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California Distinguished Schools Awardees 2011

California Distinguished Schools Awardees for 2011.

California recognized outstanding education programs and practices in middle and high schools in 2011.

Additional information can be found on the April 12, 2011, State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces 2011 California Distinguished Schools News Release #11-29.

County District School Grade Level
Alameda Alameda City Unified Lincoln Middle Middle
Alameda Albany City Unified Albany High High
Alameda Fremont Unified Mission San Jose High High
Alameda Oakland Unified American Indian Public Charter Middle
Alameda Oakland Unified American Indian Public Charter School II Middle
Alameda Oakland Unified American Indian Public High High
Alameda Oakland Unified KIPP Bridge Charter Middle
Alameda Oakland Unified Montera Middle Middle
Alameda San Lorenzo Unified KIPP Summit Academy Middle
Contra Costa Antioch Unified Dozier-Libbey Medical High High
Contra Costa Brentwood Union Elementary William B. Bristow Middle Middle
El Dorado Pollock Pines Elementary Sierra Ridge Middle Middle
Fresno Fresno Unified University High High
Fresno Riverdale Joint Unified Riverdale High High
Kern Delano Joint Union High Cesar E. Chavez High High
Kern Delano Joint Union High Delano High High
Kern Kern Union High Centennial High High
Kern Rosedale Union Elementary Rosedale Middle Middle
Kern Sierra Sands Unified Burroughs High High
Lake Lakeport Unified Clear Lake High High
Los Angeles ABC Unified Gretchen Whitney High High
Los Angeles Culver City Unified Culver City High High
Los Angeles El Rancho Unified Rivera Middle Middle
Los Angeles El Segundo Unified El Segundo High High
Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Bright Star Secondary Charter Academy High
Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Granada Hills Charter High High
Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy High
Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified ICEF Vista Middle Academy Middle
Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory Middle
Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified Port of Los Angeles High High
Los Angeles Manhattan Beach Unified Mira Costa High High
Los Angeles Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified Palos Verdes Intermediate Middle
Los Angeles Pasadena Unified Blair High High
Los Angeles South Pasadena Unified South Pasadena Middle Middle
Los Angeles Torrance Unified Calle Mayor Middle Middle
Los Angeles Torrance Unified Jefferson Middle Middle
Los Angeles Torrance Unified Torrance High High
Los Angeles Walnut Valley Unified Suzanne Middle Middle
Los Angeles West Covina Unified Hollencrest Middle Middle
Madera Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary Dairyland Elementary Middle
Marin Shoreline Unified Tomales High High
Marin Tamalpais Union High Redwood High High
Modoc Modoc Joint Unified Modoc Middle Middle
Mono Mammoth Unified Mammoth High High
Napa Calistoga Joint Unified Calistoga Junior-Senior High High
Orange Anaheim Union High Oxford Academy High
Orange Brea-Olinda Unified Brea-Olinda High High
Orange Capistrano Unified Ladera Ranch Middle Middle
Orange Capistrano Unified Newhart Middle Middle
Orange Orange Unified Santiago Middle Middle
Orange Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle Middle
Orange Tustin Unified Arnold O. Beckman High High
Placer Placer Union High Del Oro High High
Riverside Desert Sands Unified Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle Middle
Riverside Desert Sands Unified La Quinta High High
Riverside Lake Elsinore Unified David A. Brown Middle Middle
Riverside Riverside Unified Amelia Earhart Middle Middle
Riverside Riverside Unified Matthew Gage Middle Middle
Sacramento Elk Grove Unified Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle Middle
Sacramento Galt Joint Union Elementary McCaffrey Middle Middle
Sacramento Natomas Unified Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep High
Sacramento Sacramento City Unified Sutter Middle Middle
San Bernardino Bear Valley Unified Big Bear High High
San Bernardino Chino Valley Unified Ruben S. Ayala High High
San Bernardino Etiwanda Elementary Day Creek Intermediate Middle
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy Middle
San Diego Coronado Unified Coronado High High
San Diego Lakeside Union Elementary River Valley Charter High
San Diego Poway Unified Oak Valley Middle Middle
San Diego Ramona Unified Ramona High† High
San Diego San Diego Unified Albert Einstein Academy Middle Middle
San Diego San Diego Unified Mira Mesa High† High
San Diego San Diego Unified Preuss School UCSD High
San Diego San Diego Unified San Diego International Studies High
San Diego San Dieguito Union High Diegueno Middle Middle
San Diego San Dieguito Union High San Dieguito High Academy High
San Diego San Marcos Unified Mission Hills High† High
San Diego Sweetwater Union High Rancho del Rey Middle Middle
San Diego Valley Center-Pauma Unified Valley Center Middle Middle
San Francisco San Francisco Unified KIPP Bayview Academy Middle
San Francisco San Francisco Unified Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts High
San Joaquin Lodi Unified Elkhorn School Middle
San Joaquin Lodi Unified Middle College High High
San Joaquin Stockton Unified Aspire Langston Hughes Academy Middle
San Luis Obispo Coast Unified Coast Union High High
San Mateo Hillsborough City Elementary Crocker Middle Middle
San Mateo Las Lomitas Elementary La Entrada Middle Middle
San Mateo Portola Valley Elementary Corte Madera Middle
Santa Clara Evergreen Elementary Chaboya Middle Middle
Santa Clara Moreland Elementary Moreland Middle Middle
Santa Clara Union Elementary Dartmouth Middle Middle
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz City High Harbor High High
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz City High Santa Cruz High High
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz County Office of Ed Pacific Collegiate Charter High
Shasta Shasta Union High Shasta High High
Solano Dixon Unified Dixon High High
Sonoma Healdsburg Unified Healdsburg Junior High Middle
Sonoma Santa Rosa City Schools Santa Rosa High High
Sutter East Nicolaus Joint Union High East Nicolaus High High
Ventura Conejo Valley Unified Sequoia Middle Middle

† These schools joined the 2011 California Distinguished Schools Recognition Program in May 2011.

Questions:   Awards Team | awards@cde.ca.gov | 916-319-0842
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, February 7, 2018