Rancho Cotate High School is a four-year comprehensive

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. It is located at 5450 Snyder Lane, adjacent to the campus of

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. Students have opportunities to participate in a wide variety of sports and extra curricular activities. It was established in 1966 and named after the

Rancho Cotate Cotati (; Miwok: ''Kota’ti'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located approximately north of San Francisco in the 101 corridor between Rohnert Park and Petaluma. Cotati's population as of the 2020 Census was 7,584, m ...

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. It serves the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District. Enrollment in the 2006–2007 school year was about 1800-1900 students. A new football stadium was built in 2008. In the summer of 2019, the construction of a new Theatre, Arts, and Gymnasium building was completed. The high school is fed by Lawrence E. Jones Middle School.

Extracurricular activities

Students have opportunities to participate in a wide variety of sports and extra curricular activities. There are over forty organizations on campus, and more than eighteen different sports are offered. The journalism program produces the student-run publication for the school, which has received recognition on the local, regional, and national level. Such accolades have been awarded by the Press Democrat, Society of Professional Journalists, and Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association.

Notable alumni

* Brandon Morrow (Class of 2003) —

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pitcher * Nicole Aunapu Mann (Class of 1995) — Lt. Col in the

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and

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, international

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; contender to be the

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* Brande Roderick (Class of 1992) —

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* {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1966 High schools in Sonoma County, California Public high schools in California Rohnert Park, California 1966 establishments in California