Claremont High School (California)

Claremont High School is a public high school in Claremont, California, United States. Part of the Claremont Unified School District, it is a California Distinguished School, a two-time national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (1986–1987, 1999–2000), and a nationally recognized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.

The school serves Claremont and a small section of Pomona.

Athletics
Claremont's sports programs include football, basketball, volleyball, golf, baseball, softball, water polo, swimming and diving, wrestling, tennis, soccer, track and field, and cross-country. The varsity football team has won 21 league championships, including 5 CIF titles. The cross-country team earned a fourth-place finish at the 2009 CIF State Meet and a third-place finish at the 2010 CIF State Meet, in recent years they have been dominant, with a 3rd place finish in 2011, 4th place finish in 2014, 4th place in 2015, STATE CHAMPS in 2016, 4th place in 2017, 3rd place in 2018, and 3rd again in 2019 (All at the D2 State meets). The girls cross-country team won first-place in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 CIF State Meets, and made Nationals both in 2017 and 2018. The boys also finished first in the 2016 CIF State Meet. In 2009 and 2010, the varsity tennis team won CIF titles. The soccer team won back to back league titles in 1993, 2001–2002 and 2011.

Claremont is part of the Palomares League. Claremont High School has 24 varsity athletic teams.

Performing arts
Claremont is home to numerous notable performing arts programs. These include a prolific theater department, which holds their spring musical at Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium, as well as a dance team and numerous choral groups. Claremont’s instrumental music programs include an award winning marching band and wind ensemble, as well as string, chamber, and symphony orchestras. They are also home to highly regarded color guard team.

Notable alumni

 * Jessica Alba, actress, and businesswoman
 * Ady Barkan, political activist and author
 * Tony Beltran, MLS defender for the Real Salt Lake
 * Jacob Bertrand, actor
 * Brittany Brown, sprinter
 * Kori Carter, NCAA and 2017 world champion in 400 meter hurdles
 * Craig Colclough, operatic bass-baritone
 * John Darnielle, musician and singer-songwriter
 * Malu Dreyer, German politician, Minister-President of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, spent 1977 as an exchange student at Claremont
 * Aundrea Fimbres, singer and dancer
 * Justin Germano, baseball player in the U.S, Japan and Korea
 * Rod Gilfry, leading American operatic baritone
 * Elliot Graham, film editor
 * Ben Harper, musician and singer-songwriter
 * Conner Henry, former basketball player and current coach
 * Martin Hewitt, actor
 * Alex Hinshaw, MLB baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
 * Hughes brothers, film directors, producers and screenwriters
 * Todd Hughes, film director, producer and screenwriter
 * Matt Jones, actor
 * Dan McGwire, former NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks
 * Cameron Morrah, NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks
 * Cameron Munter, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
 * Locke Olson, gold medal-winning USA Basketball player at the 1955 Pan American Games
 * Sam Quinones, journalist and former reporter for Los Angeles Times (2004-2014)
 * Dileep Rao, actor
 * Dave Rice, college basketball coach, UNLV
 * Noah Song, professional baseball player
 * Dillon Tate, baseball player
 * Peter Thum, co-founder of Ethos Water
 * Rozz Williams, founder of American gothic rock band Christian Death and pioneer of the American gothic rock scene