Many problems continued – and still do – but what had changed was the consciousness of Chicanos both among students and in the community concerning the need to fight for educational justice. There is no question about the significance of the blowouts in the history of the Chicano movement and in Chicano history."|Garcia, Mario T. "Blowout: Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice.<ref name=ucsb />))

====National Trust for Historic Preservation====
The [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]] publishes an annual list spotlighting important examples of the United States' architectural and cultural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. In 2018, five Walkout Schools were recognized as "tangible representations of the power of student activism [which] are now threatened, as some of the buildings face calls for demolition by the school district."<ref name="NTHP">((cite web |title=National Trust for Historic Preservation Unveils 31st Annual List of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places |url=https://savingplaces.org/press-center/media-resources/announcing-2018-list-of-americas-11-most-endangered-historic-places#.XhtN1-hKhPY |website=savingplaces.org |publisher=National Trust for Historic Preservation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711011915/https://savingplaces.org/press-center/media-resources/announcing-2018-list-of-americas-11-most-endangered-historic-places |archive-date=11 July 2018 |language=en |date=26 June 2018))</ref> The Wilson High School blowouts occurred in the old campus, which is now El Sereno Middle School, and it is the original campus that was recognized.<ref>((cite web |title=El Sereno Middle School |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/el-sereno-middle-school |website=www.laconservancy.org |publisher=Los Angeles Conservancy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804012329/https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/el-sereno-middle-school |archive-date=4 August 2019))</ref>

=== 1970s Championship Football Teams ===
[[File:WilsonHS_20181217_100615.png|thumb|Wilson HS 1977 Champions.  Left to right: Ron Cuccia, Coach Vic Cuccia, Steve Martinez, Eddie Martinez.]]During the 1970s, Wilson's football coach was the legendary Vic Cuccia. He led the Mighty Mules to a 39-game winning streak, taking the team to win the City's Section 3-A championship in 1975, 1976, and 1977, and 1978.  His teams were notable for an unconventional offense, heavily dependent on passing with four receivers and one running back which was difficult for traditional defenses to stop.<ref name="legendary-1975">((cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-wilson-football-sondheimer-20150921-column.html|title=Wilson High steps back in time to honor legendary 1975 football team|last1=Sondheimer|first1=Eric|date=20 September 2015|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216085623/http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-wilson-football-sondheimer-20150921-column.html|archive-date=16 February 2016))</ref>

Cuccia's own son, Ron Cuccia, was the team's quarterback from 1975–77, during which time he set city and state records for passing, accounted for 145 touchdowns, and set a national record for total offense with 11,451 yards. That included 8,804 yards and 91 touchdowns for passing alone.<ref name="legendary-1975" />  All star receiver Eddie Martinez graduated in 1978, played Division I football in college. Martinez later returned to Wilson as a teacher, coaching the Mules from 1993-2017 and compiling a record of 176-149-0.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/local/team/records/coaches.aspx?gendersport=boys,football&schoolid=8c6d20b5-1f94-4c73-ae25-7eb14edfccff|title=Coach History - Wilson Mules Football (Los Angeles, CA)|website=www.maxpreps.com|publisher=CBS Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218065606/http://www.maxpreps.com/local/team/records/coaches.aspx?gendersport=boys,football&schoolid=8c6d20b5-1f94-4c73-ae25-7eb14edfccff|archive-date=18 December 2018))</ref>

Coach Vic Cuccia, during his 22 years as the football coach (1956–1977), compiled a 151–42–6 record. He was also a teacher, serving all his 44 teaching years at Wilson High School. Cuccia grew up in El Sereno and was an alumnus of Wilson, graduating in 1945. Wilson High School's football stadium was renamed in his honor in September 1999—the football field had already been dedicated in honor of Paul Barthel, a former Wilson teacher. Cuccia died on January, 2008, at the age of 80.<ref name="obituary-cuccia">((cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/12/local/me-cuccia12|title=Innovative football coach made Wilson High School a powerhouse|last1=Sondheimer|first1=Eric|date=12 January 2008|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226075928/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2008/jan/12/local/me-cuccia12|archive-date=26 February 2016))</ref>

