[3] After initial low test scores, the teaching staff took on the challenge of improving the delivery of teacher-directed instruction.

[6] Waterford High is located on the southwest corner of Reinway Avenue and Yosemite Boulevard (California Highway 132).

The campus includes four main classroom buildings, a gymnasium, and an auditorium, as well as a central quadrangle with raised planters and an outdoor stage where audiences can spread a blanket on Senior Hill.

[7] Waterford High School belongs to the Southern League in the Sac-Joaquin Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.

Its teams, known as the Waterford Wildcats, compete in basketball, cross country, football, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling.