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 | Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | Castro Valley Unified | Castro Valley High | High |
| Alameda | Dublin Unified | Wells Middle | Middle |
| Alameda | Fremont Unified | Washington High | High |
| Alameda | Fremont Unified | William Hopkins Junior High | Middle |
| Alameda | Livermore Valley Joint Unified | East Avenue Middle | Middle |
| Alameda | Oakland Unified | Oakland School for the Arts | High |
| Alameda | Pleasanton Unified | Pleasanton Middle | Middle |
| Amador | Amador County Unified | Argonaut High | High |
| Amador | Amador County Unified | Ione Junior High | Middle |
| Butte | Chico Unified | Marsh Junior High | Middle |
| Colusa | Pierce Joint Unified | Pierce High | High |
| Contra Costa | Acalanes Union High | Acalanes High | High |
| Contra Costa | Acalanes Union High | Campolindo High | High |
| Contra Costa | Acalanes Union High | Miramonte High | High |
| Contra Costa | Lafayette Elementary | Stanley Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | Liberty Union High | Heritage High | High |
| Contra Costa | Mt. Diablo Unified | Foothill Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | Mt. Diablo Unified | Valley View Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | California High | High |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Charlotte Wood Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Diablo Vista Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Iron Horse Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Los Cerros Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Monte Vista High | High |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Pine Valley Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | San Ramon Valley High | High |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Stone Valley Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | San Ramon Valley Unified | Windemere Ranch Middle | Middle |
| Contra Costa | West Contra Costa Unified | Middle College High San Pablo | High |
| El Dorado | El Dorado Union High | Union Mine High | High |
| El Dorado | Pioneer Union Elementary | Mountain Creek Middle | Middle |
| El Dorado | Placerville Union Elementary | Edwin Markham Middle | Middle |
| Fresno | Clovis Unified | Buchanan High | High |
| Fresno | Clovis Unified | Clark Intermediate | Middle |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | Baird Middle | Middle |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | Design Science High | High |
| Fresno | Fresno Unified | Edison Computech | Middle |
| Fresno | Riverdale Joint Unified | Riverdale Elementary | Middle |
| Fresno | Sanger Unified | Sanger High | High |
| Humboldt | Freshwater Elementary | Freshwater Charter Middle | Middle |
| Imperial | Holtville Unified | Holtville High | High |
| Kern | Muroc Joint Unified | Desert Junior High School | Middle |
| Kern | Tehachapi Unified | Tehachapi High School | High |
| Lake | Middletown Unified | Middletown Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | ABC Unified | Carmenita Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Bonita Unified | Lone Hill Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Bonita Unified | San Dimas High | High |
| Los Angeles | Burbank Unified | John Burroughs High | High |
| Los Angeles | Centinela Valley Union High | Lawndale High | High |
| Los Angeles | Covina-Valley Unified | South Hills High | High |
| Los Angeles | Glendale Unified | Anderson W. Clark Magnet High | High |
| Los Angeles | Glendora Unified | Carl Sandburg Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Glendora Unified | Glendora High | High |
| Los Angeles | Glendora Unified | Goddard Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Hacienda la Puente Unified | Newton Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Hawthorne | Hawthorne Mathematics and Science Academy | High |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Alice C. Stelle Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Arthur E. Wright Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Calabasas High | High |
| Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified | Lindero Canyon Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Lawndale Elementary | Jane Addams Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Long Beach Unified | California Academy of Mathematics and Science | High |
| Los Angeles | Long Beach Unified | Hill Classical Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles COE | International Polytechnic High | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Animo Pat Brown Charter High | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | California Academy for Liberal Studies | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | CALS Early College High Schools | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | College Ready Academy High #4 | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | College Ready Academy High #6 | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | El Camino Real High School | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Gertz-Ressler High School | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High | High |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified | Renaissance Arts Academy | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Manhattan Beach Unified | Manhattan Beach Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Monrovia Unified | Clifton Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Monrovia Unified | Santa Fe Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Pomona Unified | Village Academy High School | High |
| Los Angeles | Redondo Beach Unified | Nick Parras Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | San Gabriel Unified | Gabrielino High | High |
| Los Angeles | San Marino Unified | Huntington Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | San Marino Unified | San Marino High | High |
| Los Angeles | SBE - Animo Inglewood Charter | Animo Inglewood Charter High | High |