==== Controversy ====
National attention was drawn to a September, 1977 game between Wilson and its rival [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles)|Lincoln High School]].  The Wilson Mules gained a 63-0 lead by half time and in response the Lincoln team got on its bus and went home, forfeiting the game instead of taking the field for the second half.<ref name=":2">((cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-22/sports/sp-1182_1_lincoln-high-school|title=Repaying an Old Debt in Full : Lincoln High Finally Blotted Out Memories of That Black Day in 1977 When Wilson Ran Up a Score and Railsplitters Ran Out|last=Howard-Cooper|first=Scott|date=22 November 1985|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023544/http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-22/sports/sp-1182_1_lincoln-high-school|archive-date=24 September 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-high-school-football-20181020-story.html|title=Wilson and Lincoln engage in wildest scoring game in City Section football history|last=Sondheimer|first=Eric|date=20 October 2018|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111112221/http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-high-school-football-20181020-story.html|archive-date=11 November 2018))</ref><ref name=":3">((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/15/archives/school-of-very-hard-knocks.html|title=School of Very Hard Knocks|last=Durso|first=Joseph|date=15 November 1977|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213192917/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/15/archives/school-of-very-hard-knocks.html|archive-date=13 December 2018))</ref><ref name=":4">((cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1978/9/29/ron-cuccia-pis-it-true-you/|title=Ron Cuccia ((!)) L.A. Prep Record-Breaker Comes to Harvard|last=Wilson|first=David|date=29 September 1978|website=thecrimson.com|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222154122/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1978/9/29/ron-cuccia-pis-it-true-you/|archive-date=22 December 2015))</ref> This triggered national debate over unsportsmanlike behavior on both sides.  Criticism was leveled at Lincoln for quitting while Wilson was criticized for unnecessarily running up the score and taking advantage of an undermatched team. At the time, the Los Angeles City Interscholatic Athletic Committee investigated the matter and called both coaches to testify.<ref name=":3" /> The controversy was even noted in Coach Vic Cuccia's obituary over 30 years later.<ref name="obituary-cuccia" />

The ''New York Times'' reported at the time that the Lincoln Tigers had won only 1 one game in the previous 4 years while the Wilson Mules were on a multi-year 33 game winning streak.<ref name=":3" /> Lincoln began the season with 33 players, but 1 was shot to death, 8 left the school due to racial tension, 4 were age ineligible, and at game time 2 others were injured.<ref name=":2" /> Depending on the account, Lincoln coach Dave Loera started the game with 13-16 healthy players, but with the injuries during the game only 9 available players remained. Thus, he consulted with the Lincoln principal who was also in attendance and together they told the officials that as a matter of health and safety they needed to stop. Coach Cuccia disputed that saying Loera (who was a Wilson alumnus and former assistant coach to Cuccia) actually had 24-26 players, depending on the account. He characterized the walkout as disgraceful, stating, "It takes only 11 to play. I had promised my first string that they would play the whole first half because they deserved it. I don't like the idea of quitting. You don't teach kids that. Quitting isn't part of this country's philosophy. ... In football or in life, its something you just don't do".<ref name=":3" /> In an interview a year later, Cuccia commented that he was trying to give his players a chance to set records so colleges would notice them.<ref name=":4" />

In that half-game the Mules scored 9 touchdowns; 49 points in the 1st quarter and 42 points in the 2nd quarter. In addition, ''Cal-Hi Sports'', which keeps records of secondary school sports, stated that Wilson attempted 7 [[onside kick]]s and recovered 5, a record that will never be broken.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.calhisports.com/2013/08/19/unbreakable-top-5-football-records/|title=Unbreakable Top 5 Football Records|last=Tennis|first=Mark|date=19 August 2013|website=calhisports.com|publisher=Cal-Hi Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214212057/https://www.calhisports.com/2013/08/19/unbreakable-top-5-football-records/|archive-date=14 December 2018))</ref> In [[gridiron football]], after a team scores it normally turns the ball over to the opponent in a following play as a [[Kickoff (gridiron football)|kickoff]]; but an onside kick is a deliberately short kickoff intended to keep possession of the ball instead.

