Pioneer High School (Los Angeles County, California)

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Pioneer High School
Address
10800 Benavon St. Whittier , California 90606
Coordinates	33°58′15″N 118°04′45″W / 33.9707°N 118.0793°W / 33.9707; -118.0793Coordinates: 33°58′15″N 118°04′45″W / 33.9707°N 118.0793°W / 33.9707; -118.0793
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Established	1959
School district	Whittier Union High School District
Principal	Lilia Bozigian
Teaching staff	56.17 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,217 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	21.67[1]
Color(s)	Green   Black   White
Nickname	PiHi
Team name	Titans
Yearbook	The Torch
Website	Home page

Pioneer High School is a public school in West Whittier-Los Nietos, a census-designated place in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California.

Academics[]

Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare for college.

Pioneer High School offers a wide variety of AP courses, which include:

• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP English Language and Composition
• AP English Literature and Composition
• AP Environmental Science
• AP French Language
• AP Human Geography
• AP Physics C
• AP Spanish Language
• AP Spanish Literature
• AP United States Government and Politics
• AP United States History
• AP World History

General information[]

Pioneer High School, home of the Titans, is located in unincorporated community of West Whittier-Los Nietos, California, neighboring the city of Pico Rivera. The school serves students from the , , and Whittier City school districts. PHS is one of the 5 comprehensive high schools in the Whittier Union High School District. .

Demographics[]

The student body at pioneer is 95.7% Hispanic, 2.2% White, and less than 1% each Asian, Black, Native American and Pacific Islander.^[1]

Titan Sports[]

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Fall sports[]

• Cross Country - 1959 Surburban League Champs; 1978, 1980 & 1981 Girls Whitmont League Champs; 1997, 1998 Del Rio League Champs
• Football - 1970 & 1971 Whitmont League Champs; 1998 Del Rio League Champs
• Tennis (girls)
• Volleyball (girls)
• Water Polo (boys)

Winter sports[]

• Basketball - 1970 Whitmont League Champs; 1971 Whitmont League Tri-Champs; 2015 Del Rio League Champs; 1979 Girls Whitmont League Co-Champs; 1980 & 1993 Girls Whitmont League Champs
• Soccer - 1979 CIF Champs; 1978 & 1979 Whitmont League Champs
• Water Polo (girls)
• Wrestling-1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 Suburban League Champs, 1983 Whitmont League Champs, 2003 Del Rio League Champs

Spring sports[]

• Baseball - 1966 & 1967 Surburban League Champs
• Golf
• Softball
• Swimming
• Tennis (Bro's)
• Track & Field - 1997 & 1998 Del Rio League Champs Led by the great relay teams of 1997-1998 4x100m relay Chris Tavera, Tony Silva, Tony Alvarez and Pablo Lopez. 4x400m relay Tony Alvarez, Tony Silva, Pedro Esquivel and Pablo Lopez. 800m solo Jose Nunez record-breaking 2:00:08. 3 consecutive years undefeated in the Del Rio League for the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
• Volleyball (boys)

Summer sports[]

• Wrestling
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Football
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water Polo

Notable former pupils[]

• Lauren Tewes; actress.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Pioneer High School
• Titan Tribune, 1959-1960