Claremont High School [CHS] | |
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Address | |
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1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd. , 91711 United States | |
Coordinates | 34°06′46″N 117°43′25″W / 34.11278°N 117.72361°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | A Tradition of Excellence |
Established | 1890 (as Claremont Grammar School) |
School district | Claremont Unified School District |
CEEB code | 050590 |
Principal | James Mitchell |
Faculty | 92.94 (FTE) [1] |
Number of students | 2,354 (2021-22) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 25.33 [1] |
Campus size | 20 acres |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Maroon Gray White |
Athletics conference | Palomares League |
Mascot | Wolf |
Team name | Wolfpack |
Rival | Damien High School [2] [3] and Bonita High School [4] [5] |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Newspaper | "The Wolfpacket" |
Yearbook | "El Espiritu" |
Website | Official site |
Claremont High School is a public high school in Claremont, California, United States. Part of the Claremont Unified School District, it is a California Distinguished School, a two-time national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (1986–1987, 1999–2000), and a nationally recognized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. [6]
The school serves Claremont and a small section of Pomona. [7]
Claremont's sports programs include football, basketball, volleyball, golf, baseball, softball, water polo, swimming and diving, wrestling, tennis, soccer, track and field, and cross-country. The varsity football team has won 21 league championships, including 5 CIF titles.[ citation needed] The cross-country team earned a fourth-place finish at the 2009 CIF State Meet and a third-place finish at the 2010 CIF State Meet, in recent years they have been dominant, with a 3rd place finish in 2011, 4th place finish in 2014, 4th place in 2015, STATE CHAMPS in 2016, 4th place in 2017, 3rd place in 2018, and 3rd again in 2019 (All at the D2 State meets). The girls cross-country team won first-place in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 CIF State Meets, and made Nationals both in 2017 and 2018. The boys also finished first in the 2016 CIF State Meet. In 2009 and 2010, the varsity tennis team won CIF titles. [8] The soccer team won back to back league titles in 1993, 2001–2002 and 2011.[ citation needed]
Claremont is part of the Palomares League. Claremont High School has 24 varsity athletic teams.
Claremont is home to numerous notable performing arts programs. These include a prolific theater department, which holds their spring musical at Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium, as well as a dance team and numerous choral groups. Claremont’s instrumental music programs include an award winning marching band and wind ensemble, as well as string, chamber, and symphony orchestras. [9] They are also home to highly regarded color guard team. [10]
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