<p>My school has about 3,000 kids, growing from about 2200 from when I entered. We actually redistricted some of our kids too, and we still grew that much that fast, which means we now have about 40 portables. Luckily, they are almost all freshman classes and I've never had to take a class out there (it's really far away). Our school is comprised of about 10 different buildings, four being two story, with outdoor walkways in between. There is construction going on all over though, so the couple pathways left are becoming extremely crowded.</p>
<p>As far as clubs and sports go, ours are pretty mediocre. We've had a couple sports teams make state semifinals and our swim team got 5th at state a few years back, and our school has only existed for five years. But still, so many sports still suck for the amount of people, largely due to coaching and students not participating in year-round clubs. Our clubs are pretty lame, most being just one big joke (except for NHS cuz I'm prez hehe). They're not hard at all to join or become a part of, including SGA. </p>
<p>A plus is the amount of people you can become friends with. There are so many groups, and none of them are ever really discriminated against. It's just a shame that I became friends with too many older kids, because I don't have as many friends now that they all graduated.</p>
<p>Our AP situation is improving, with 12 classes now offered, but it still isn't all that good. And in 9th grade we were required to take pointless classes such as integrated science, geography and careers, and life management. Overall, our school is really dumb with only 50% of kids passing the state test for reading. 20% go on to 4 year colleges. Pathetic.</p>
<p>my school has 3,800 students and the fact that 65% of these students are Asians only adds to the competition in our school :( since we're the school with the largest number of students going to UCs and like #3 feeder school for USC, it's pretty hard to stand out and you really have to make an effort. That's why i'm applying to LACs taht are 1/2 and 1/3 the size of the school cuz i dunno about you, but big schools are so impersonal and cold to me :(</p>
<p>2000ish kids and i couldn't imagine going any smaller-- i love the range of STUFF that it affords (classes, clubs, cliques...). the freshmen are all told that there's a niche for everyone, and it's SO trite, but it's true. you can't really map it out like the traditional 'social hierarchy' here, which i like.</p>
<p>however, our school was built in the 70s and is absolutely FALLING APART. it's absolutely disgusting-- the accreditation committee came to check us out this fall and their summary was along the lines of "well, the teachers and kids are great, classes are fabulous, but your building SUCKS! it's unacceptable!" they dedicated an entire page of the report to talking about the building using words like 'despicable' and 'deplorable'...</p>
<p>We have around 2700 students for a school built for 1800. The parking lots are too crazy, and the parents trying to rush their kids out without any though to the fact that they are driving next to 16-year olds only adds to that problem.</p>
<p>School is pure cement...ugly.
Although the school does offer an array of electives, only about 20% of the student body actually care about their schoolwork. So, if you do take an elective, not honors, you are going to be in the company of non-caring students...really annoying. I don't mind being in a large school, but I can't wait to get out.</p>
<p>I'm glad that my school is small (1000 students for grades 7-12, which is about 150-200 per grade). We still have a ton of AP's, only because my school is a school of choice (ie "magnet"). The hallways are a bit crowded because the campus is small (middle school transformed into a jr/sr high), but I just walk down the less crowded hallways. Our school just got 13 million dollars for upgrades, and it's already in alot better condition than nearby schools.</p>
<p>I go to a public school in SoCal. Theres about 2500 at my school. It's decent sized,I'd an acre and half for the main campus, another few acres for the fields. </p>
<p>My school is actually one of the top in the county even though the API score is 797(so close to 800). Tests pass rate is fairly high, but continuing to fall due to the influx of Latinos coming into the school. Like 10 years ago, Latinos were 15% of students, now it's around 35%. It's crazy.</p>
<p>i go to a public school in cali to we have a huge amount of people at our shcool i mean alot and we have like the highest api scores but i do wish i went to a smaller shcool where everyone knows everyone where as i see a new person i have never seen before even in the senior class i see somone in my class who i never knew was there</p>
<p>Well, we have three high schools (four buildings) on one campus. I guess technically in MY high school there's about 2,000, but we don't really care what high school you technically go to because you go to classes at all the high schools and have classes with everyone, so it's really one high school. Make sense? It's a little confusing because we're the only one like it in America lol..</p>
<p>It's a long story. It's a joint school district because at the time one city was a major train station city and the other two were just farmland, so three cities joined one school district. The first high school was on the border of two of the cities and opened in 1970something. Then the farm town boomed so they built another high school right away, but at the time there was a law that a school couldn't have more than one building, so they just made it a separate high school, but students had classes in both schools since only one had gyms. They later built a gym building for the second school. Fast forward 30 years and we built another high school on the same campus. They're now contemplating a fourth, but I don't think it'll happen. </p>
<p>It's cool because we have over 150 clubs, two separate theater programs, some combined sports- LAX, girls hockey, golf, ect., but each school has a football, baseball, swim, etc team. We have only one auto shop, but we have a school restaurant. It saves a lot of money this way, because we can consolidate programs.</p>
<p>I go to a school with 4,000+ students. My class has about 800. I was intimidated at first (and my parents were worried initially about it having a bad influence on me so I almost went to a a private school), but I am a senior now and I ended up loving every minute of it. I have learned SO much about life, the real world, and different types of people. I'm not saying I love everybody here, but I have had so many opportunities to meet people and make friends from all different "friend groups." It's prepared me for college, both academically and socially. It's really been a great experience, and I am honestly going to miss high school so much when I leave. And my school offers a huge IB program- and almost everyone takes at least one or two IB classes. In my opinion, going to a big school just really increases your opportunities to learn and have an overall great high school experience.</p>
<p>Well, only the teachers and invited students eat at the cafeteria, but is completely run by students. Our food is good, but since we have three cafeterias, you know which is better for what you want and you can pick where you eat. Plus, we're allowed outside because we have to switch buildings, which is a plus, but it sucks when it's like 0 and -20 with the windchill out lol.</p>
<p>hahahah. i wish my school was indoors. when it rains it kind of sucks casue we have to eat outside well i dont aymore cause i go home cause i get out befroe lunch but when it rains your limited to where you eat because the cafeteria is small so not alot of people fit in there and only some teachers open there classes and not to many hallways to eat in</p>