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| name            = Pioneer High School
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| logo            = PHS Official Crest.JPG
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| opened          = Monday, September 14, 1959
| type            = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] secondary
| status          = Open
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| ratio           = 23.53<ref name=NCES/>
| principal       = Mary Chapman
| teaching_staff  = 52.41 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| enrollment      = 1,233 (2020-21)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=064248006953|title=Pioneer High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref>
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| grades          = [[Ninth grade|9]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
| streetaddress   = 10800 Benavon St.
| city            = [[Whittier, California]]
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| country         = United States
| zipcode         = 90606
| coordinates     = {{Coord|33.9707|-118.0793|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
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| district        = [[Whittier Union High School District]]
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| mascot          = Titan
| nickname        = PiHi or Pioneer
| team_name       = Titans
| free_label      = [[Emblem]]
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| yearbook        = The Torch
| newspaper       = Titan Tribune (1959-200X)
| website         = {{url|https://phs.wuhsd.org}}
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'''Pioneer High School''' is a public school in [[West Whittier-Los Nietos, California|West Whittier-Los Nietos]], a [[census-designated place]] in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Los Angeles County, California]].
==Academics==
Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare for college.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pioneer High School Choosing Classes |url=https://phs.wjusd.org/Staff/Counseling-/College-Planning/Choosing-Classes/index.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=phs.wjusd.org}}</ref>
Pioneer High School offers a wide variety of AP courses, which include:
* [[AP Biology]]
* [[AP Calculus AB]]
* [[AP Calculus BC]]
* [[AP Chemistry]]
* [[AP English Language and Composition]]
* [[AP English Literature and Composition]]
* [[AP Environmental Science]]
* [[AP French Language]]
* [[AP Human Geography]]
* [[AP Physics C]]
* [[AP Spanish Language]]
* [[AP Spanish Literature]]
* [[AP United States Government and Politics]]
* [[AP United States History]]
* [[AP World History]]
==General information==
Pioneer High School, home of the Titans, is located in unincorporated community of [[West Whittier-Los Nietos, California]], neighboring the city of Pico Rivera.  The school serves students from the [[Los Nietos School District|Los Nietos]], [[South Whittier School District|South Whittier]], and [[Whittier City School District|Whittier City]] school districts. PHS is one of the 5 comprehensive high schools in the Whittier Union High School District.
==Demographics==
The student body at pioneer is 96.4% Hispanic, 1.8% White, and less than 1% each Asian, Black, Native American and Pacific Islander. (As of 2020-2021)<ref name="NCES"/>
==Titan sports==
===Fall sports===
*Cross country
*Football
*Tennis (girls)
*Volleyball (girls)
*Water polo (boys)
===Winter sports===
*Basketball
*Soccer - 1979 3A CIF Champs; 1978, 1979 <ref>{{Cite web |last=e-yearbook.com (tm) |title=Pioneer High School - Torch Yearbook (Whittier, CA), Class of 1979, Page 170 of 296 {{!}} E-Yearbook.com has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Search and browse yearbooks online! |url=https://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Pioneer_High_School_Torch_Yearbook/1979/Page_170.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=e-yearbook.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Wrestling -
===Spring sports===
*Baseball
*Golf
*Softball
*Swimming
*Tennis (boys)
*Track & field
*Volleyball (boys)
===Summer sports===
* Wrestling
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cross country
* Football
* Soccer
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Water polo
== Notable former pupils ==
* [[Lauren Tewes]]; actress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://traffordhistory.org/lookingback/index.php/world-war-i-veterans/91-family-life/112-tewes|title=Lauren Tewes -- Hollywood Success|date=Jun 24, 1979|work=The Morning News}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://phs.wuhsd.org/ Pioneer High School]
* [https://archive.org/details/TitanTrib01 Titan Tribune, 1959-1960]
* [[iarchive:TitanTrib01 201308|Titan Tribune, 1960-1961]]
* [[iarchive:TitanTribune3|Titan Tribune, 1961-1962]]
* [[iarchive:TitanTribune4|Titan Tribune, 1962-1963]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVngwcN2Sv4 Pioneer Highschool School - Titan Memories (1963)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_v_gg-VbA President Reagan's Question-and-Answer Session With Pioneer High School Students on June 30, 1983]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMVGZDDK4NY&t=61s 1983 CNN Report about Pioneer]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7slJvjak3KI Pioneer High School Showcase (2022)]
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