The school district wisely brought in a new Principal Kurt Madden. He is currently evaluating the academics, athletics and performing arts to decide where he can make changes as early as Spring 2009. The renewed effort of competition to retain top performing students and attract same is underway.
... Read more My daughter has done well there for the past four years and will go to a college of her choice because she got out what she put into the school. Highly recommend this school! Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/07/09
My fourth child is now almost finished at Scripps Ranch High. Like any other school, there are some teachers that are better than others. I believe if your child wants to succeed, there's a way. It's not all dependent on the school. My kids all got into UC schools and one is going to Claremont-McKenna.
... Read more I don't like the 'stigma' attached to the private schools. I believe that Scripps Ranch High prepared my kids for college. The sports programs are great. The school is very crowded, but so is San Diego. I would recommend this school to anyone. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/26/08
The diversity of teachers and faculty is non existent. If your child is not an honor roll kid he will get lost in the shuffle. If you are involved in sports and are not a part of the ' booster club' good luck on having your child playing a role in sports. I am glad my child transferred to a better academic
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Posted by a parent on 08/29/08
I have lived in Scripps Ranch since 1989. When the high school opened up, my neighbors kids were getting a sound education. But my son is a senior now and my daughter is a sophomore and the quality of the school both academically and athletically has declined significantly. Some parents are still under
... Read more the impression that this public school is giving our kids a sound education. I can not disagree more strongly. I have had numerous problems with teachers not qualified to teach advanced placement classes still teaching. I am pulling my daughter out this school year. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/23/07
My daughter goes here & it appears to be an okay school but there is basically no diversity in the teachers / admnistration in a city where diversity is so very high. I would suggest getting teachers / adminstration there to support the diversity of the people.
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Posted by a parent on 08/16/07
I have one son who just graduated from SRHS, headed to a top private college in California, the other son will be a sophomore. Scripps is an excellent school with great admin, teachers, great diversity of students, lots of activities, etc. Only negative is that there is almost no diversity among the
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Posted by a parent on 08/15/06
Excellent high school with lots of programs for their students, good teacher interaction with parents
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Posted by a parent on 05/06/06
The academics are great. My child loves most of his teachers and the classes he is in. There is alot of availabilty for my child to participate in sports. Parental involvment is a little low. Over all a great school.
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Posted by a parent on 03/28/06
Parent involvement is superb, very strong pta. Sports and other extra curricular activities big part of schools tradition while also holding very high acedemic standards
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Posted by a parent on 03/10/06
Sadly I've seen a marked decline since my son started there. He's a Junior now and unfortunately I feel that there's not much going on for kids not in sports. There are few academic teams, no forensics or debate teams, art club? This is not how an affluent suburban school is supposed to be. Teachers
... Read more deeply affected with Ennui! Hopefully the new principal can pull it together. Read less
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San Diego schools — Scripps Ranch High School is located at 10410 Treena St, San Diego CA 92131. 10410 Treena St is in the Mira Mesa neighborhood and 92131 ZIP code in San Diego, CA The school district for Scripps Ranch High School is the San Diego Unified School District. Scripps Ranch High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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