ABOUT SAC HIGH

"Service for Others"

Located in the heart of Oak Park, an inner-city Sacramento community, Sacramento High School is the second oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River and considered a landmark. Founded in 1856, Sacramento High School has long been recognized as a community landmark and home to many of the state's successful civic, business and political leaders.

ENROLLMENT

2012-13

• 2012-13 Application

2011-12 (transfer students only)

Sac High is still enrolling students for the 11-12 school year:

• 2011-12 Application
• Admissions Policy for applications received after August 1, 2011

Sacramento High School was transformed into Sacramento Charter High School in September of 2003 as four learning communities of approximately 1,000 students in grades 9 - 12.

• The Arts
• Business & Communications
• Law & Public Service
• Math Engineering & Health Sciences

Quick links to Sac High information:

2011-2012 Sac High Profile

WASC Accreditation:

Sac High's School Accountability Report Card (SARC):

Sac Bee Editorial: Sac High turnaround can't be ignored

"On the scale of turnaround options, closing a school and reopening it as a charter is the most dramatic. It also is the most risky. But, as the Sacramento High experience has shown, it can bring big dividends for students in poorer neighborhoods, who too often are left behind." To read this article in its entirety, click here.

Sac High is a Schoolwide Title I school - learn more about Title I here.

Transformation High Schools: Lessons from Sac High

St. HOPE is proud to release a white paper, Transformation High Schools: Lessons from Sac High. In 2003, St. HOPE undertook one of the nation’s first efforts to transform a failing urban high school when it reinvented Sac High. The white paper outlines our story, results, lessons learned and plans for the future. The report further identifies critical expected outcomes for transformation high schools and describes how the St. HOPE model for success evolved.

Video: Transforming Urban Education at Sac High - written and produced by Sac High Students (2008)