Oceanside High School

33°11′49.44″N 117°22′26.91″W / 33.1970667°N 117.3741417°W / 33.1970667; -117.3741417

Oceanside High School (California)
Address
1 Pirates Cove, Oceanside, CA 92054 Oceanside, CA United States
Information
School type	Public
Established	1906
Principal	Skyler Garrahy
Teaching staff	85.18 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,907 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.39[1]
Color(s)	Green, black, white and silver
Mascot	Pirates
Rival	El Camino High School
Newspaper	The Driftwood

Oceanside High School is an American public secondary school located in Oceanside, California. It is part of the Oceanside Unified School District (OUSD).

OUSD on-post properties of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton are assigned to this high school.^[2] The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) stated that the school "has been noted as an important resource for the Camp Pendleton community as it serves as the high school for many students of military families since there is no high school on base."^[3]

Oceanside High School is one of two high schools in the Oceanside Unified School District serving Oceanside, CA. Founded in 1906, OHS originally was located on the second floor of a one-room schoolhouse located at the site of the present campus. The school primarily serves Oceanside's beach communities and rests less than one mile from the beach. Throughout much of the first half of the 1900s the campus served as the High School for the majority of the North San Diego County region - its territory spanned as far south as Encinitas and east to Vista. In 1934, the school opened a junior college division, which operated on the eastern side of campus and existed until the 1970s when Mira Costa College opened its own campus.

The current school grounds occupy approximately 32 acres in downtown Oceanside. The oldest building still in use on the campus is known as Senior Hall. OHS has experienced recent renovations due to the $125 million bond measure passed by Oceanside residents in 2000 that provided funding to the city's schools. The remodeled campus includes new landscaping, new athletic fields, and a new three-story Science & Technology building. A new performing arts center had its grand opening on September 30, 2017. Renovations to other existing buildings such as Senior Hall and the library were also included as part of the bond initiative.

• The Pirate has been the school mascot since the 1930s.
• School colors are green, white, black, and silver.
• A photograph of the entire senior class has been taken annually on the nearby Oceanside Municipal Pier since the 1970s.

-with the exception of class 1979 picture taken on the football field

• The graduating class holds its commencement ceremony at the campus football stadium.

• White/Non-Hispanic: 24.7%.
• African-American/Black/Non-Hispanic: 10.5%.
• Hispanic/Latino: 46.1% - the plural majority.
• Asian American/Pacific Islander: 37.9%.
• American Indian/Alaska Native: 1.9%. ^{[citation needed]}

• Steve Kinder - assistant basketball coach at the school from 1989 to 1990^[4]

Oceanside, Oceanside

Can't you hear us calling?

Alma Mater, dear to all,

to thee our hearts are tied.

Strong to fight, and fair to win.

On to victory.

Oceanside, Oceanside

Hail, Hail, Hail!

The Alma Mater is often sung after varsity football games.

The exteriors of Oceanside High School CA are used for the fictional Neptune High on the television show Veronica Mars. Several shots of the Netflix show "American Vandal" have been filmed at this school.

• Official website
• Official Oceanside Unified School District website