Golden Valley High School (Santa Clarita, California)
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Type | Public |
Established | 2004 |
Status | Open |
School district | William S. Hart Union High School District |
NCES School ID | 064251010912[1] |
Principal | Sal Frias[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,993 (2023-2024)[3] |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Athletics conference | CIF Southern Section Foothill League |
Mascot | Graham the Grizzly |
Newspaper | The Grizzly Gazette |
Yearbook | The Growler |
Website | Golden Valley High School |
Golden Valley High School is a school in the William S. Hart Union High School District in the Canyon Country[4][5] neighborhood of Santa Clarita, California, United States. The school first opened in 2004 with a new campus, admitting freshmen and sophomores; the first class graduated in 2006.
History
[edit]Golden Valley High School was built with grants from the state of California's Financial Hardship Assistance program. After initially sitting dormant after construction, the school's theater was finished around 2010.[6]
Activities
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Marching Band and Color Guard
[edit]The Golden Valley High School Grizzly Marching Band and Color Guard plays at home football games which are located at Canyon High School and they participate in SCSBOA competitions.
Choir
[edit]The school has two competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "Voltage" and the female-only "Vibes".[7]
Video production
[edit]In 2019, the school's GVTV (Golden Valley Television) won Best Daily Live Announcement Show on the West Coast from Student Television Network.[8]
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
[edit]The school is host to the U. S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit CA-20063.[9]
Athletics
[edit]Golden Valley started its athletics program when the school first opened in 2004.
In 2011 the boys' cross country team succeeded in achieving their first state championship in CIF Division II. They also placed 11th at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon.
Student demographics
[edit]As of the 2021-22 school year, 2,138 students were enrolled at Golden Valley High School. 60.1% of students were Hispanic, 16.4% were non-Hispanic white, 11.0% were Asian American, and 8.3% were African American.[10] As of 2019-20, 1,058 students (49.3%) were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.[1]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Maverick Ahanmisi (2009), basketball player[11]
- Scott Barlow (2011), baseball player[12]
- Leon Jacobs (2014), football player[13]
- Blueface (2015), rapper [14]
- Nikkita Lyons (2017), professional wrestler[15]
- ppcocaine (2019), rapper, singer, and songwriter [16]
- Shane Tamura - perpetrator of the 2025 New York City shooting[17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Search for Public Schools - Golden Valley High School (064251010912)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Staff Directory". Golden Valley High School. October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Golden Valley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ^ "Santa Clarita Neighborhoods". santaclarita.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Santa Clarita Neighborhoods". Google My Maps. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Golden Valley & West Ranch High School Performing Arts Center". NineteenSix. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "SCC: Viewing School - Golden Valley High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Lunetta, Caleb (March 9, 2019). "Golden Valley's student television network named best in the West". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "JROTC - California". The Air Force Association. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "Enrollment by Ethnicity - William S. Hart Union High (CA Dept of Education)". Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Maverick Ahanmisi made his debut in the Philippines with Café France". www.goldenvalleyhs.org.
- ^ Posner, Ryan (December 9, 2017). "Golden Valley baseball alum Scott Barlow nearing first shot at big leagues". The Signal. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Leon Jacobs, Golden Valley, Outside Linebacker". 247Sports. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ "Blueface: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". July 19, 2019.
- ^ SCVTV (October 21, 2017). "Golden Valley TV, 9-20-17 | College and Career Fair". SCVTV.com. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "PPCocaine | Before They Were Famous | TikTok Rapper Biography". YouTube. August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Shane Tamura, suspected NYC gunman, was former Granada Hills Charter High football player". FOX 11. July 28, 2025.