Burlingame High School (California)

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| name = Burlingame High School

| logo = Burlingame High School logo.png

| image = Burlingame High School.jpg

| motto =

| established = 1923

| type = Public Secondary school

| affiliation =

| district = San Mateo Union High School District

| grades = 9–12

| principal = Jen Fong

| teaching_staff = 77.21 (FTE)

| hours_in_day = 7

| faculty =

| ratio = 19.95

| rival = San Mateo High School

| enrollment = 1,540 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0634980&ID=063498005920|title=Burlingame High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 28, 2024}}

| colors = {{colorbox|#a60012}} {{colorbox|white}} Scarlet and White

| athletics = none

| conference = CIF Central Coast Section
Peninsula Athletic League

| nickname = Panthers

| free_label =

| free_text =

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| streetaddress = 1 Mangini Way

| city = Burlingame

| state = California

| zipcode = 94010

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|37.5826|-122.3466 |format=dms |type:edu_region:US-CA |display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = San Francisco Bay Area#California#USA

| information =

| website = {{url|www.smuhsd.org/burlingamehigh}}

}}

Burlingame High School is a public high school in Burlingame, California. It is part of the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD).

History

In order to meet the growing student population, the school was opened in December 1923 under the name "San Mateo High School, Burlingame Branch." Designed by architect W. H. Weeks, the school took in students from Burlingame, Hillsborough, Millbrae, and San Bruno.{{Cite web|url=https://burlingamehistory.org/2012/07/08/burlingame-high-school/|title=Burlingame High School|accessdate=May 12, 2021|publisher=Burlingame Historical Society}} Initial enrollment consisted of 350 students and 30 teachers. As a branch of San Mateo High School, extracurricular organizations were shared between the schools. There was a single band, football team, and other athletic teams with student members from both schools. Within 10 years the enrollment of the school increased to 494 boys and 474 girls, totaling 968 pupils, a figure close to the school's original design capacity. In 1927 the school name was officially changed to Burlingame High School.

In the summer of 1980, the SMUHSD board decided it must close one of the district's seven schools, due to declining enrollment. Following public hearings, the board narrowed the choice to either Crestmoor High School or Burlingame High School. After study and discussion, the board decided to close Crestmoor in the fall of 1980 and keep Burlingame open.San Bruno Herald, San Mateo Times

San Mateo and Burlingame have been rivals since the division of the Burlingame branch, and the rivalry culminates annually in a football matchup dubbed the "Little Big Game" and patterned after the collegiate Big Game. As of November 2021, Burlingame leads the series record 58–32–4. Burlingame currently holds "The Paw" as part of a twelve-game win streak, the longest in the rivalry's history.{{Cite web|url=https://prep2prep.com/article/49362|title=Burlingame starts hot, rolls to 12th straight Little Big Game win|author=Kassel, Ethan|date=November 7, 2021|accessdate=November 7, 2021|website=Prep2Prep}}

Academics

Burlingame High School has been recognized nationally for its academic excellence. For 2013, it was ranked 280th in Newsweek{{'}}s Top 2,000 Public High Schools,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html |title=America's Best High Schools 2013 |magazine=Newsweek}} 471st nationally by U.S. News & World Report,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools |title=Best High Schools-2013 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320051826/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools |archivedate=March 20, 2016 |df=mdy }} and 490th by The Washington Post's ranking of "America's Most Challenging High Schools."{{cite news |url=https://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2013/list/national/ |title=America's Most Challenging High Schools-National Rankings 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

As of the 2018–19 school year, the San Mateo Union High School District uses Canvas as its online platform for classrooms.

Burlingame High School has a wide array of Advanced Placement course offerings.

Statistics

=Demographics=

2017–2018

1,475 students: 776 male (52.6%), 699 female (47.4%)

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!White

!Hispanic

!Asian

!Two or more races

!Pacific Islander

!African American

!American Indian

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Approximately 11.9% of the students at Burlingame are served by the free or reduced-price lunch program.

=Standardized testing=

colspan="4" \| SAT Scores for 2014–2015 {{cite web \|url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/satactap/sat.aspx?cyear=2014-15&cchoice=SAT3b&year=1415&cdscode=41690470000000&clevel=District&ctopic=sat&level=District \|title=SAT Report - 2014-15 District Level Scores \|publisher=California Department of Education \|accessdate=September 27, 2016 }}{{Dead link\|date=November 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
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	Critical Reading average	Math average	Writing average
Burlingame High \| 557 \|\| 586 \|\| 560
District \| 544 \|\| 570 \|\| 544
Statewide \| 489 \|\| 500 \|\| 484

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colspan="3" \| 2013 Academic Performance Index
2009 base API {{cite web \|url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/AcntRpt2010/2009BaseSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 \|title=2009 Base API School Report – Burlingame High \|publisher=California Department of Education Assessment, Accountability and Awards Division \|access-date=January 28, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226060002/http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/AcntRpt2010/2009BaseSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 \|archive-date=December 26, 2016 \|url-status=dead }} ! 2013 growth API {{cite web \|url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Acnt2013/2013GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 \|title=2013 Growth API School Report – Burlingame High \|publisher=California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division \|access-date=September 10, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055330/http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Acnt2013/2013GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 \|archive-date=December 26, 2016 \|url-status=dead }} ! Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013
836 \| 870 \| 34

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colspan="3" | 2013 Academic Performance Index

2009 base API {{cite web |url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/AcntRpt2010/2009BaseSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 |title=2009 Base API School Report – Burlingame High |publisher=California Department of Education Assessment, Accountability and Awards Division |access-date=January 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226060002/http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/AcntRpt2010/2009BaseSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

