Hilltop High School (Chula Vista, California)
{{short description|California high school}}
{{Hatnote|For other schools with the same name, see Hilltop High School (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox school
| former_name = Hilltop Senior High
| name = Hilltop High School
| image =
| motto = "The Focus at Hilltop is Academics"
| established = {{Start date and age|1959}}
| fundingtype = Public
| schooltype = high school
| affiliation =
| district = Sweetwater Union High School District
| superintendent = Moisés G. Aguirre
| principal = Bill Walsh
| students =
| enrollment = 1,841 (2023-2024){{NCES School ID|063864006484|school_name=Hilltop Senior High|access_date=December 28, 2024|do_not_render=y}}
| teaching_staff =
| ratio =
| athletics_conference = Metropolitan - Mesa League
| student_union = ASB
| colors = {{color box|#4CBB17}} Kelly Green
{{color box|White}} White
{{Color box|black}} Black
| mascot = Lancer
| yearbook = The Idyll
| newspaper = The Lance
| campus = Suburban
| address = 555 Claire Avenue
| city = Chula Vista
| county = (San Diego County)
| state = California
| postalcode = 91910
| coordinates = {{coord|32.6372|-117.0596|display=inline,title}}
| country = USA
| homepage = {{Official website}}
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}}Hilltop High School (formerly Hilltop Senior High) is a four-year public high school in Chula Vista, California. It is part of Sweetwater Union High School District. As of 2023, Bill Walsh is the current principal of Hilltop High.{{Citation |title=Hilltop High School - Administration |url=https://hth.sweetwaterschools.org/administration/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |language=en}}
Academics
Hilltop was named a California Distinguished School in 2005{{cite web|url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/ap/distingcounty.asp?county=37 |title=Distinguished School Awards - California School Recognition Program |publisher=California Department of Education |accessdate=2008-02-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408113857/http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/ap/distingcounty.asp?county=37 |archivedate=2008-04-08 |url-status=dead }} and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
In the 2006–07 school year, the graduation rate was 93.3%.
Hilltop has the highest number of AP courses available to all students and the highest AP pass rate out of the entire SUHSD at 72.8%. Since the 1999–2000 school year, there has been a 25% increase in exams taken, a 7% increase in the overall pass rate, and a 30% increase in the total number of students testing.{{cite web|url=http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/SARC/2007/SARC2007_HTH_Short.pdf|title=Executive Summary School Accountability Report Card, 2005-06|publisher=Hilltop High School|accessdate=2008-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717035443/http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/SARC/2007/SARC2007_HTH_Short.pdf|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}
Athletics
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The school colors are kelly green, white, and black. Its mascot is the "Lancer".
Hilltop is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) San Diego Section and the Mesa League of the Metro Conference. Hilltop competes in the following sports:{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
- Fall: cross country, football, women's volleyball, boys water polo, women's tennis, women's golf, field hockey
- Winter: basketball, soccer, wrestling, cheerleading, Roller Hockey, women’s water polo
- Spring: track and field, men's volleyball, lacrosse, softball, baseball, swimming and diving, men's tennis, men's golf, lacrosse
CIF Champions
2016- Women’s Water Polo
Chula Vista Spartans are the Lancers longtime rival school, dating back to the '60s.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
Longtime Hilltop Coaches elected as San Diego Sports Hall of Champions Coaching Legends:{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
- Don "Big Dawg" Rollins – JV Basketball (Don is currently third all-time in Southern California JV wins)
- John Baumgartner – Baseball
- Janet Balsley – Field Hockey
- Chip Holmes – Track & Field
- Tim Tyler – Wrestling (Tyler was also inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame)
Demographics
{{Update|date=February 2025|reason=Outdated demographics data, needs updating.|section=Demographics}}
In the 2005–06 school year, the school's Academic Performance Index placed it 698 (base) where 800 is the California state goal with a state rank of 5 out of 10.{{cite web|url=http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/Navigation/fsTwoPanel.asp?bottom=%2Fprofile%2Easp%3Flevel%3D07%26reportnumber%3D16%26fyr%3Dcurrent%26tab%3D0|title=School Profile FISCAL YEAR: 2005-06 (General)|publisher=Education Data Partnership|accessdate=2007-10-04|date=2005–2006}}
Notable alumni
Notable faculty
- Rene Ortiz, former soccer player{{cite news|url=https://www.thestarnews.com/ortiz-a-coach-at-all-levels-seeks-another-ring-with-san-diego-sockers/|title=Ortiz, a coach at all levels, seeks another ring with San Diego Sockers|work=The Star-News|first=Phillip|last=Brents|date=April 7, 2022|access-date=October 17, 2023}}
- Bryan Wagner
- Drew Westling{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2016/05/26/hilltop-hires-former-chula-vista-coach/|title=Hilltop hires former Chula Vista coach|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|first=John|last=Maffei|date=May 26, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208095210/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2016/05/26/hilltop-hires-former-chula-vista-coach/|archive-date=February 8, 2025|url-status=live}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101223084424/http://hilltoplancers.org/index.php Hilltop High legacy (archived) web site)]
{{SUHSD}}
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