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Foothill High School
Location
Map
19251 Dodge Avenue

Santa Ana
,
California 92705

United States
33°46′03″N 117°47′53″W / 33.767411°N 117.798071°W / 33.767411; -117.798071
Information
TypePublic
Established1963[1]
School district
Tustin Unified School District
Principal
Dr. Michelle Villa[2]
Staff84.97 (FTE)[3]
Faculty114[citation needed]
Grades9th-12th
Enrollment2,126 (2024-2025)[3]
Student to teacher ratio
25.02[3]
CampusSuburban
Colors  Gold
  Black
  White
MascotKnight
RivalTustin High School
Websitefoothill.tustin.k12.ca.us

Foothill High School is a public secondary school located in the unincorporated community of North Tustin, California between Old Foothill Boulevard and Dodge Avenue. It has a mailing address of Santa Ana, but it is a part of the Tustin Unified School District.[4]

History

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A Foothill logo from the 1960s

Opened in September 1963, it is the second oldest high school in the Tustin Unified School District. Its name is derived from the Tustin Foothills, which is the pre-2005 name of the area of North Tustin.[5]

In 1996, Foothill was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School award.[6] It was awarded the California Gold Ribbon School award in 2015 and the California Distinguished School award three times, in 1994, 1999, and 2005.[6]

Academics

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Foothill High School offers multiple academic programs including 23 advanced placement classes, 10 Honors classes, and 8 International Baccalaureate classes.[4] Foothill is the only school in the Tustin Unified School District to offer the International Baccalaureate program.[citation needed] Foothill also offers AVID and CTE pathways in the areas of Engenering, Media Arts, Manufacturing, Culinary Arts, Computer Science, Visual Imagery, Graphic Design, Robotics, and Applied Medical.[7][8]

Foothill also partners with Irvine Valley College (IVC) to offer dual enrollment courses in Business, American Sign Language, Kinesiology, and Dance history.[9]

Athletics

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Foothill plays in the Crestview League, a part of the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS), which is part of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).

Seasons

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Foothill has 22 teams in 14 sports.

Fall:

  • Cross country
  • Football (men's)
  • Golf (women's)
  • Tennis (women's)
  • Volleyball (women's)
  • Water polo (men's)

Winter:

  • Basketball (men's/women's)
  • Soccer (men's/women's)
  • Water polo (women's)
  • Wrestling (men's/women's)

Spring:

  • Baseball (men's)
  • Golf (men's)
  • Lacrosse (men's/women's)
  • Softball (women's)
  • Swimming
  • Tennis (men's)
  • Track
  • Volleyball (men's)

Campus

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Foothill was built on a 37-acre campus.[10]

Notable alumni

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The FHS gym

Other

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Former head football coach of the Kansas State Wildcats, Bill Snyder, coached at Foothill High School from 1969-1974, then went on to a coach at Austin College and Iowa before landing at Kansas State University.[18][19]

References

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  1. ↑ "FHS Profile". Tustin Unified School District. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Administrators - Foothill High School". Tustin Unified School District. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Foothill High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "FHS Profile - Foothill High School 2022". foothill.tustin.k12.ca.us. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  5. ↑ Ball, Guy (2011). Tustin. Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7385-7037-2.
  6. 1 2 "Distinguished Schools - Tustin Unified School District". Tustin Unified School District. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Academics at Foothill - Foothill High School 2022". foothill.tustin.k12.ca.us. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Foothill High School - Tustin Unified School District". www.tustin.k12.ca.us. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  9. ↑ "College Dual Enrollment - Foothill High School 2022". foothill.tustin.k12.ca.us. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  10. ↑ Register, Orange County Register | Orange County (August 30, 2006). "Tustin: Foothill High to get face-lift". Orange County Register. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  11. ↑ "NFL - Players Rosters - National Football League - ESPN". ESPN.
  12. ↑ "USA Water Polo Player BIO". Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  13. ↑ "USA Volleyball - Features, Events, Results". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Colts linebacker Bobby Okereke signs four-year, $40 million deal with Giants". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  15. ↑ Foster, Chris (March 2, 1994). "PREP BASEBALL '94: CENTURY LEAGUE: Foothill Enjoys Fruit of Pickler Family Tree". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via LA Times.
  16. ↑ "O.C. Native finds his voice on TV". July 9, 2013.
  17. ↑ Lovret, Juanita (July 23, 2012). "Reflecting on Tustin's Olympians". Orange County Register.
  18. ↑ "Coach Snyder FHS Alumni Assoc". Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Bill Snyder bio - Kansas State Sports". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
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