Barstow High School


Barstow High School is a public high school located in Barstow, California. The school serves about 1,400 students in grades 9 to 12 from across the city and in outlying areas.

History

Founded in 1915, the school soon expanded and relocated to its current location in 1938.
In recent years, funding from the city has allowed the school to expand greatly, including revamping of older buildings, as well as the construction of a science lab and a gym.

Athletics

The school is known for having excellent D3 State winning cross country teams, an award winning competition cheer squad and the Aztec Marching Band. In Track & Field DSL Championships held on April 30, 2008, Anthony Solis broke the DSL record for the 3200m in 9:37 and later went on to run 9:11 at the 2008 California State Championships for 3200m, after winning CIF-SS D3 3200m individual title. Barstow High School had the Individual Champion in cross country at the Southern Section Finals with Anthony Solis winning in 2007 with a time of 15:01 and Isaac Chavez winning in 2008 with a time of 15:04.
As of the 2008–2009 school year, the school offers sports in: Basketball, Football, Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Girls' volleyball, Track and Field, Cross Country, Wrestling, Golf, Tennis, Cheerleading.
Since 1932, the Barstow High School Aztecs have played the Victor Valley High School Jackrabbits in the Axe Game. It is the second longest high school rivalry in southern California.

The mascot

Originally the Bulldogs, "Riffian" became the mascot following popularity of the movie, The Desert Song. When the school merged with the Kennedy High School "Spartans" across town the beginning of the 1977–1978 school year, the mascot was officially changed to the Aztecs.

Student demographics

As of 2008: