California Distinguished Schools Awardees 2009
California Distinguished Schools Awardees for 2009.California recognized outstanding education programs and practices in middle and high schools in 2009.
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda | Castro Valley Unified | Castro Valley High |
| Alameda | Dublin Unified | Wells Middle |
| Alameda | Fremont Unified | Washington High |
| Alameda | Fremont Unified | William Hopkins Junior High |
| Alameda | Livermore Valley Joint Unified | East Avenue Middle |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | Oakland School for the Arts |
| Alameda | Pleasanton Unified | Pleasanton Middle |
| Amador | Amador County Unified | Argonaut High |
| Amador | Amador County Unified | Ione Junior High |
| Butte | Chico Unified | Marsh Junior High |
| Colusa | Pierce Joint Unified | Pierce High |
| Contra Costa | Acalanes Union High | Acalanes High |
| Contra Costa | Acalanes Union High | Campolindo High |
| Contra Costa | Acalanes Union High | Miramonte High |
| Contra Costa | Lafayette Elementary | Stanley Middle |
| Contra Costa | Liberty Union High | Heritage High |
| Contra Costa | Mt. Diablo Unified | Foothill Middle |
| Contra Costa | Mt. Diablo Unified | Valley View Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | California High |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Charlotte Wood Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Diablo Vista Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Iron Horse Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Los Cerros Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Monte Vista High |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Pine Valley Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | San Ramon Valley High |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Stone Valley Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Windemere Ranch Middle |
| Contra Costa | West Contra Costa Unified | Middle College High San Pablo |
| El Dorado | El Dorado Union High | Union Mine High |
| El Dorado | Pioneer Union Elementary | Mountain Creek Middle |
| El Dorado | Placerville Union Elementary | Edwin Markham Middle |
| Fresno | Clovis Unified | Buchanan High |
| Fresno | Clovis Unified | Clark Intermediate |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | Baird Middle |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | Design Science High |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | Edison Computech |
| Fresno | Riverdale Joint Unified | Riverdale Elementary |
| Fresno | Sanger Unified | Sanger High |
| Humboldt | Freshwater Elementary | Freshwater Charter Middle |
| Imperial | Holtville Unified | Holtville High |
| Kern | Muroc Joint Unified | Desert Junior High School |
| Kern | Tehachapi Unified | Tehachapi High School |
| Lake | Middletown Unified | Middletown Middle |
| Los Angeles | ABC Unified | Carmenita Middle |
| Los Angeles | Bonita Unified | Lone Hill Middle |
| Los Angeles | Bonita Unified | San Dimas High |
| Los Angeles | Burbank Unified | John Burroughs High |
| Los Angeles | Centinela Valley Union High | Lawndale High |
| Los Angeles | Covina-Valley Unified | South Hills High |
| Los Angeles | Glendale Unified | Anderson W. Clark Magnet High |
| Los Angeles | Glendora Unified | Carl Sandburg Middle |
| Los Angeles | Glendora Unified | Glendora High |
| Los Angeles | Glendora Unified | Goddard Middle |
| Los Angeles | Hacienda la Puente Unified | Newton Middle |
| Los Angeles | Hawthorne | Hawthorne Mathematics and Science Academy |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Alice C. Stelle Middle |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Arthur E. Wright Middle |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Calabasas High |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Lindero Canyon Middle |
| Los Angeles | Lawndale Elementary | Jane Addams Middle |
| Los Angeles | Long Beach Unified | California Academy of Mathematics and Science |
| Los Angeles | Long Beach Unified | Hill Classical Middle |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles COE | International Polytechnic High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Animo Pat Brown Charter High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | California Academy for Liberal Studies |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | CALS Early College High Schools |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | College Ready Academy High #4 |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | College Ready Academy High #6 |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | El Camino Real High School |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Gertz-Ressler High School |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Renaissance Arts Academy |
| Los Angeles | Manhattan Beach Unified | Manhattan Beach Middle |
| Los Angeles | Monrovia Unified | Clifton Middle |
| Los Angeles | Monrovia Unified | Santa Fe Middle |
| Los Angeles | Pomona Unified | Village Academy High School |
| Los Angeles | Redondo Beach Unified | Nick Parras Middle |
| Los Angeles | San Gabriel Unified | Gabrielino High |
| Los Angeles | San Marino Unified | Huntington Middle |
| Los Angeles | San Marino Unified | San Marino High |
