San Diego High School (SDHS) is an urban public high school located on the southern edge of Balboa Park in San Diego, California, United States.
[3] The school was built in the Italian Villa style with a low-hip roof, ironwork parapet, and open-bell tower.
Allen, contained 65 rooms and was built in the Gothic Revival style, with towers flanking the entrances.
Gargoyles from the façade of Russ Auditorium can be seen in a fountain near the school entrance, and heavy carved doors from the "Gray Castle" were installed on the administration building.
[4] In June 2004, as part of the national "School-within-a-School" movement and with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, San Diego High School was divided into six thematic schools, collectively called The San Diego High Educational Complex.
[9] In late 2021, the San Diego Unified School District unveiled its plans to modernize the SDHS campus.
[14] In 2009, US News ranked over 21,000 high schools in the United States and named San Diego High School of International Studies as 44th best, with an International Baccalaureate (IB) exam pass rate of 98% and an API score of over 800.
[17] The curriculum at Medtech Academy is based on the Biomedical Sciences program by Project Lead The Way (PLTW).
U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave speeches there.
The stadium is used for various sports including football, soccer, and track, as well as San Diego High School graduation ceremonies.