Gridley High School

Gridley High School
Location
300 E. Spruce St.
Gridley, California 95948

United States
Coordinates39°22′01″N 121°41′04″W / 39.367009°N 121.684306°W / 39.367009; -121.684306
Information
School typeComprehensive public high school
Established1895 (1895)
StatusOperating
School districtGridley Unified School District
SuperintendentJustin Kern
CEEB code051105
NCES School ID060005102016[2]
PrincipalRikki-Lee Burresch
Teaching staff34.54 (FTE)[1]
Grades912
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment670 (2024-2025)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.40[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Colors   Navy and gold
MascotBulldog
Feeder schoolsSycamore Middle School, Manzanita
Website[1]

Gridley High School is a public high school in Gridley, California, United States, a city north of Sacramento and south of Redding.[3]

Academics

As of 2026, Gridley High School operates on an 8:00 a.m. to 3:06 p.m. schedule. The only exception is on Wednesdays, when the school starts at 8:00 a.m. as usual, but ends at 1:54 p.m.[4]

Enrollment

Gridley High School had an enrollment of about 670 students in the 2024-2025 school year.[2]

The school is very integrated. In the school year 2024-2025, the student body was 0.3% American Indian/Alaska Native, 3.7% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 59.1% Hispanic, 0.7% African American, and 34.3% White.[5]

Athletics

Gridley High School offers 18 sport teams, including baseball, softball, basketball, swimming, football, flag football, wrestling, volleyball, track & field, golf, soccer, cross country, tennis, and cheerleading.[6]

Notable alumni

  • Leslie Deniz – is a class of 1980 athlete who competed in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She competed in shot put and discus and won a silver medal in women's discus.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gridley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Search for Public Schools - Gridley High School (060005102016)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Gridley High School". Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Gridley High School - Bell Schedules" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  5. ^ "California School Dashboard - Enrollment - Gridley High School". Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  6. ^ "Gridley High School - Sports". Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  7. ^ "Olympian comes back to speak in Gridley". The Grindley Herald. July 23, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2013.