{{Short description|Public high school in California, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Channel Islands High School | image = | address = 1400 Raiders Way | city = Oxnard | state = California | zipcode = 93033 | country = United States | district = Oxnard Union High School District | superintendent = Tom McCoy | principal = Marianne Ramos | motto = Once a Raider, always a Raider | established = 1966 | type = Public high school | grades = 9—12 | enrollment = 2,444 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0629270&ID=062927004517 |title=Channel Islands High |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 100.47 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 24.33<ref name=NCES/> | campus = Urban | colors = Blue and gold {{Color box|blue}} {{Color box|#D3BC8D}} | newspaper = The Isle File | nickname = Raiders | mascot = Raider Sam | rival = Hueneme High School | athletic_conference = CIF Southern Section<br/>Citrus Coast League | website = {{URL |https://www.channelislandshigh.us/ |Channel Islands High School }} }}

'''Channel Islands High School''' ('''CIHS''') is a secondary school located in Oxnard, California, United States. The school is part of the Oxnard Union High School District. CIHS had a student population of 2,596 during the 2018–19 school year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ed-data.org/school/Ventura/Oxnard-Union-High/Channel-Islands-High |title=Channel Islands High |website=Ed-Data |publisher=Education Data Partnership }}</ref>

==History== Channel Islands High School opened its doors in 1966. The campus occupies {{convert|35|acre|ha}} of land.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sk309-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Channel-Islands-HS-2012-13_SARCrev2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021202136/https://sk309-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Channel-Islands-HS-2012-13_SARCrev2.pdf |archive-date=2020-10-21 |date=January 2014 |access-date=January 31, 2021 |title=Channel Islands High School 2012–13 School Accountability Report Card |publisher=Oxnard Union High School District }}</ref>

==Demographics== {{Update|date=July 2025|reason=Outdated demographics data, needs updating.|section=Demographics}}

As of the 2024-25 academic year, the 2,380 CIHS student population is 91% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Caucasian, and 1% African American. A total of 88% of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds which qualify them for free or reduced-price lunches. The student:teacher ratio is 25:1. Compared to other schools, the school has a higher rate of economically disadvantaged students. However, its 95.2% graduation rate surpasses both the District and State average.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Channel Islands High |url=https://www.schooldigger.com/go/CA/schools/2927004517/school.aspx |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=SchoolDigger |language=en}}</ref>

==Academics== Channel Islands High School offers one in-school academies:<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archive.vcstar.com/news/education/valles-sets-high-goals-for-channel-islands-high-ep-373060064-352448291.html |title=Valles sets high goals for Channel Islands High |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> *Marine Science Academy (Advisor: Theresa Lujan) — The Channel Islands Marine Science Academy (CIMSA) is a three-year elective program for students who are interested in marine science. The academy's partnership with Oxnard College grants CIHS students access to the college's marine science courses and facilities, including the marine center at Channel Islands Harbor. Field trips are a major component of the academy and include ROV competitions, visits to marine research facilities such as the Aquarium of the Pacific, and tide pool study. Students also create art from recycled materials, such as a dolphin sculpture made from water bottles.

==Athletics== Channel Islands High School athletic teams are nicknamed the Raiders, and the mascot is Raider Sam. The school is a charter member of the Citrus Coast League, a conference within the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) that was established in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-09-sp-20805-story.html |last=Wykes |first=Tris |title=Improved Hueneme Has View From Top |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 9, 1998 |access-date=April 17, 2019 }}</ref> The school's main rival is nearby Hueneme High School.<ref name="VCS Ledin 2020-07-14" />

The first CIHS team to earn a CIF-SS championship was the boys' cross country team in 1967, in only the school's second year in existence.<ref name="CIFSS RecordBook">{{cite book |url=https://cifss.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Record-Book-7-15-20-THIS-ONE.pdf |title=CIF-Southern Section All Sports Press Guide and Record Book |publisher=CIF Southern Section |date=July 15, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2021 }}</ref>{{rp |61 }} This was followed by the baseball team's 1969 section title.{{r |CIFSS RecordBook |p=8 }}

The Raiders boys' basketball team won back-to-back CIF-SS titles in 1977 and 1978.{{r |CIFSS RecordBook |p=25 }}

The Channel Islands boys' soccer team won a CIF-SS championship in 2020, the school's first section title in any team sport since the 1978 boys' basketball team championship.<ref name="VCS Curley 2020-02-29">{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/soccer/2020/02/29/channel-islands-boys-soccer-team-wins-first-cif-ss-title-overtime/4859875002/ |last=Curley |first=Joe |title=Channel Islands boys soccer team captures its first CIF-SS championship with overtime win |newspaper=Ventura County Star |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. |date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=March 6, 2020 |url-access=limited }}</ref>

===Boys' teams=== * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Soccer * Swimming * Tennis * Track & field * Volleyball * Water polo * Wrestling

===Girls' teams=== * Basketball * Cross Country * Flag Football * Golf * Soccer * Softball * Swimming * Tennis * Track and field * Volleyball * Water polo * Wrestling

===Dance squads=== Channel Islands High School has gained national recognition for its various dance squads. The school's short flags squad is the first to "three-peat" four times at the United Spirit Association (USA) Nationals — three times in 2-Flag (1986, 1987, 1988; 2001, 2002, 2003; 2009, 2010, 2011), as well as once in 1-Flag (2011, 2012,<ref name="MDDTUSA 2012">{{cite web |url=https://www.mddtusa.com/downloads/2012/2012%20AWARDS%20Miss%20Dance%20Drill%20Team%20USA%20Nationals.pdf |title=Miss Dance Drill Team USA/International Team Awards 2012 |website=Miss Dance Drill Team USA |access-date=April 18, 2019 }}</ref> 2013<ref name="MDDTUSA 2013">{{cite web |url=https://www.mddtusa.com/downloads/2013/2013%20AWARDS%20Miss%20Dance%20Drill%20Team%20USA%20Nationals.pdf |title=Miss Dance Drill Team USA/International Team Awards 2013 |website=Miss Dance Drill Team USA |access-date=April 18, 2019 }}</ref>). CIHS is also the most decorated pep flags team in the history of Miss Dance Drill Team USA (MDDTUSA), having won seven world championships (1985, 1987, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013) and 35 national titles in two- and one-flag divisions (1985–2018). The team has also implemented changing their flags in a "flag-change", much like what is seen in a colorguard or winterguard routine.