| Los Angeles | SBE - Animo Inglewood Charter | Animo Inglewood Charter High |
| Los Angeles | SBE - New West Charter Middle | New West Charter Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Bert M. Lynn Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Madrona Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Magruder Middle |
| Los Angeles | Walnut Valley Unified | Walnut High |
| Los Angeles | Whittier Union High | La Serna High School |
| Los Angeles | William S. Hart Union High | Rancho Pico Junior High |
| Madera | Bass Lake Joint Union | Oak Creek Intermediate |
| Madera | Golden Valley Unified | Liberty High |
| Madera | Golden Valley Unified | Ranchos Middle |
| Marin | Dixie Elementary | Miller Creek Middle |
| Marin | Reed Union Elementary | Del Mar Middle |
| Marin | Ross Valley Elementary | White Hill Middle |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Sir Francis Drake High |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Tamalpais High |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Tamiscal High |
| Mendocino | Ukiah Unified | Redwood Academy of Ukiah |
| Merced | Merced River Union Elementary | Washington School |
| Mono | Mammoth Unified | Mammoth Middle |
| Monterey | Carmel Unified | Carmel High |
| Monterey | Carmel Unified | Carmel Middle School |
| Monterey | Pacific Grove Unified | Pacific Grove Middle |
| Monterey | Washington Union Elementary | San Benancio Middle |
| Napa | Napa Valley Unified | New Technology High |
| Napa | Napa Valley Unified | River School |
| Napa | Napa Valley Unified | Vintage High |
| Nevada | Nevada City Elementary | Seven Hills Middle |
| Nevada | Nevada Joint Union High | Bear River High |
| Nevada | Nevada Joint Union High | Ghidotti Early College High |
| Nevada | Nevada Joint Union High | Nevada Union High |
| Nevada | Pleasant Ridege Union | Magnolia Intermediate |
| Orange | Anaheim Union High | Western High |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Aliso Viejo Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Arroyo Vista Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Bernice Ayer Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Las Flores Middle |
| Orange | Fountain Valley Elementary | Harry C. Fulton Middle |
| Orange | Fountain Valley Elementary | Kazuo Masuda Middle |
| Orange | Fullerton Joint Union High | Sunny Hills High |
| Orange | Garden Grove Unified | Sarah McGarvin Intermediate |
| Orange | Huntington Beach City | Ethel Dwyer Middle |
| Orange | Huntington Beach Union High | Edison High |
| Orange | Huntington Beach Union High | Marina High |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Lakeside Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Northwood High |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Rancho San Joaquin Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Sierra Vista Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | South Lake Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Venado Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Woodbridge High |
| Orange | Laguna Beach Unified | Thurston Middle |
| Orange | Los Alamitos Unified | Los Alamitos High |
| Orange | Los Alamitos Unified | McAuliffe Middle |
| Orange | Los Alamitos Unified | Oak Middle |
| Orange | Newport-Mesa Unified | Early College High |
| Orange | Ocean View | Vista View Middle |
| Orange | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | Bernardo Yorba Middle |
| Orange | Saddleback Valley Unified | Mission Viejo High |
| Orange | Saddleback Valley Unified | Trabuco Hills High |
| Orange | Santa Ana Unified | Mendez Fundamental Intermediate |
| Orange | Santa Ana Unified | Middle College High School @ Santa Ana College |
| Orange | Santa Ana Unified | Orange County High School of the Arts |
| Placer | Placer Hills Union Elementary | Weimar Hills |
| Placer | Rocklin Unified | Whitney High |
| Placer | Roseville City Elementary | George A. Buljan Middle |
| Placer | Tahoe-Truckee Joint Unified | North Tahoe High |
| Placer | Western Placer Unified | Lincoln High |
| Placer | Western Placer Unified | Twelve Bridges Middle |
| Riverside | Alvord Unified | Arizona Middle |
| Riverside | Corona-Norco Unified | El Cerrito Middle |
| Riverside | Corona-Norco Unified | John F. Kennedy Middle College High |
| Riverside | Desert Sands Unified | John Glenn Middle School of International Studies |
| Riverside | Hemet Unified | Hemet High |
| Riverside | Lake Elsinore Unified | Lakeland Village Middle |
| Riverside | Lake Elsinore Unified | Terra Cotta Middle |
| Riverside | Murrieta Valley Unified | Vista Murrieta High |
| Riverside | Nuview Union Elementary | Nuview Bridge Early College High |
| Riverside | Riverside Unified | Martin Luther King High |
| Riverside | Temecula Valley Unified | Chaparral High |
| Riverside | Temecula Valley Unified | Great Oak High |
| Sacramento | Elk Grove Unified | Elk Grove High |
| Sacramento | River Delta Unified | Delta High School |
| Sacramento | Sacramento City Unified | C. K. McClatchy High School |
| Sacramento | Sacramento City Unified | John F. Kennedy High |
| Sacramento | San Juan Unified | Bella Vista High |
| Sacramento | San Juan Unified | Casa Roble Fundamental High |
| Sacramento | San Juan Unified | Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle |
| Sacramento | Twin Rivers Unified | Westside Preparatory Charter |
| San Bernardino | Apple Valley Unified | Sitting Bull Middle |
| San Bernardino | Chino Valley Unified | Canyon Hills Junior High |
| San Bernardino | Mountain View Elementary | Grace Yokley Middle |
| San Bernardino | San Bernardino City Unified | Richardson Prep Hi |
| San Bernardino | Victor Valley Union High | University Preparatory |
| San Bernardino | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | Canyon Middle |
| San Diego | Carlsbad Unified | Valley Middle |
| San Diego | Escondido Union Elementary | Rincon Middle |
| San Diego | Grossmont Union High | Grossmont High |
| San Diego | Grossmont Union High | Grossmont Middle College High School |
| San Diego | Grossmont Union High | Helix Charter High |
| San Diego | Oceanside Unified | El Camino High |
| San Diego | Poway Unified | Bernardo Heights Middle |
| San Diego | Poway Unified | Rancho Bernardo High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Challenger Middle |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | John Muir High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Kearny School of Digital Media and Design |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Kearny School of International Business |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | San Diego Met High School |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Scripps Ranch High |
| San Diego | San Dieguito Union High | Carmel Valley Middle |
| San Diego | San Dieguito Union High | Earl Warren Middle |
| San Diego | San Marcos Unified | San Elijo Middle |
| San Diego | San Marcos Unified | Woodland Park Middle |
| San Diego | Sweetwater Union High | Bonita Vista High |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Unified | Lowell High |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Unified | Theodore Roosevelt Middle |
| San Joaquin | Escalon Unified | Escalon High |
| San Joaquin | Jefferson Elementary | Jefferson Middle |
| San Joaquin | Lodi Unified | Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy |
| San Luis Obispo | Coast Unified | Santa Lucia Middle |
| San Luis Obispo | San Luis Coastal Unified | Morro Bay High |
| San Mateo | Jefferson Elementary | Fernando Rivera Intermediate |
| San Mateo | Jefferson Union High | Oceana High |
| San Mateo | Jefferson Union High | Westmoor High |
| San Mateo | Menlo Park City Elementary | Hillview Middle |
| San Mateo | San Carlos Elementary | Central Middle |
| San Mateo | San Carlos Elementary | Tierra Linda Middle |
| San Mateo | San Mateo Union High | Mills High |
| Santa Barbara | Buellton Union Elementary | Jonata Middle |
| Santa Barbara | Santa Maria Joint Union High | Ernest Righetti High |
| Santa Clara | Alum Rock Union | KIPP Heartwood Academy |
| Santa Clara | Berryessa Union Elementary | Sierramont Middle |
| Santa Clara | Cupertino Union | Joaquin Miller Middle |
| Santa Clara | Fremont Union High | Homestead High |
| Santa Clara | Gilroy Unified | Gilroy High |
| Santa Clara | Los Altos Elementary | Egan Junior High School |
| Santa Clara | Los Gatos-Saratoga | Saratoga High |
| Santa Clara | San Jose Unified | Abraham Lincoln High |
| Santa Clara | Union Elementary | Union Middle |
| Santa Cruz | Soquel Union Elementary | New Brighton Middle School |
| Shasta | Columbia Elementary | Mountain View Middle |
| Shasta | Fall River Joint Unified | Fall River Junior-Senior High |
| Shasta | Gateway Unified | Central Valley High |
| Shasta | Shasta Union High | Foothill High |
| Shasta | Shasta Union High | University Preparatory School |
| Siskiyou | Mt. Shasta Union Elementary | Sisson Middle |
| Solano | Travis Unified | Vanden High |
| Sonoma | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | Technology High |
| Sonoma | Gravenstein Union Elementary | Hillcrest Middle |
| Sonoma | Mark West Union Elementary | Mark West Charter |
| Sonoma | Piner-Olivet Union Elementary | Piner-Olivet Charter |
| Sonoma | Santa Rosa City | Maria Carrillo High |
| Sonoma | Twin Hills Union Elementary | Twin Hills Middle |
| Sonoma | West Sonoma County Union High | Analy High |
| Sonoma | West Sonoma County Union High | El Molino High School |
| Sonoma | Windsor Unified | Windsor Middle |
| Stanislaus | Keyes Union | Keyes to Learning Charter |
| Stanislaus | Sylvan Union Elementary | Elizabeth Ustach Middle |
| Stanislaus | Sylvan Union Elementary | Somerset Middle |
| Sutter | Live Oak Unified | Live Oak High |
| Tehama | Evergreen Union | Evergreen Middle |
| Tulare | Exeter Union High | Exeter Union High |
| Tulare | Visalia Unified | Mount Whitney High School |
| Tuolumne | Twain Harte-Long Barn Union | Twain Harte Middle |
| Ventura | Conejo Valley Unified | Westlake High |
| Ventura | Oak Park Unified | Medea Creek Middle |
| Ventura | Oak Park Unified | Oak Park High |
| Ventura | Oxnard Union High | Adolfo Camarillo High |
| Ventura | Simi Valley Unified | Sinaloa Middle |
| Yolo | Winters Joint Unified | Winters High |
| Yuba | Wheatland Elementary | Bear River Middle |
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Last Reviewed: Monday, March 28, 2022
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