# West Campus High School

West Campus High School is a public college preparatory magnet high school in Sacramento, California. The school serves around 800 students in grades 9–12 in the Sacramento City Unified School District. It was founded as a satellite high school of the nearby Hiram W. Johnson High School in 1983, under the name Hiram Johnson West Campus, and separated from Hiram Johnson in the year 2000. The high school officially opened on September 3, 2001. West Campus is known for sending the most graduates to college, and has been recognized for doing so by the Sacramento Bee in 2019.

## Academics

West Campus offers a total of 14 AP (Advanced Placement) courses currently including AP Government, AP Biology, AP US History, AP Art, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, AP French and more. Currently, West Campus offers one honors class, Honors English 10. Elective courses include Advanced Art, Yearbook, Band, and Engineering. West Campus provides courses that align with the "A-G requirements", which are mandatory for each student in order to graduate.

### Ranking

In 2024 U.S. News evaluated West Campus at 99.2%, ranking it 142 in the nation (out of 17,655 ranked high schools), 17 in California, and 1 in the Sacramento Metro Area.

### Standardized Testing

West Campus offers free SAT, PSAT, and AP exams to its students. West Campus also places in the top 25% of all California high-schools in terms of standardized testing scores.

### Engineering Program

West Campus is known for its 4-year engineering program, which is guided by Project Lead the Way The 4-year program consists of these courses: Year 1 – Introduction to Engineering Design, Year 2 – Principles of Engineering, Year 3 – Civil Engineering & Architecture, and Year 4 – Engineering Design & Development.

## Sports

There are a total of 18 sports that take place over the seasons of Fall, Winter, and Spring. A few sports at West Campus include cheer, golf, soccer, basketball, cross country, track, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, swim, and tennis. The high school has four soccer teams, four basketball teams, two baseball teams, two softball teams, two golf teams (men's and women's) and several volleyball teams. During the COVID-19 pandemic, practices were limited to voluntary outside conditioning.

## Music

The West Campus music department consists of a music appreciation program, a marching band, a drumline, and color guard. These groups are affiliated with the Northern California Band Association.

## Admission

Enrollment is via application, including an essay, a mathematics session, and transcripts of grades 7 and 8 marks. When the number of acceptable applicants exceeds the number of available spaces, students are chosen via lottery.

## The Foundation for Excellence

The West Campus Foundation for Excellence (WCFE) is the school's parent-teacher organization that helps to provide for and improve the student community. They raise funds that go towards events, Yearbook, Drama, Band, athletics, college tours, classroom texts, and scholarships. They also coordinate with the Academic Student Body (ASB) with events such as staff appreciation lunch and senior breakfast. The organization does not require an application or a fee to join as of 2022. Membership is open to all but the foundation encourages families to sign up for their newsletter.

## Notable alumni

* Ryan Guzman, actor (graduated 2005).
* Steven Silva, actor (graduated 2004).

## COVID-19 response

West Campus High School and other schools within the Sacramento City Unified School District shut down in-person classes as of March 2020, and adopted distance learning through Zoom, a video communications application.