Prospect High School (Saratoga, California)

Prospect High School
Front of school in 2017.
Location
18900 Prospect Road

Saratoga
,
California
95070-3435

United States

37°17′31″N 122°00′05″W / 37.2920°N 122.0015°W / 37.2920; -122.0015
Information
Other namePHS
TypePublic high school
MottoOwning our future
Established1968 (1968)
School district
Campbell Union High School District
NCES School ID
060723000673[1]
Principal
Markus Autrey
Teaching staff
66.47 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,492 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
22.45[1]
ColorsBlue and Gold   
MascotPanther
NicknamePanthers
YearbookParagon
Websiteprospect.cuhsd.org

Prospect High School is a public high school in Saratoga, California, United States. It is part of the Campbell Union High School District. The school has 1,550 students, with an average class size of 32.[2]

History

Construction of the school began on a former cherry orchard at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1966. The campus, spanning 29 acres and 14 buildings, opened in September 1968 for the 1968–1969 school year. Since 2005, the campus has been extensively renovated using district bonds from Measure C and state funds, including the completion of a $4.3 million science wing in 2005,[3][4] and the installation of solar panels in both the school's parking lots in 2012.[5]

Prospect High School is the only high school in the Bay Area with a working space observatory.[6]

Student activities

The school's mock trial team won the Santa Clara County Championship for the first time in 2006, defeating Palo Alto High School.[7] The school has since won the county championship five more times, in 2011,[8] 2012,[9] 2015, 2019,[10] and 2022.[11]

The Prospect Debate Team was ranked 27th in the United States in 2014,[12] rising to 9th in 2017.[13]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Prospect High (060723000673)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Who We Are". Prospect High School. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ [link removed], 2007 Campbell Reporter article about Prospect Telescope
  4. ↑ http://schooldesigns.com/Project-Details.aspx?Project_ID=2330, Architecture behind Prospect Science Facility
  5. ↑ "Prospect High School - Saratoga, CA". Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012. About Prospect High School.
  6. ↑ "Science Department". prospect.cuhsd.org. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Campbell Times". www.campbelltimes.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007.
  8. ↑ "2011 Mock Trial Results". Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  9. ↑ "And the verdict is? Prospect wins mock trial – The Mercury News". mercurynews.com. March 5, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mock Trial". sccoe.org. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Prospect High School's Mock Trial Team Wins County Mock Trial Championship". cuhsd.org. February 18, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2013-2014 Club Rankings".
  13. ↑ "The 2016-2017 National Rankings".
  14. ↑ Barmann, Jay (October 12, 2021). "Lead Singer of Bay Area Band Smash Mouth, Steve Harwell, Says He's Retiring Following Chaotic Show That Went Viral". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. SFist. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  15. ↑ "The Official Jon Nakamatsu Site". jonnakamatsu.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[1][2]

  1. ↑ "CIF-Central Coast Section" (PDF). CIF-Central Coast Section. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ "California Interscholastic Federation" (PDF). www.cifstate.org. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
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