Mesa Verde High School


Mesa Verde High School is a public high school in Citrus Heights, California in the San Juan Unified School District.

Background information

Around 1200 students currently attend Mesa Verde High School.
Mesa Verde has a highly active AVID program, a reading and academic skills program which serves all grade levels at the school. Mesa Verde also provides additional real world work experience to junior and senior students through the Regional Occupation Program. Mesa Verde has a strong academic emphasis, and for the last four years, has increased its Academic Performance Index score. This scholarly emphasis helps many graduates continue on in post-secondary and professional education.

Recent developments

Mesa Verde celebrated the dedication of the new Gebhardt Gym in September 2009, with guests from the community, district, and family of Coach Gebhardt, for whom the facility is named.

School performance

According to greatschools.org, Mesa Verde has very low marks on every category including mathematics/English test scores as well as a lower percentage of graduates who meet UC/USC entrance requirements compared to the state averages.