Serrano High School is a public

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in the California High Desert community of

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. It serves students from Phelan,

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and Piñon Hills. It is part of the Snowline Joint Unified School District. The school is named for the

Serrano people The Serrano are an Indigenous people of California. Their autonyms are Taaqtam meaning "people", Maarrênga'yam meaning "people from Morongo", and Yuhaaviatam meaning "people of the pines." Today the Maarrênga'yam are enrolled in the Moron ...

. Its mascot is the Diamondback.

Campus

Serrano High School is primarily made up of portable classrooms, many of which were installed in the early to mid 2000s. Serrano High School was designed originally in the 1970s by CTE Architects of Ontario California. The design was strictly utilitarian. The top of Serrano High School's Performing Arts Center building rises 45 ft, it is the tallest structure in the Phelan area. In 1998 Serrano High School constructed a new gymnasium, attached to the old one, also designed by the same firm which built the school. Serrano High School is named after the indigenous

Serrano People The Serrano are an Indigenous people of California. Their autonyms are Taaqtam meaning "people", Maarrênga'yam meaning "people from Morongo", and Yuhaaviatam meaning "people of the pines." Today the Maarrênga'yam are enrolled in the Moron ...

who first populated the region.

Deterioration

The school has not seen major renovations since its construction and is rapidly deteriorating. In early 2024, several panels collapsed off the side of the main Performing Arts Center of the school after a storm. Some of the issues with Serrano High School are flaws of design. It is not

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compliant, as its ramps exceed the allowed

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per the law. In 2024 Serrano High School held a seminar to enumerate multiple structural issues with the school.

Rankings

Serrano High School was nationally ranked #1,607 for best high schools for the 2009–2010 school year according to

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. With a student teacher ratio of 27:1, Serrano pulled a 21.5 on the college readiness index. Serrano was also ranked 38th within

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Notable alumni

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2004 graduate, biotechnologist, professor

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and

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class 2004. *

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2009 graduate, a professional basketball player who plays for the

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of the

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(CBA) * Jilon VanOver 1996 graduate, actor, best known for playing the role of Ransom Bray on Hatfields & McCoys.Hatfields & McCoys
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on loan to the

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team

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* Aaron Long Professional soccer player who plays as a defender for

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References

External links

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