Cajon High School

Cajon High School is located in the University District of San Bernardino, California, and is part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District.^[2]

Cajon High School
Location
1200 West Hill Drive San Bernardino , California United States
Coordinates	34°10′36″N 117°18′34″W
Information
Type	Senior High School
Motto	Sapere aude (Dare to be wise)
Established	1971 (1971)
School district	San Bernardino City Unified School District
Principal	Christopher Jackson
Teaching staff	111.95 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,662 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	23.78[1]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Forest Green & Gold
Nickname	Cowboys
Yearbook	Vaquero
Website	www.sbcusd.k12.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=343

Academics

Cajon High School is part of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)^[3] including the high school portion of the Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme. The school offers the AVID program as well. It has exemplary Mock Trial^[4] and Academic Decathlon^[5][6] teams, and numerous Cajon students are members of the California Scholarship Federation,^[7] National Honor Society^[8] and the National Forensic League Debate and Speech Honor Society (National Speech and Debate Association).^[9]

Athletics

In 1987, Cajon Football won its first CIF Southern Section Championship. In 1995 the Cajon Football team was the first team in the history of San Bernardino to go undefeated in the regular season, winning games by an average score of 42-7. In the 2007-2008 school-year, Cajon won 12 San Andreas League championships (Arroyo Valley, Carter, Colton, Pacific, Rialto, San Bernardino, & San G) and the girls basketball team also won the CIF championship for the first time in Cajon's history (for any basketball team). The girls basketball team also won CIF in the 2008-2009 School year. In the 2012-2013 academic year, Cajon changed leagues to the Citrus Belt League - (Ike, AB Miller, Redlands, REV, & Yucaipa).^[10] In 2017 Cajon won its second CIF football championship 54-28 against Downey High School.

Fall

• Boys' Cross Country - San Andreas League champions: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011^[11]
• Boys' Football - San Andrea League champions: 2008(5-0), 2009(4-1), 2010(undefeated), 2011(6-1)^[12][13]
• Boys' Waterpolo - San Andreas League champions: 2011(12-2)^[14][15]
• Girls' Cross Country - San Andreas League champions: San Andreas League champions: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011^[11]
• Girls' Golf - San Andreas League champions: 2007
• Girls' Tennis - San Andreas League champions: 2007, 2011^[16]
• Girls' Volleyball - San Andreas League champions: 2007, 2009(10-0), 2010(14-0), 201(14-0)^[17]

Winter

• Boys' Basketball - San Andreas League champions: 2005(9-1), 2006(9-1), 2008(9-1), 2009(undefeated), 2010(undefeated)^[18][19]
• Boys' Soccer - San Andreas League champions: 2010(8-1-1)^[20]
• Boys' Wrestling - San Andreas League champions: 1976 1999, 2008
• Girls' Basketball - San Andreas League champions: 2005(undefeated), 2006(undefeated), 2007(undefeated), 2008(undefeated), 2009(undefeated), 2010(undefeated), 2011(13-1); Citrus Belt League champions: 2014^[21] CIF champions: 2008, 2009(32-3),^[22] 2016 CIF Division II State Champions^[23]
• Girls' Soccer - San Andreas League champions: 2007(9-1-0), 2008(7-2-1), 2010(8-0-2), 2011(11-2-1)^[24]
• Girls' Waterpolo - San Andreas League champions: 2010(undefeated), 2011 (13-1)^[25]

Spring

• Boys' Baseball - San Andreas League champions: 1976, 1997, 2004, 2005(12-3), 2007(13-2), 2008(14-1)^[26]
• Boys' Golf - San Andreas League champions: 2008
• Boys' Swimming
• Boys' Tennis - San Andreas League champions: 2008, 2010 CIF QF
• Boys' Track & Field

- CIF Southern Section D1 4x1 champions: 2022 - CIF Southern Section D1 4x4 runner-up: 2022 - CIF State High Jump champion: 2022 - Citrus Belt League champions: 2021, 2022

• Boys' Volleyball
• Girls' Softball - San Andreas League champions: 2005(15-0), 2006(14-1), 2007(12-3), 2008 (14-1), 2009(15-0), 2010(13-2), 2011(13-1); CIF champion:2006^[27]
• Girls' Swimming
• Girls' Track & Field

Notable alumni

Football player Jayden Daniels attended Cajon from 2015 to 2018. He would go on to win the Heisman Trophy and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year awards.

• Craig Gerber, baseball player^[28]
• Saad Awad, mixed martial artist
• Bob Bees, football player^[29]
• Aaron Brooks, baseball player^[30]
• Jayden Daniels, football player^[31]
• Charles Johnson, football player
• Damontae Kazee, football player
• Sebastian Tretola, football player^[32]
• Helen Tran, mayor of San Bernardino
• Jeremiah Martin, football player