{{Cleanup bare URLs|date=September 2022}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Fillmore High School | image = FHS 2.jpg | caption = Bird's eye view of the school | address = 555 Central Avenue | city = Fillmore | state = California | zipcode = 93015 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|34|24|12|N|118|54|54|W|display=inline,title}} | schooltype = Comprehensive public high school | established = {{Start date|1912|df=yes}} | district = Fillmore Unified School District | ceeb = 050935 | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|061380001555|school_name=Fillmore Senior High|access_date=December 22, 2024|ref_name=NCES}} | principal = John Wilbur<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fillmorehighschool.fillmoreusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=375331&type=d&pREC_ID=staff|title=Staff - Administration - Fillmore High School|publisher=Fillmore Unified School District}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 47.23 {{FTE}}<ref name="NCES" /> | grades = 9–12 | enrollment = 992 | enrollment_as_of = 2023-2024<ref name="NCES" /> | ratio = 21.00<ref name="NCES" /> | colors = Royal blue and white {{color box|#4A56CC}}{{color box|#FFFFFF}} | athletic_conference = CIF Southern Section<br />Citrus Coast League | nickname = Flashes | rival = Santa Paula High School | yearbook = Copa de Oro | feeder_schools = {{hlist|Fillmore Middle School}} | website = {{URL|https://fillmorehighschool.fillmoreusd.org}} }} '''Fillmore High School''' (FHS) is a public comprehensive high school serving grades 9–12 in Fillmore, California, United States that opened in 1912. It is one of two high schools in the Fillmore Unified School District, the other being Sierra High School, a continuation school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sierrahighschool.fillmoreusd.org/|title=Sierra High School|website=sierrahighschool.fillmoreusd.org}}</ref>
Fillmore High School offers twelve Advanced Placement classes and twelve sports.
==Athletics== Fillmore High School athletic teams are nicknamed the Flashes, and the mascot is Flash Man. The school is a charter member of the Citrus Coast League, a conference within the CIF Southern Section that was established in 2018. Prior to that, Fillmore was part of the Tri-County Athletic Association.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/03/23/releaguing-plan-brings-opportunities-and-complaints/99549018/ |last=Ledin |first=Loren |title=Releaguing plan brings opportunities and complaints |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=June 28, 2018 |url-access=limited }}</ref>
Fillmore's main rival is Santa Paula High School. The two schools in the Santa Clara River Valley have one of the oldest continuous high school football rivalries in the state of California, having played each other since 1924 and meeting for the 100th time in 2010. The football teams play annually for a perpetual trophy known as the Leather Helmet.<ref name="VCS 2018-10-20 Curley">{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2018/10/20/fillmore-ends-rival-santa-paulas-bid-perfect-regular-season/1661138002/ |title=Fillmore ends Santa Paula's bid for perfect season |newspaper=Ventura County Star |last=Curley |first=Joe |date=October 20, 2018 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |url-access=limited }}</ref> Games were not played in 1942 due to World War II, 1969 because of scheduling difficulties, and 2019 due to the Maria Fire.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2019/11/01/santa-paula-fillmore-football-game-cancelled-response-maria-fire/4128528002/ |last=Curley |first=Joe |title=Santa Paula-Fillmore rivalry football game canceled in response to Maria Fire |newspaper=Ventura County Star |date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |url-access=limited }}</ref> The 2020 meeting was postponed to April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking a resumption of the rivalry {{frac|2|1|2}} years after the 2018 game.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2021/04/04/santa-paula-gets-leather-helmet-back-victory-over-rival-fillmore/4827807001/ |title=Santa Paula gets Leather Helmet back with long-awaited win over rival Fillmore |newspaper=Ventura County Star |last=Curley |first=Joe |date=April 4, 2021 |access-date=April 4, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> As of 2018, Santa Paula leads the series 61–40–7.<ref name="VCS 2018-10-20 Curley" />
==Notable alumni== *François Audouy – Movie production designer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/artdirectors/docs/perspective_2012_aug_sep|title=Perspective Magazine_2012_Aug_Sep|last=|first=|date=August 2012|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Dorothy Leland – Chancellor of the University of California, Merced<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://thefillmoregazette.com/community/uc-merced-chancellor-headlines-100th-alumni-dinner | title=U.C. Merced Chancellor headlines 100th Alumni Dinner | the Fillmore Gazette }}</ref><ref>http://www.vcstar.com/news/340981491.html{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[https://www.hermanosherrera.com Hermanos Herrera] – a six-sibling Mexican musical style band<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/education/in-their-music-athletics-and-scholastics-the-six-herrera-siblings-of-fillmore-are-all-high-achieve-e-350894041.html | title=In their music, athletics and scholastics, the six Herrera siblings of Fillmore are all high achieve }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/six-herrera-siblings-accepted-88122 | title=Newsroom }}</ref> *Kevin Gross – professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vcshf.com/products/226-2002-kevin-gross.aspx |title=Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame. 2002 - KEVIN GROSS |access-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717180050/http://www.vcshf.com/products/226-2002-kevin-gross.aspx |archive-date=July 17, 2014 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website |https://fillmorehighschool.fillmoreusd.org/ }}
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