! 2013 growth API {{cite web |url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Acnt2013/2013GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 |title=2013 Growth API School Report – Burlingame High |publisher=California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division |access-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055330/http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Acnt2013/2013GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130472 |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

! Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013

836

| 870

| 34

Extracurricular activities

=Robotics=

The Iron Panthers (FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5026 and FIRST Tech Challenge Team 7316) was founded in 2013 to compete against other Bay Area high schools. In September 2017, the Iron Panthers received recognition by competing in the finals of an off-season Robotics competition, Chezy Champs.{{cite web |title=Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2018) - The Blue Alliance |url=https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5026/2018}} In March 2018, the Iron Panthers' FTC team traveled to Spokane to compete in the West Super-Regional. In 2019, they were alliance captains at the Central Valley Regional, where they competed in the finals.{{cite web |title=Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2019) - The Blue Alliance |url=https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5026/2019}} In the past three years, the Iron Panthers traveled to Houston to compete in the FIRST Championship and were alliance captains in the 2018 game FIRST Power Up.{{cite web |title=Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2019) - The Blue Alliance |url=https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5026/2019}}{{cite web |title=Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2017) - The Blue Alliance |url=https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5026/2017}} In the 2019 game Destination: Deep Space, they were the winners of the Newton Division and the World Champions; this was the first competition that they won.{{cite web |title=Iron Panthers - Team 5026 (2019) - The Blue Alliance |url=https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/5026/2019}} Their motto is "Student-Built, Student-Run."

Burlingame Robotics also has an FTC team known as the Iron Kittens (Team 20392, formerly 10336).

Notable alumni and faculty

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Dianna Agron, 2004 — actress in Glee; Agron was Homecoming queen{{cite web|last=Dowd|first=Katie|date=2018-09-02|title=Celebrities you might not have known lived in the Bay Area|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-bay-area-famous-residents-13127046.php|access-date=2020-10-11|website=SFGate}}
Bill Amend, 1980 — cartoonist best known for FoxTrot
Eric Bakhtiari, 2003 — former NFL player
Marc Benioff, 1982 — founder and CEO of Salesforce.com

{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/08/BUG2QLICVV1.DTL&type=business|title=On The Record: Marc Benioff|accessdate=January 13, 2007

|work=San Francisco Chronicle |date= October 8, 2006}}

Grant Brisbee, 1994 — baseball writer
Jim Burke — English teacher and author of books on teaching
Mary Crosby — actress, Dallas
Nathaniel Crosby — golfer
Anton del Rosario – soccer player and executive
Ben Eastman – Olympic athlete, 1932 Summer Olympics; one of three Americans to hold world record in both the 400 and 800 meters; voted into Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006
Scott Feldman, 2001 — former Major League Baseball pitcher
Frankie Ferrari, 2014 — professional basketball player for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB and EuroCup Basketball
Matthew Fondy, 2007 — professional soccer forward
Val Garay - Grammy Award-winning record producer and audio engineer{{cite web |last1=Saxon |first1=Jonathan |title=Val Garay: Linda Ronstadt, Kim Carnes, James Taylor |url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/112/val-garay/ |website=TapeOp.com |publisher=Tape Op |access-date=17 November 2021}}
Zac Grotz, 2011 — MLB pitcher, currently in the Boston Red Sox organization.
Hannah Hart, 2004 — internet personality, best known for YouTube series My Drunk Kitchen
Lou Harrison, 1934 — music composer, student of Arnold Schoenberg
Howie Hawkins — political activist
Shirley Jackson — writer
Adam Klein, 2009 — winner of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X

{{Cite web |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2016-12-16/burlingame-native-wins-survivor-adam-klein-earns-1-million-for-defeating-19-others-on-popular-reality-tv-show/1776425172915.html |title=Burlingame native wins 'Survivor': Adam Klein earns $1 million for defeating 19 others on popular reality TV show |date=December 16, 2016 |work=San Mateo Daily Journal |last=Walsh |first=Adam}}

Anthony Neely, 2004 — Mandopop singer in Taiwan
Jonathan "Butch" Norton, 1976 – former drummer with the band "Eels", session musician
Jeanne Phillips — advice columnist who writes the advice column Dear Abby
Ed Roberts, 1959 — activist, leader in disability rights movement

{{Cite web|url=https://www.independentliving.org/docs3/brown00a.html |title=Zona and Ed Roberts: Twentieth Century Pioneers |accessdate=June 13, 2021 |date=Winter 2000 |work=Disability Studies Quarterly |last=Brown |first=Steven}}

Brad Schreiber — writer
D. J. Sharabi - Olympic baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/baseball-takes-2010-burlingame-graduate-d-j-sharabi-to-tokyo/article_b1b9d9fa-eb5f-11eb-8c1e-8f9e118ed3cb.html|title=Baseball takes 2010 Burlingame graduate D.J. Sharabi to Tokyo|first=Nathan |last=Mollat |work=San Mateo Daily Journal|accessdate=July 30, 2021}}
Matt Sosnick — baseball agent featured in License to Deal
Erik van Dillen — U.S. Davis Cup tennis player, 1971–75
Mark Walen, 1980 — former NFL player

Popular culture

Scenes from the film Dangerous Minds were filmed on the campus of Burlingame High School in the spring of 1994.[http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Michelle-Pfeiffer-Acts-With-Class-Dangerous-2994252.php Michelle Pfeiffer Acts With Class / `Dangerous Minds' uses teacher plot well - SFGate]