| Los Angeles | SBE - New West Charter Middle | New West Charter Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Bert M. Lynn Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Madrona Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Torrance Unified | Magruder Middle | Middle |
| Los Angeles | Walnut Valley Unified | Walnut High | High |
| Los Angeles | Whittier Union High | La Serna High School | High |
| Los Angeles | William S. Hart Union High | Rancho Pico Junior High | Middle |
| Madera | Bass Lake Joint Union | Oak Creek Intermediate | Middle |
| Madera | Golden Valley Unified | Liberty High | High |
| Madera | Golden Valley Unified | Ranchos Middle | Middle |
| Marin | Dixie Elementary | Miller Creek Middle | Middle |
| Marin | Reed Union Elementary | Del Mar Middle | Middle |
| Marin | Ross Valley Elementary | White Hill Middle | Middle |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Sir Francis Drake High | High |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Tamalpais High | High |
| Marin | Tamalpais Union High | Tamiscal High | High |
| Mendocino | Ukiah Unified | Redwood Academy of Ukiah | High |
| Merced | Merced River Union Elementary | Washington School | Middle |
| Mono | Mammoth Unified | Mammoth Middle | Middle |
| Monterey | Carmel Unified | Carmel High | High |
| Monterey | Carmel Unified | Carmel Middle School | Middle |
| Monterey | Pacific Grove Unified | Pacific Grove Middle | Middle |
| Monterey | Washington Union Elementary | San Benancio Middle | Middle |
| Napa | Napa Valley Unified | New Technology High | High |
| Napa | Napa Valley Unified | River School | Middle |
| Napa | Napa Valley Unified | Vintage High | High |
| Nevada | Nevada City Elementary | Seven Hills Middle | Middle |
| Nevada | Nevada Joint Union High | Bear River High | High |
| Nevada | Nevada Joint Union High | Ghidotti Early College High | High |
| Nevada | Nevada Joint Union High | Nevada Union High | High |
| Nevada | Pleasant Ridege Union | Magnolia Intermediate | Middle |
| Orange | Anaheim Union High | Western High | High |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Aliso Viejo Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Arroyo Vista Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Bernice Ayer Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Capistrano Unified | Las Flores Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Fountain Valley Elementary | Harry C. Fulton Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Fountain Valley Elementary | Kazuo Masuda Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Fullerton Joint Union High | Sunny Hills High | High |
| Orange | Garden Grove Unified | Sarah McGarvin Intermediate | Middle |
| Orange | Huntington Beach City | Ethel Dwyer Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Huntington Beach Union High | Edison High | High |
| Orange | Huntington Beach Union High | Marina High | High |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Lakeside Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Northwood High | High |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Rancho San Joaquin Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Sierra Vista Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | South Lake Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Venado Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Irvine Unified | Woodbridge High | High |
| Orange | Laguna Beach Unified | Thurston Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Los Alamitos Unified | Los Alamitos High | High |
| Orange | Los Alamitos Unified | McAuliffe Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Los Alamitos Unified | Oak Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Newport-Mesa Unified | Early College High | High |
| Orange | Ocean View | Vista View Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | Bernardo Yorba Middle | Middle |
| Orange | Saddleback Valley Unified | Mission Viejo High | High |
| Orange | Saddleback Valley Unified | Trabuco Hills High | High |
| Orange | Santa Ana Unified | Mendez Fundamental Intermediate | Middle |
| Orange | Santa Ana Unified | Middle College High School @ Santa Ana College | High |
| Orange | Santa Ana Unified | Orange County High School of the Arts | High |
| Placer | Placer Hills Union Elementary | Weimar Hills | Middle |
| Placer | Rocklin Unified | Whitney High | High |
| Placer | Roseville City Elementary | George A. Buljan Middle | Middle |
| Placer | Tahoe-Truckee Joint Unified | North Tahoe High | High |
| Placer | Western Placer Unified | Lincoln High | High |
| Placer | Western Placer Unified | Twelve Bridges Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Alvord Unified | Arizona Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Corona-Norco Unified | El Cerrito Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Corona-Norco Unified | John F. Kennedy Middle College High | High |
| Riverside | Desert Sands Unified | John Glenn Middle School of International Studies | Middle |
| Riverside | Hemet Unified | Hemet High | High |
| Riverside | Lake Elsinore Unified | Lakeland Village Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Lake Elsinore Unified | Terra Cotta Middle | Middle |
| Riverside | Murrieta Valley Unified | Vista Murrieta High | High |
| Riverside | Nuview Union Elementary | Nuview Bridge Early College High | High |
| Riverside | Riverside Unified | Martin Luther King High | High |
| Riverside | Temecula Valley Unified | Chaparral High | High |
| Riverside | Temecula Valley Unified | Great Oak High | High |
| Sacramento | Elk Grove Unified | Elk Grove High | High |
| Sacramento | River Delta Unified | Delta High School | High |
| Sacramento | Sacramento City Unified | C. K. McClatchy High School | High |
| Sacramento | Sacramento City Unified | John F. Kennedy High | High |
| Sacramento | San Juan Unified | Bella Vista High | High |
| Sacramento | San Juan Unified | Casa Roble Fundamental High | High |
| Sacramento | San Juan Unified | Louis Pasteur Fundamental Middle | Middle |
| Sacramento | Twin Rivers Unified | Westside Preparatory Charter | Middle |
| San Bernardino | Apple Valley Unified | Sitting Bull Middle | Middle |
| San Bernardino | Chino Valley Unified | Canyon Hills Junior High | Middle |
| San Bernardino | Mountain View Elementary | Grace Yokley Middle | Middle |
| San Bernardino | San Bernardino City Unified | Richardson Prep Hi | Middle |
| San Bernardino | Victor Valley Union High | University Preparatory | Middle |
| San Bernardino | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | Canyon Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Carlsbad Unified | Valley Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Escondido Union Elementary | Rincon Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Grossmont Union High | Grossmont High | High |
| San Diego | Grossmont Union High | Grossmont Middle College High School | High |
| San Diego | Grossmont Union High | Helix Charter High | High |
| San Diego | Oceanside Unified | El Camino High | High |
| San Diego | Poway Unified | Bernardo Heights Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Poway Unified | Rancho Bernardo High | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Challenger Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | John Muir High | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Kearny School of Digital Media and Design | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Kearny School of International Business | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | San Diego Met High School | High |
| San Diego | San Diego Unified | Scripps Ranch High | High |
| San Diego | San Dieguito Union High | Carmel Valley Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | San Dieguito Union High | Earl Warren Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | San Marcos Unified | San Elijo Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | San Marcos Unified | Woodland Park Middle | Middle |
| San Diego | Sweetwater Union High | Bonita Vista High | High |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Unified | Lowell High | High |
| San Francisco | San Francisco Unified | Theodore Roosevelt Middle | Middle |
| San Joaquin | Escalon Unified | Escalon High | High |
| San Joaquin | Jefferson Elementary | Jefferson Middle | Middle |
| San Joaquin | Lodi Unified | Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy | Middle |
| San Luis Obispo | Coast Unified | Santa Lucia Middle | Middle |
| San Luis Obispo | San Luis Coastal Unified | Morro Bay High | High |
| San Mateo | Jefferson Elementary | Fernando Rivera Intermediate | Middle |
| San Mateo | Jefferson Union High | Oceana High | High |
| San Mateo | Jefferson Union High | Westmoor High | High |
| San Mateo | Menlo Park City Elementary | Hillview Middle | Middle |
| San Mateo | San Carlos Elementary | Central Middle | Middle |
| San Mateo | San Carlos Elementary | Tierra Linda Middle | Middle |
| San Mateo | San Mateo Union High | Mills High | High |
| Santa Barbara | Buellton Union Elementary | Jonata Middle | Middle |
| Santa Barbara | Santa Maria Joint Union High | Ernest Righetti High | High |
| Santa Clara | Alum Rock Union | KIPP Heartwood Academy | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Berryessa Union Elementary | Sierramont Middle | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Cupertino Union | Joaquin Miller Middle | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Fremont Union High | Homestead High | High |
| Santa Clara | Gilroy Unified | Gilroy High | High |
| Santa Clara | Los Altos Elementary | Egan Junior High School | Middle |
| Santa Clara | Los Gatos-Saratoga | Saratoga High | High |
| Santa Clara | San Jose Unified | Abraham Lincoln High | High |
| Santa Clara | Union Elementary | Union Middle | Middle |
| Santa Cruz | Soquel Union Elementary | New Brighton Middle School | Middle |
| Shasta | Columbia Elementary | Mountain View Middle | Middle |
| Shasta | Fall River Joint Unified | Fall River Junior-Senior High | High |
| Shasta | Gateway Unified | Central Valley High | High |
| Shasta | Shasta Union High | Foothill High | High |
| Shasta | Shasta Union High | University Preparatory School | High |
| Siskiyou | Mt. Shasta Union Elementary | Sisson Middle | Middle |
| Solano | Travis Unified | Vanden High | High |
| Sonoma | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | Technology High | High |
| Sonoma | Gravenstein Union Elementary | Hillcrest Middle | Middle |
| Sonoma | Mark West Union Elementary | Mark West Charter | Middle |
| Sonoma | Piner-Olivet Union Elementary | Piner-Olivet Charter | Middle |
| Sonoma | Santa Rosa City | Maria Carrillo High | High |
| Sonoma | Twin Hills Union Elementary | Twin Hills Middle | Middle |
| Sonoma | West Sonoma County Union High | Analy High | High |
| Sonoma | West Sonoma County Union High | El Molino High School | High |
| Sonoma | Windsor Unified | Windsor Middle | Middle |
| Stanislaus | Keyes Union | Keyes to Learning Charter | High |
| Stanislaus | Sylvan Union Elementary | Elizabeth Ustach Middle | Middle |
| Stanislaus | Sylvan Union Elementary | Somerset Middle | Middle |
| Sutter | Live Oak Unified | Live Oak High | High |
| Tehama | Evergreen Union | Evergreen Middle | Middle |
| Tulare | Exeter Union High | Exeter Union High | High |
| Tulare | Visalia Unified | Mount Whitney High School | High |
| Tuolumne | Twain Harte-Long Barn Union | Twain Harte Middle | Middle |
| Ventura | Conejo Valley Unified | Westlake High | High |
| Ventura | Oak Park Unified | Medea Creek Middle | Middle |
| Ventura | Oak Park Unified | Oak Park High | High |
| Ventura | Oxnard Union High | Adolfo Camarillo High | High |
| Ventura | Simi Valley Unified | Sinaloa Middle | Middle |
| Yolo | Winters Joint Unified | Winters High | High |
| Yuba | Wheatland Elementary | Bear River Middle | Middle |
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Last Reviewed: Thursday, January 21, 2021
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