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Rio Linda High School

Public high school in Rio Linda, California

Summary

Public high school in Rio Linda, California

Field	Value
image	Rio Linda High School Senior Square.jpg
name	Rio Linda High School
district	Twin Rivers Unified School District
city	Rio Linda, California
country	United States
streetaddress	6309 Dry Creek Road
zipcode	95673
established	1962
principal	Diedre Barlow
type	Public 4-year
motto	Excellence is a Habit
grades	9-12
colors	Black and gold
nickname	Knights
newspaper	Knight Times
enrollment	1,596 (2023-2024)
teaching_staff	77.94 (FTE)
ratio	20.48
coordinates
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Rio Linda High School is a high school located in Rio Linda, Sacramento, California, United States. It has an enrollment of 2,035 students. It is part of the Twin Rivers Unified School District, and was formerly part of the Grant Unified School District.

Rio Linda High School opened in 1962 and has been one of the primary high schools for students in the Rio Linda/Elverta and Natomas Communities. It offers a wide range of extracurricular activities and academic opportunities.

Demographics

2,035 students attend Rio Linda High School. 41% of them are White, 22% are Hispanic, 13% are Asian, 8% are African-American, and 4% are Middle Eastern/Indian. 93% of the students receive a reduced price/free lunch and 19% of the student body (386 students) are English language learners. The 4 most commonly spoken languages spoken by English language learners at this school are Spanish (205 students), Hmong (86 students), Russian (40 students), and Punjabi/Urdu/Arabic (40 students).

Rankings

In 2012, after evaluating 21,776 high schools across the nation, U.S. News & World Report awarded Rio Linda High School a silver medal. Rio Linda was ranked 1,605th nationally (top 8%) and 337th within the state of California (top 14%)

Notable alumni

Jay Mosley, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Darren Oliver, Major League Baseball player
Sheila Hudson, Olympian, USATF Board of Director & Hall of Fame, Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles Sr Athletics Executive, USTFCCCA Hall of Fame
Justin E. H. Smith, philosopher and author
Kay Ivey, the current governor of Alabama, taught at the school in the 1960s
Cam Skattebo, running back for the New York Giants

References

"Rio Linda High School".
"Rio Linda High". National Center for Education Statistics.
"U.S. News & World Report".
"Representative Jay Mosley".
Yamamoto, Ryan. (October 26, 2010). "Rio Linda High baseball star Darren Oliver to play in World Series". [[KXTV]].
"The pride of Camden: Kay Ivey's path to the governor's office".

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