===People's Garden===
In 2011, a plot at an informal back entrance to the campus was converted to a [[Community gardening|community garden]], the People's Garden at Woodrow Wilson High School.<ref>((cite web |title=People's Garden at Woodrow Wilson High School: Sowing seeds in a food desert |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2011/06/peoples-garden-woodrow-wilson-high-school.html |work=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515011220/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2011/06/peoples-garden-woodrow-wilson-high-school.html |archive-date=15 May 2016 |language=en |date=15 June 2011))</ref> Unlike [[school gardens]] whose purpose is largely an outgrowth of regular school work and an effort engage children in the outdoors, the People's Garden was created as a community-building enterprise. It was organized and is maintained by a collective of students, teachers and community members. The focus is on growing plants that reflect the communities of El Sereno such as corns, beans and squash of Mesoamerical and medicinal plants from China. Since 2013, a Facebook page has been active in promoting the [https://www.facebook.com/peoples.garden.3 People's Garden activities].

===Popular culture===
In 2015, Woodrow Wilson High School served as a television series filming location with both exterior and interior shots used in the production of ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]''.<ref>((cite web|author1=Eric Sondheimer|title=Football: Wilson High is used for TV series, 'Fear the Walking Dead'|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/varsity-times/la-sp-vi-football-wilson-high-is-used-for-tv-series-fear-the-walking-dead-20150824-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007015726/http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/varsity-times/la-sp-vi-football-wilson-high-is-used-for-tv-series-fear-the-walking-dead-20150824-story.html|archive-date=7 October 2017|date=24 August 2015))</ref> The [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] series pilot and early episodes of ''Fear the Walking Dead'' involved characters that worked and attended the fictional "Paul R. Williams High School." As noted above, that is the name of the actual architect who designed the real campus and buildings.

==Performance and demographics statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:auto;"
|+ '' Demographics of student body'' 
! '''Ethnic breakdown''' || '''2021''' || '''2020'''<ref name="usnews">((cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/los-angeles-unified-school-district/woodrow-wilson-senior-high-2602|title=Woodrow Wilson Senior High School |work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2020-12-16))</ref> || '''2019'''
|-
! [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]
| 0.4%
| 0.4%
| 0.3%
|-
! [[Hispanic and Latino American]]
| 93%
| 92%
| 93%
|-
! [[African American]]
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
|-
! [[Asian American]]
| 3%
| 3%
| 3%
|-
! [[Native Hawaiian]] or other [[Pacific Islander]]
| 0.1%
| 0.1%
| 0.1%
|-
! [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 2%
| 2%
| 1%
|-
! [[Multiracial Americans]]
| 0%
| 0.4%
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Female]]
| 47%
| 48%
| 48%
|-
| [[Male]]
| 53%
| 52%
| 52%
|}

In 2019 Wilson serves around 1,517 students in grades nine through twelve, with a student-teacher ratio of 20:1. Full-time teachers 75.

The school's graduation rate in 2005 was 61.7%.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/school/woodrow-wilson-senior-high-ca.html|title=Schools in CALIFORNIA - report cards, comparisons, test results, ranking, rating, profiles))</ref> The school's California API ([[Academic Performance Index (California public schools)|Academic Performance Index]]) score was 562 for 2006, and of its student population, 77% were in a Free/Reduced Lunch Program and 30% were designated as English Learners. 8% of the students participated in a GATE program. The student body was 93% Hispanic, 4.8% Asian, 1.5% black, 0.5% white and 0.2% Native American. The API score for 2010 was 615, and it jumped up to 637 the following year.<ref>http://api.cde.ca.gov/Acnt2011/2011GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=19647331939859 ((Dead link|date=September 2022))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.localschooldirectory.com/public-school/9596/CA |title=Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, CA 90032 |publisher=Localschooldirectory.com |date= |accessdate=2022-09-24))</ref>

After Wilson became a [[magnet school]] and part of the [[International Baccalaureate]] program (see below), more recent data from 2015<ref>((cite web |url=http://californiapolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Performance-Analysis_LAUSD-Alliance.pdf |title=Los Angeles Public Schools vs Charter Schools: A cost per-pupil and educational achievement comparison |last1=Joffe |first1=Marc |last2=Ring |first2=Ed |date=June 2015 |publisher=California Policy Center |access-date=20 August 2017))</ref> show improvements. At the time of that study the demographics were essentially the same as before in ethnic breakdown, but down to 15% in English Learners and up to 88% in Free/Reduced Lunch Program. Academic measures showed increases in an API score of 653 and a graduation rate of 85% for that year.

