SCHOOL PROFILE

2025-2026

Foothill High School

19251 Dodge Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92705

Phone: 714-730-7464 ● FAX: 714-573-9376

CEEB/ACT Code: 053234

Website: tustin.k12.ca.us/Foothill

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Located in the heart of Orange

County, Foothill High School opened

in 1963 and is one of three

comprehensive high schools in the

Tustin Unified School District.

Foothill is accredited through

Western Association of Schools and

Colleges (WASC) through 2031 and

was named a California Gold Ribbon

School in 2015.

Foothill proudly educates a diverse ethnic and socioeconomic community of approximately 2200 students in grades 9-12. FHS offers a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum designed to foster close collaboration among teachers, students and parents. In addition to strong academic programs, the school provides opportunities for students to cultivate their artistic talents and athletic abilities, ensuring a well-rounded educational experience.

ADMINISTRATION

Principal

Michelle Villa, Ed.D.

Assistant Principals

Crystal Kirch

Troy Fresch

Tyler Salisbury

CK Green, Ed.D.

COUNSELING STAFF

Counselors

Jeffery Bonds

Diane Diaz

Johnathan Emaguna

Julie McGinis

Cassandra Najera

College and Career Center

Jasmine Aduna

Registrar

Jennifer Nolan

SCHEDULING

FHS operates on a six-period day. Semester classes are 18 weeks long and yearlong classes are 36 weeks. Students are limited to six classes per semester with the exception of those in Instrumental music, Athletics, Yearbook, Associated Student Body, AVID, IB, and CTE Programs. Students in these programs may add an additional class.

ENROLLMENT

9th	10th	11th	12th
553	536	500	552
Total students: 2143

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

African-American: 2.34%
Asian-American: 12.62%
Hispanic or Latino: 39.49%
White (non-Hispanic): 35.93%
Multi-Ethnic: 6.21%
Filipino 3.60%

41% are on the Federal lunch program.

HS has developed a partnership with Irvine Valley College. Students have the option to augment their course loads with transferable college courses that are taught on our campus. Under this agreement with IVC, students can complete Dance 77, Management 1, Entrepreneurship 200, 211 and 212, American Sign Language 21 and 22, Kinesiology 85 (eff. 23-24), 86 (eff 25-26), 101 (eff 25-26), and 212 (offered 23-24), and Nutrition 2 (eff 23-24) on the FHS campus while earning both high school and college credit. Up until 2022-2023, Communications 1 and 3 were also available.

132 of our juniors and seniors (approx 12%) take an IVC CCAP class.

RANKING

In accordance with Tustin
Unified School District
practice, Foothill High
School does not rank
students.

Foothill will provide
percentile range rankings
when requested by
universities and
scholarship organizations.

Fall 2025 GRADING

Foothill High School utilizes a weighted four-point system to calculate students’ grade point averages.

Grade Scale: 4.0=A+/A/A- 3.0=B+/B/B- 2.0=C+/C/C- 1.0=D+/D/D-

Advanced Placement/Honors courses are weighted

Grade Scale: 5.0=A+/A/A- 4.0=B+/B/B- 3.0=C+/C/C 1.0=D+/D/D-

Students with international or unaccredited records will receive a “P” Pass or “F” Fail grade on their Foothill High School transcript. Students are encouraged to provide a copy of their original international records directly to colleges and universities for grade interpretation as warranted.

CREDIT RECOVERY AND REMEDIATION

Students who earn a D or F in most courses are eligible to participate in our credit recovery/d-validation program (available for CP level courses only). When a student successfully completes a recovered course, the original course is “repeat tagged” on their transcript. This means that although the original course remains visible, it is excluded from both the student’s credit total and grade point average (GPA) calculation.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT DATA

GRADUATION DATA

48.7% of our graduates chose to attend a 4-year university, while 51.3% elected to attend community college, armed forces or technical schools.

NATIONAL MERIT

Class of 2025

Scholars

Finalists 3

Commended 13

PARENT EDUCATION LEVEL

College Grad 32%

Grad School/Post 22%

Some College 20%

High School Grad 14%

Not High School Grad 6%

Decline to State 6%

SEAL OF BILITERACY

125 students of the class of 2025 at Foothill demonstrate proficiency in English and in one or more languages, preparing them to become global citizens in a multicultural and multilingual world.

CCAP Classes (Community College Access Pathway)

In partnership with Irvine Valley College, students have the opportunity to join the following college courses taught on our campus. Space is limited.

Dance 77, Management 1, Entrepreneurship 200, 211 and 212, American Sign Language 21 and 22, Kinesiology 85 (eff. 23-24), 86 (eff 25-26), 101 (eff 25-26), and 212 (offered 23-24), and Nutrition 2 (eff 23-24).

HONORS, ADVANCED PLACEMENT, and INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CLASSES

Although grades and teacher recommendation are used for primary placement, students have the option to request enrollment in Honors or AP courses.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS 2025-2026

Total # Students 773

Total # Tests 1,309

% Passed 3,4,5 89%

# Subjects Tested 23

Advanced Placement Classes (23)

Comp Sci A (not offered 22-23 or 25-26) |Spanish Literature (not offered 25-26) |Comp Sci Principles (not offered 25-26)

International Baccalaureate Classes (8)

Honors Classes (10)

Spanish 4 (last offered 22-23) | World History |

EXTRACURRICULARS

Foothill Knights are encouraged to participate in a variety of programs to help strengthen their development of becoming a well-rounded individual.

ACADEMICS

TUSD High School Course Catalog

ATHLETICS

FHS offers a comprehensive sports program with 28 sports offered as well as Cheer and Dance teams.

FHS Athletics Webpage

ACTIVITIES

FHS ASB Webpage

FHS Clubs

CTE/ARTS

Computer Science – Culinary Arts – Engineering – Media Arts (Film and Television) – Manufacturing – Visual Imagery (Photography) - Graphic Design

FHS CTE Webpage

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

IB PROGRAM

The International Diploma Program is a rigorous, world-renowned college preparatory program that provides a challenging, internationally focused, broad and balanced educational experience for students aged 16 to 19. The program is designed to equip students with the academic skills needed for university study, further education and their chosen profession. Additionally, the program supports the development of the values and life skills needed to live a fulfilled and purposeful life. Foothill currently has 50 IB students (juniors and seniors) and over 200 students in pre-IB courses (freshmen and sophomores).

AVID

Advancement Via Individual Determination is a structured and rigorous college preparatory program for self-motivated, potential college-bound students that serves over 200 Foothill students across grades 9-12. Nationally, AVID graduates who go to college are four times more likely to graduate than their national peers, 93% of AVID students complete four-year college entrance requirements and 95% gained acceptance into 4-year colleges & universities. Of the 44 students in the Foothill AVID class of 2025, 100% gained acceptances into 4-year colleges & universities and 98% matriculated into college.

CTE PATHWAYS

Career Technical Education pathways are electives where students progress in a technical skill earning a cord at graduation for pathway completion. CTE pathways include engineering, manufacturing, computer science, visual imagery (photography), culinary arts, media arts (film & television), graphic design, robotics, and applied medical.

38% of the Class of 2025 received at least one CTE Pathway Cord.

3rd year of Math

Tustin Unified School District re-aligned their math course sequence and revised their curriculum for Algebra 2 and Algebra 2/Trig. Beginning with 23-24 school year, Alg. 2/Trig will be offered to all students in lieu of Algebra 2.

A-G COMPLETION

77.9% of the Class of 2025 graduated having met A-G Requirements

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