Kingsburg High School

Kingsburg High School (KHS) is a public high school in Kingsburg, California, United States. The school is part of the Kingsburg Joint Union High School District. Its mascot is the Viking and its school colors are green and gold. As of 2018, the enrollment was 1,071 students.[2]

Kingsburg High School
Address
1900 18th Avenue, Kingsburg, California
Information
School typePublic
Established1908
PrincipalDr. Ryan Phelan
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment1,071 (2017-18)[1]
Color(s)   Green and gold
MascotViking
NewspaperThe Viking Voice
Websitewww.khsvikings.com

Academic Achievements

Kingsburg High School's academic achievements include:

  • A graduation rate of 99.6% in 2019.
  • 72.2% of students qualified as college/career ready in 2019
  • 72% of students met or exceeded standard in ELA (#8 in Fresno/Tulare Counties)
  • 46.9% of students met or exceeded standard in MATH (#5 in Fresno/Tulare Counties)

Resources

The resources offered to students by Kingsburg High school include a college and career center dedicated to helping students plan for life after leaving high school, a laptop program that provides each student with a functioning computer to be used for school related activities and assignments, and two different versions of many of the online resources/documents, one in Spanish and one in English, to accommodate to the school's number of Spanish speaking students and parents.[3][4]

Annual Events

The events put on annually by Kingsburg High School include:[5]

  • Rivalry week
  • Homecoming week
  • Dances: Homecoming, Formal, Back to school dance, Sadie's, and Prom
  • Rotary top 40 dinner
  • FFA Tri-tip dinner

Athletics

Kingsburg High School competes in the Central Section of the California Interscholastic Federation as a member of the Central Sequoia League (CSL).[6]

Fall

  • Football
  • Volleyball
  • Cross country
  • Girls' golf
  • Boys' water polo
  • Girls' water polo
  • Girls' tennis
  • Viking Marching Band

Winter

  • Boys' basketball
  • Girls' basketball
  • Boys' soccer
  • Girls' soccer
  • Wrestling

Spring

  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Swimming & diving
  • Track & field
  • Boys' golf
  • Boys' tennis

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Kingsburg High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. "California School Dashboard (CA Dept of Education)". www.caschooldashboard.org. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. "TECHNOLOGY". kingsburghigh.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. http://www.kingsburghigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-2019-KHS-Student-Parent-Laptop-Handbook-rev2.pdf
  5. "Kingsburg High School". Kingsburg High School. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2009-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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