Troy High School

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Established	1967
School type	Public
Principal	Charles F. Maruca
Location	Fullerton, Calif., USA
Enrollment	2,297
Faculty	93
Campus	Suburban
Athletics	15 sports
Homepage	www.troyhigh.com
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Troy High School is a combined public and magnet school located in Fullerton, CA well known for its Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate programs. As of the 2003-2004 school year, 2297 students attend the school, and the average SAT score of its students was 1258, which places it at number 3 among nearly 2,000 peer public high schools in the state, according to the California Department of Education.

Achievements

Troy was one of 27 high schools nationwide honored by former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2000, and won first place in the U.S. National Science Olympiad in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003. It has also placed favorably in many other competitions on both the regional and national level, including the American Computer Science League. Troy’s Science Bowl Team has placed first and second for four years in the Western Regional Science Bowl sponsored by NASA/JPL and the U.S. Department of Energy. In 2001, the team captured the national second place at the U.S. Dept. of Energy Competition in Washington, D.C. A number of Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate students have received nationally recognized honors, by competing and often placing highly in the prestigious Siemens-Westinghouse Math, Science, and Technology Competition and the Intel Science Talent Search. Troy is also noted as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence as well as a California Distinguished Schol.

In 2005, Troy was recognized by the College Board as the top performing "large-size" school in the United States on the AP Computer Science examinations. It was also ranked 21st in the annual Newsweek survey of American high schools.

School Demographics

The socio-economic composition of the student body represents great diversity:

• 38.3% Asian
• 32.1% Caucasian
• 12% Hispanic
• 4% Filipino
• 1.2% Black
• 12.9% Other (Native American, Pacific Islander, Multiracial or no response).

Source: California Department of Education, Educational Demographics Unit [1]

Classes (Honors/AP/IB)

Honors Classes--Honors (H), Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses: English I-III Honors, English IV AP/IB; Geography/Non-Western Cultures IB, American History AP/IB, European History AP/IB, Global Studies/Asian IB, AP American Government, AP Economics IB; Geometry Honors, Algebra II Honors, Trig/Pre-Calculus Honors, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC/IB; Biology IB, Biology AP/IB, Chemistry IB, AP Chemistry IB (03-04), Physics IB, AP Physics (04-05), AP Environmental Science; French IV AP/IB, French V AP/IB, Japanese IV IB, Latin IV AP/IB, Spanish IV AP/IB, Spanish V AP/IB; AP Computer Science A/IB, AP Computer Science AB/IB; IB Business and Management; Philosophy IB, Theory of Knowledge IB; AP Drawing, AP 2-D Design, AP 3-D Design, Art Design IB, and AP Music Theory.

Standardized Testing Statistics

SAT

SAT I - Mean Total Score (2003-04): 1258 (California Public HS Rank: 3)
SAT I - Mean Verbal Score (2003-04): 611 (California Public HS Rank: 4)
SAT I - Mean Math Score (2003-04): 647 (California Public HS Rank: 7)

Mean Scores on SAT II (2003-04):
Math Level IIC – 724
Math Level IC - 640
United States History - 627
Chemistry - 646
Physics - 701
Biology M - 677
Biology E - 675
Chinese w/L - 759
Korean w/L Mean - 779
Spanish Mean - 639
English Writing - 656

SAT I Mean Scores for IB students (2003-04):

Mean Verbal – 691
Mean Math - 731

SAT II Mean Scores for IB students (2003-04):

Math Level IC - 699
Math Level IIC - 753
American History - 684
World History – 637
Writing - 713
English Literature – 662
Physics - 712
Chemistry – 712
Biology – 712
Spanish – 641
Chinese w/L – 754
Korean w/L – 797

SAT I Mean Scores for Troy Tech students (2003-04):

Mean Verbal – 689
Mean Math - 730

SAT II Mean Scores for Troy Tech students (2003-04):

Math Level IC - 690
Math Level IIC - 751
American History - 683
World History – 619
Writing - 712
English Literature – 662
Physics - 709
Chemistry – 712
Biology – 709
Spanish – 641
Chinese w/L – 754
Korean w/L – 797

AP/IB

Number of Advanced Placement Examinations taken in May 2004: 1,349 (California Public HS rank: 10)
Number of Advanced Placement Examinations passed in May 2004: 1,179 (California Public HS rank: 7)
Number of International Baccalaureate Examinations taken in May 2004: 545 (World IB Rank: 52; U.S. IB Rank: 33; California IB Rank: 2)

National Merit

National Merit statistics as of 2005
Number of National Merit Semifinalists: 42
Number of National Merit Finalists: announced 2/05
Number of National Merit Commended Scholars: 72
Number of National Hispanic Scholars: 7

External links

• Troy High School website
• School Profile
• Computer Science 2005