The school's drill teams have also earned championships for the school. The co-ed dance team won MDDTUSA titles in 2013,<ref name="MDDTUSA 2013" /> 2014,<ref name="MDDTUSA 2014">{{cite web |url= https://www.mddtusa.com/downloads/2014/2014%20AWARDS%20Miss%20Dance%20Drill%20Team%20USA%20Nationals.pdf |title=Miss Dance Drill Team USA/International Team Awards 2014 |website=Miss Dance Drill Team USA |access-date=May 29, 2019 }}</ref> and 2018 (large division).<ref name="MDDTUSA 2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.mddtusa.com/downloads/2018/2018%20AWARDS%20Miss%20Dance%20Drill%20Team%20USA%20Nationals.pdf |title=Miss Dance Drill Team USA/International Team Awards 2018 |website=Miss Dance Drill Team USA |access-date=May 29, 2019 }}</ref> Hip hop dance teams won championships in 2014 (female, medium division)<ref name="MDDTUSA 2014" /> and 2018 (male, small).<ref name="MDDTUSA 2018" /> Small military won a title in 2014.<ref name="MDDTUSA 2014" />

==Notable alumni== *Jacob Cruz, former Major League Baseball outfielder, San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-03-sp-65442-story.html |last1=Fletcher |first1=Jeff |last2=Haddad |first2=Dana |title=Giants Select Jacob Cruz in 1st Round |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 3, 1994 |access-date=July 28, 2016 }}</ref> *Maria Echaveste, former U.S. presidential advisor to Bill Clinton; White House Deputy Chief of Staff under the second Clinton administration<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/your-news/channel-islands-high-school-graduate-turned-white-house-deputy-chief-of-staff-to-speak-at-ci-ep-1337-351036281.html |title=Channel Islands High School graduate turned White House Deputy Chief of Staff to speak at CI |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=October 25, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> *Robert Garcia, former world champion boxer; current boxing trainer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-08-me-1638-story.html |last=Alvarez |first=Fred |title=Oxnard Teen-Ager Gets a Fighting Chance : Boxing: Robert Garcia is the first to come up through La Colonia club with a good shot at making it as a prizefighter. He talks of growing up in a crowded trailer camp and one day becoming a champion. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 8, 1993 |access-date=January 31, 2021 }}</ref> *Terry Pendleton, former MLB third baseman and coach, and 1991 National League MVP, Atlanta Braves<ref name=cheer>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Saladino |title=ATLANTA CAN CHEER PENDLETON AGAIN. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ATLANTA+CAN+CHEER+PENDLETON+AGAIN-a083963853 |newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News |date=August 25, 1996 |access-date=November 18, 2007 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908111306/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ATLANTA+CAN+CHEER+PENDLETON+AGAIN-a083963853 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Blaine Saipaia, National Football League offensive lineman, St. Louis Rams<ref>{{cite book |last=Maulhardt |first=Jeffrey Wayne |author-link= |date=2013 |title=Legendary Locals of Oxnard |url= |location=Charleston, South Carolina |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |page=108 |isbn=978-1-4671-0056-4 |lccn=2012948459 |quote=Offensive lineman Blaine Saipaia graduated from Channel Islands High School then Colorado State. Though Saipaia was not drafted, he earned a spot on the St. Louis Rams squad for the 2004 season. }}</ref> *Dolores Tuimoloau, track and field athlete who competed for American Samoa in the 1995 Pacific Ocean Games<ref name="LAT 1994-06-03">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-03-sp-65445-story.html |last=Garcia |first=Irene |title=The Throws of Greatness : Basketball Came First for Dolores Tuimoloau, but She Grew to Love Another Field |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 3, 1994 |access-date=July 28, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="POG">{{cite web |url=https://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pog.htm |title=Pacific Ocean Games |website=GBRAthletics.com |publisher=Athletics Weekly |access-date=July 28, 2016 }}</ref> *Jeremiah Valoaga, NFL defensive end, Las Vegas Raiders<ref name="VCS Ledin 2020-07-14">{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/07/14/cody-hoffman-premier-tight-end-and-hes-only-junior/5435738002/ |last=Ledin |first=Loren |title=Channel Islands High's Cody Hoffman is a premier tight end — and he's only a junior |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> *Fernando Vargas, former world champion boxer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/columnists/2019/06/04/fernando-vargas-makes-plea-oxnard-city-council-save-la-colonia-boxing-gym/1342999001/ |last=Salazar |first=Francisco A. |title=Fernando Vargas makes plea to Oxnard City Council to avoid cuts at La Colonia Boxing Gym |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=January 31, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref>

== Notable faculty ==

* Football (Coach: Jeremiah Valoaga)<ref name="VCS Ledin 2020-07-14" />

==External links== *{{official website |http://www.channelislandshigh.us/ }}

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