For context, an API score of 615 in the year of 2010 placed Wilson in the 31st percentile of all high schools in the entire state of California and the 35th percentile of Los Angeles County high schools.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.psk12.com/rating/USindivphp/SchID_27365_year_2010.html |title=California School Ranking Woodrow Wilson Senior High |year=2010 |publisher=PSK12.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820040104/http://www.psk12.com/rating/USindivphp/SchID_27365_year_2010.html |archive-date=20 August 2017 |access-date=20 August 2017))</ref> (The API score was abolished in March 2017 and replaced with the California School Dashboard, thus more recent comparisons of this type are no longer possible.)

===''U.S. News'' 2021 rankings===
*83 in [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] High Schools
*325 in [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] High Schools
*511 in [[Magnet school|Magnet]] High Schools
*875 in [[California]] High Schools
*6,279 in [[United States|National]] Rankings<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/los-angeles-unified-school-district/woodrow-wilson-senior-high-2602|title=usnews|access-date=2021-09-27))</ref>

===''U.S. News'' 2020 rankings===
*127 in [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] High Schools
*297 in [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] High Schools
*491 in [[Magnet school|Magnet]] High Schools
*797 in [[California]] High Schools
*5,979 in [[United States|National]] Rankings<ref name="usnews" />

===''U.S. News'' 2019 rankings===
*270 in [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]] High Schools
*389 in [[Magnet school|Magnet]] High Schools
*669 in [[California]] High Schools
*4,623 in [[United States|National]] Rankings<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/los-angeles-unified-school-district/woodrow-wilson-senior-high-2602|title=usnews|access-date=2019-08-11))</ref>

=== Academic Performance Index ===
A comparison of the former [[Academic Performance Index (California public schools)|Academic Performance Index]] (API) for high schools in the LAUSD District 5 and local small public [[Charter school|charter]] high schools in the [[East Los Angeles (region)|East Los Angeles region]] up until 2012 is as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School 
!'''2007'''<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2008/2007Base_Co.aspx?cYear=&cSelect=19,LOS,ANGELES 2006-07 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)] Retrieved on September 25, 2009<!-- Generated title --></ref>
!'''2008'''<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2009/2008Base_Co.aspx?cYear=&cSelect=19,LOS,ANGELES 2007-08 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)] Retrieved on September 25, 2009<!-- Generated title --></ref>
!'''2009'''<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2009Base_Co.aspx?cYear=&cSelect=19,LOS,ANGELES 2008-09 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)] Retrieved on September 8, 2012<!-- Generated title --></ref>
!'''2010'''<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/Acnt2011/2010Base_Co.aspx?cYear=&cSelect=19,LOS,ANGELES 2009-10 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)] Retrieved on September 8, 2012<!-- Generated title --></ref>
!'''2011'''<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/Acnt2012/2011Base_Co.aspx?cYear=&cSelect=19,LOS,ANGELES 2010-11 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)] Retrieved on September 8, 2012<!-- Generated title --></ref>
!'''2012'''<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/Acnt2012/2012GrthAPICo.aspx?cSelect=19,Los,Angeles (APR)] Retrieved on April 13, 2013<!-- Generated title --></ref>
|-
|[[Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School]]
|807
|818
|815
|820
|832
|842
|-
|[[Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School]] 
|718
|792
|788
|788
|809
|785
|-
|[[Oscar De La Hoya#Personal life|Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School]]
|662
|726
|709
|710
|744
|744
|-
|[[Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California)|James A. Garfield High School]]
|553
|597
|593
|632
|705
|706
|-
|[[Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles)|Abraham Lincoln High School]]
| 594
| 609
| 588
| 616
| 643
|684
|-
|Woodrow Wilson High School
| 582
| 585
| 600
| 615
| 636
|648
|-
|[[Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles)|Theodore Roosevelt High School]]
| 557
| 551
| 576
| 608
|
|
|-
|[[Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)|Thomas Jefferson High School]]
| 457
| 516
| 514
| 546
| 546
|589
|-
|[[Santee Education Complex]]
|
|502
|521
|552
|565
|612
|}

==International Baccalaureate programs==
Woodrow Wilson High School is an [[International Baccalaureate|International Baccalaureate school]], with magnet school programs.<ref>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/magnet--slc IB Wilson High School: International Baccalaureate Magnet / SLC programs]</ref>

The programs include: 
* Environmental Science Academy program<ref>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/environmental-science-academy IB Wilson High School | Environmental Science Academy]</ref> 
* Law Magnet program<ref>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/law-magnet IB Wilson High School | Law Magnet Program]</ref>
* Fire Academy program <ref>((cite web | url=https://www.ibwilsonmules.com/firefighter-magnet | title=Firefighter Magnet ))</ref>
* Police Academy program<ref>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/police-academy IB Wilson High School | Police Academy]</ref> 
* Transportation Careers Academy program<ref>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/transportation-careers-acadmy-program IB Wilson High School | Transportation Careers Academy Program]</ref>

==Advanced Placement program==

Students are accepted into the Advanced Placement Program and individual advanced placement classes based on faculty and counselor recommendations. A student may be admitted into an AP class by request or if the AP instructor has approved the request. These are the current courses offered by Wilson:((Citation needed|date=August 2009))
*AP Biology
*AP Calculus AB
*AP Calculus BC
*AP Chemistry
*AP English Language
*AP English Literature
*AP Environmental Science
*AP French (no longer offered)
*AP Government
*AP Microeconomics
*AP Physics (no longer offered)
*AP Psychology
*AP Spanish Language
*AP Spanish Literature
*AP Statistics
*AP U.S. History

==''The Hitching Post''==
''The Hitching Post'' is a bi-monthly publication by Wilson's Journalism class.<ref>[http://www.ibwilsonmules.com/the-hitching-post IB Wilson High School | ''The Hitching Post'']</ref>  It originated as the school's newspaper, which began around 1941. However, there is some confusion about the number of volumes printed so far because the newspaper changed names several times.

==Alumni==
Notable alumni include:
* [[Luis Alfaro]] – playwright, writer, performance artist. Recipient of the [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]] "Genius" Award (1997)
* [[Ben Davidson]] – former [[National Football League|NFL]] player with the [[Green Bay Packers]] (1961), [[Washington Redskins]] (1962–1963), and [[Oakland Raiders]] (1964–1971)
* [[Ron Hull]] and [[Mitch Dimkich]] – both played football at UCLA in the 1950s and early 60s
* [[Anthony Denham]] – [[National Football League|NFL]] player with the [[Houston Texans]] (2014–2015) and [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (2016–2018)<ref>((cite web|title=WR Anthony Denham picks Utah over UCF|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-xpm-2011-01-31-os-recruiting-anthony-denham-20110131-story.html|last=Sentinel|first=Iliana Limón ((!)) Orlando|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=31 January 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-01))</ref>
* [[Lilian Katz]] – noted scholar and author on [[early childhood education]]
* Clairissa Riccio a.k.a. [[Claire Sinclair]] – ''[[Playboy]]'' 2011 Playmate of the Year
* Armando Vega – champion [[gymnast]] (1950s–60s), [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] gymnastics coach (1960s–1980s), and two time [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] (1956, 1964)<ref>((cite web |title=Biography: VEGA, Armando |url=http://usghof.org/files/bio/a_vega/a_vega.html |website=usghof.org |date=21 March 2018 |publisher=U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624093315/http://usghof.org/files/bio/a_vega/a_vega.html |archive-date=24 June 2018))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|Greater Los Angeles|Schools))
*((C|Eastside Los Angeles|Eastside Los Angeles topics))
*((C|International Baccalaureate schools in California))

==References==
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==External links==
* ((official website|http://www.ibwilsonmules.com|Official Woodrow Wilson High School website))
* [https://schooldirectory.lausd.net/schooldirectory/SchoolPage?locationId=8618 LAUSD School Page: Woodrow Wilson Senior High]
* [http://www.wilsonmulesfootball.com/home Official Wilson Mules Football website]
* ((Facebook|LAWilsonAlumniAssociation|Official Wilson Mules Alumni Association page))

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