Foothill High School (Sacramento, California)
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| Foothill High School | |
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| Location | |
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5000 McCloud Drive (Sacramento County) 95842 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°40′47″N 121°20′54″W / 38.6797°N 121.3484°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Established | 1965 |
| School district | Twin Rivers Unified School District |
| Principal | Tim Trokey |
| Teaching staff | 64.71 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,417 (2024-2025)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.90 |
| Campus size | 162,071 sq ft (15,056.9 m2) |
| Colors | Orange, Black, and White |
| Sports | Yes |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| Nickname | Mustangs |
| Rivals | Rio Linda High School |
| Newspaper | fhspress.com |
| Yearbook | EQUI |
| Website | fhs |
Foothill High School is a four-year high school located in Foothill Farms, California, a middle-class suburb of Sacramento, California. It is part of the Twin Rivers Unified School District.[3]
- Principal: Tim Trokey[citation needed]
Demographics
For the 2023–2024 school year, there was a total of 1,289 students enrolled at Foothill High.[4] The school's demographic make-up is very diverse: 18.5% White, 43.8% Hispanic/Latino, 14.3% African-American, 11.1% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 6.4% of two or more races.[4] Regarding economically disadvantaged students, 83% of the students are eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act, and 8% of the students are eligible for the Reduced-Price Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act.[5] The three primary languages spoken by English language learners are Spanish, Persian, and Pashto.
Boys Basketball
Foothill High School's boys basketball team has recently become one of the best in Sacramento, notably being the only school in Sacramento to have won two state championships (in 1994 and 2003, under head coach Drew Hibbs, The Sacramento Bee's Coach of the Decade). The boys basketball team has also won four section championships in 1997, 2003, 2004, and 2012.
