Rancho Cotate High School hosts an outstanding high school program with academically rigorous courses, innovative electives, and award-winning art, music, journalism, and math programs . We also offer extensive technology classes such as animation, accounting, digital photography, video producation and a full range of business courses. This year, in addition to our woodshop and metalshop classes, RCHS will offer Auto Body and Public Safety.

Students have opportunities to participate in a wide variety of sports and extra curricular activities. At this time, we have over forty organizations on campus and offer more than eighteen different sports.

Rancho Cotate High School students also have opportunities to join one of our popular performing arts programs, such as dance, drama, band, chorus or guitar.
Advanced Placement and Honor Courses are offered at RCHS in specific subject areas. Students can earn college credits or waive certain courses depending upon their scores and their school of attendance.

This year we have added AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determiation) designed to help under-achieving high school students prepare for and succeed in colleges and universities.

Course offerings for 2008 - 2009 (PDF)