Moorpark High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Moorpark High School
| logo = Moorparkhslogo.jpg
| logo_size = 180px
| established = 1919
| former_names = Moorpark Memorial Union High School, Moorpark Union High School
| type = Public
| principal = Zaid Bakoo
| staff =
| faculty =
| teaching_staff = 72.16 (FTE)
| enrollment = 1,821 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Miles=10&Zip=93020&ID=062569007784|title=Moorpark High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 27, 2024}}
| colors = Green and Gold {{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}}
| conference = CIF Southern Section
Coastal Canyon League
| nickname = Musketeers
| coordinates = {{coord|34|16|11|N|118|53|53|W|display=inline,title}}
| motto = "All for One, One for All"
| streetaddress = 4500 Tierra Rejada Road
| city = Moorpark
| state = California
| zipcode = 93021
| country = United States
| footnotes =
| website = {{url|https://mhs.mrpk.org/}}
}}
Moorpark High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the Mountain Meadows neighborhood of Moorpark, Ventura County, California, and serves students from grades 9 through 12.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sarconline.org/Sarc/About/56739405633250|title=Student Accountability Report Card|website=California Dept of Education SARC Online|access-date=September 19, 2019}} It is part of the Moorpark Unified School District; and had an enrollment of 1,908 students for the 2018–19 school year.{{Cite web|url=https://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrEthGrd.aspx?cds=56739405633250&agglevel=school&year=2018-19|title=Enrollment by Ethnicity and Grade – Moorpark High (CA Dept of Education)|website=data1.cde.ca.gov|access-date=September 19, 2019}} The student/teacher ratio for 2017–18 was 23:1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ed-data.org/school/Ventura/Moorpark-Unified/Moorpark-High|title=Fiscal, Demographic, and Performance Data on California's K-12 School|access-date=September 19, 2019}} Moorpark High School is accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.{{Cite web|url=https://www.acswasc.org|title=Directory of Schools|website=Western Association of Schools and Colleges|access-date=9 September 2019}} Moorpark High School takes pupils from two main feeder middle schools: Chaparral Middle School and Mesa Verde Middle School.{{Cite web|url=https://moorpark-ca.schoolloop.com/schools|title=Moorpark Unified School Sites|access-date=September 19, 2019}}
In addition to Moorpark, the school district it includes a portion of Santa Rosa Valley.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06111_ventura/DC20SD_C06111.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ventura County, CA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-10-18|page=1 (PDF p. 2/3)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06111_ventura/DC20SD_C06111_SD2MS.txt Text list]
History
The school was established in 1919 as Moorpark Memorial Union High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mrpk.org/pf4/cms2/view_page?d=x&group_id=1486205590710&vdid=ic4f1s1mxn4|title=History of Moorpark Unified School District|website=www.mrpk.org|access-date=2020-01-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.moorparkca.gov/381/History|title=Moorpark History|access-date=19 September 2019}} The campus was originally located at 280 Casey Road (through the end of the 1987–1988 school year before being relocated to its current campus at 4500 Tierra Rejada Road). "Memorial" was included in the school name as a remembrance of servicemen lost during the First World War.
Moorpark High School has been noted for its performance in Academic Decathlon, winning the national championship four times with the latest in 2009.{{cite news |last1=Mehta |first1=Seema |title=Moorpark wins 4th Academic Decathlon championship |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-26-me-acadeca26-story.html |access-date=26 July 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 2009}}
Notable alumni
- Kelli Berglund, actress
- Greg Estandia, Jacksonville Jaguars/Cleveland Browns tight end
- Sunny Hale (1968–2017), polo player for the Outback Polo Team; and first woman to win the U.S. Open.{{cite web |title=Moorpark Polo Players Advance in N.Y. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-29-sp-20536-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=7 September 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=T. Rees |title=Sunny Hale, top-ranked polo player of peerless style and audacious speed, dies at 48 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/sunny-hale-top-ranked-polo-player-of-peerless-style-and-audacious-speed-dies-at-48/2017/02/28/29fc1ad4-fdfa-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=7 September 2019}}
- Chad Hansen, New York Jets wide receiver
- Drake London, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver
- Jonah Monheim, college football offensive lineman for the USC Trojans{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star/145268661/|newspaper=Ventura County Star|via=Newspapers.com|date=August 19, 2019|page=B4|title=Monheim brings the power to Moorpark|author=Ledin, Loren}} {{Open access}}
- Zach Penprase (born 1985), Israeli-American baseball player for the Israel National Baseball Team
- Dennis Pitta, Baltimore Ravens tight end
- Grant Rohach, former American football quarterback{{cite news |url=http://www.mpacorn.com/news/2009-11-20/Sports/Football_is_a_family_affair_at_Moorpark_High.html |title=Football is a family affair at Moorpark High |date=November 20, 2009 |agency=Moorpark Acorn |author=Appelbaum, Eliav |accessdate=February 18, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219031251/http://www.mpacorn.com/news/2009-11-20/Sports/Football_is_a_family_affair_at_Moorpark_High.html |archivedate=February 19, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
- Chastin West, Detroit Lions wide receiver
- Dan Winters, portrait photographer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer{{Cite web |last=Orozco |first=Lance |date=2024-03-18 |title=Ventura County man who's photographed everyone from Brad Pitt to Barack Obama focus of documentary |url=https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2024-03-18/ventura-county-man-whos-photographed-everyone-from-brad-pitt-to-barack-obama-focus-of-documentary |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=KCLU |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://mhs-moorpark-ca.schoolloop.com/ Official Web Site]
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Category:High schools in Ventura County, California
Category:Public high schools in California
Category:Buildings and structures in Moorpark, California