Golden West High School is a four-year public high school in the Visalia Unified district of Visalia, California. It is one of eight city high schools and enrolls the third highest number of students.^{[2] [3]}

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Golden West High School
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1717 North McAuliff Street Visalia , California 93292 United States
Coordinates	36°20′42″N 119°15′12″W
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Type	Public
Motto	Home of the Trailblazers
Established	1980[1]
School district	Visalia Unified School District
Principal	Mike Lambert
Teaching staff	86 (FTE) (2020-2021)[2]
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,945 (2020-2021)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	20.69[2]
Color(s)	Brown & Gold
Athletics conference	East Yosemite League
Mascot	Trailblazer
Website	goldenwest.vusd.org

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Golden West offers 13 AP and four honors courses.^[2] In the 2018–2019 academic year, the average ACT score was 21 and the average SAT score was 59.2%. In the 2019–2020 academic year, about 61% of students were eligible for free lunch (compared to the state average of 53%), and about seven percent were eligible for reduced lunch (compared to the state average of seven percent).^[4]

In the 2018–2019 academic year, the graduation rate was 96%. ^[5] Sixty-six percent of 2018 graduates attended two-year colleges or vocational schools; 19% attended four-year universities; seven percent entered the workforce; and four percent went into the military.^[2]

Golden West is a Title I public school with a majority Hispanic population.^[2][9]

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