Piner High School

Piner High School (PHS) is a Public high school in Santa Rosa, California, United States. It is part of the Santa Rosa High School District, part of Santa Rosa City Schools.^[4]

Piner High School
Location
1700 Fulton Rd. Santa Rosa , California 95403 United States
Coordinates	38°27′43″N 122°45′59″W[1]
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	September 12, 1966
Superintendent	Lisa August
Principal	Andrea Correia
Teaching staff	68.12 (FTE)[3]
Enrollment	1,384 (2023–2024)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	20.32[3]
Color(s)	Maroon, gold & white
Mascot	Prospector Pete
Website	piner.srcschools.org

History

Piner High School was built in 1966 in Santa Rosa, California.^[5] Piner High School opened with 9th, 10th, and 11th grades in the fall of 1966.^[5] It did not become a four-year high school until the early 1990s. The class of 1968 was the first graduating class in the school's history. Before the first graduating class, William McCrossen, an adult, finished his high school education and was, in fact, the very first graduate of Piner High School.^[6] The class of 1975 was the last of the four-year courses until 1996 when Piner was re-established as a four-year high school to alleviate overcrowding of local middle schools.

In February 2025, the Santa Rosa City School District Board decided to make Piner High School into a K7-12 school taking in middle schoolers who were expected to go to Hilliard Comstock Middle School by June 2026.^[7]

Curriculum

Piner High School also offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams meaning the school has met the College Board's requirements to offer college-level courses to high school students.^[8]

Piner High School is involved in a dual-enrollment program with Santa Rosa Junior College allowing students to take junior college courses for college and high school credits.^[9]

Athletics

Piner High School is a member of the North Bay League Oak and Redwood Divisions of the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. ^[10]

Piner High School offers a wide variety of sports including: football, volleyball, Cross Country,Track and Field, wrestling, badminton, Softball, swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' golf, and boys' and girls' soccer, and boys' and girls' basketball.^[11]

Demographics

2023-2024

• 1,384 students:

Hispanic	African American	Asian	Pacific Islander	White, non-Hispanic	Multiracial	American Indian
75.7%	2.0%	4.3%	0.8%	11.3%	4.0%	0.7%

^[12]

Notable alumni

• Adrián González, Class of 2021, professional footballer, plays for MLS Next Pro. Adrián González also played for Mexico's national youth team.^[13]

See also

• List of school districts in Sonoma County, California
• Santa Rosa City Schools