Ruben S. Ayala High School


Senator Ruben S. Ayala Senior High School, often abbreviated as Ayala High School or AHS, is located in Chino Hills, California. It is one of the four comprehensive high schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District. The school was established in 1990 and named after California state senator Ruben S. Ayala. It received the 2011 California Distinguished School award and the 2015 California Gold Ribbon School Award.

Academics

Course offerings

The school offered 30 AP classes for the 2023–24 year.

Class sizes

Average class sizes for the 2010–2011 school year:
  • English-Language Arts: 27.3
  • Mathematics: 24.2
  • Science: 30.2
  • History-Social Science: 34.7

Enrollment trends

Enrollment at Ayala High School started at around 1,000 freshmen and sophomores in 1991 and grew to 3,696 students before Chino Hills High School opened in 2001. After that, enrollment dropped to around 2,400 students, with a graduating class of about 600 students each year.

Test scores

Of the 500 AP exams given out to 300 students in the 2010–2011 school year, 2.20% scored 3 or above.
The following table lists the percentage of students who scored Proficient or above on their STAR Test.
YearEnglishMathematicsScienceHistory
2004–200560.08%44.89%33.77%40.37%
2005–200658.4%40.14%42.1%38.9%
2006–200762.7%40.5%45.7%45.9%
2007–200863.8%37.1%50.8%47.8%
2008–200966.5%40.1%54.0%48.8%
2009–201070.2%46.4%55.1%54.6%
2010–201170.9%46.8%73.3%56.2%
2011–201274.5%49.2%72.6%56.6%

The following are the percentages of students who passed the CAHSEE test in the 10th grade:
YearEnglishMathematics
2004–200593%92%
2005–200695%94%
2006–200795%92%
2007–200893%94%
2008–200995%95%
2009–201094%96%
2010–201195%94%
2011–201295%93%

Ayala's API score in the 2011–2012 school year was 845, 13 points up from the year before.
The graduation rate for this school in the 2010–2011 school year was 98.3%.

SkillsUSA

In the 2010 SkillsUSA California State Conference, nine students received gold medals, seven students received silver medals, and one student received a bronze medal.

Awards and certifications

Ayala High School was ranked 1,183rd in the nation in 2006 by Newsweek.
In April 2010, Ayala's USB Leadership Program received the California Association of Student Leaders Outstanding Activities Program Award. Ayala High School received the 2011 and 2019 California Distinguished School award, 2015 California Gold Ribbon School award, and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Performing arts

Band and Colorguard

Indoor Percussion Ensembles

The Ayala Marching Percussion Ensemble and Ayala Concert Percussion Ensemble are nationally recognized winter/indoor performing groups. The Ayala Marching Percussion Ensemble currently competes in the Percussion Scholastic World class, while the Ayala Concert Percussion Ensemble currently competes in the Percussion Scholastic Concert World class. Ayala fields nationally competitive indoor percussion groups, including the Marching Percussion Ensemble and Concert Percussion Ensemble. Both compete in the Southern California Percussion Alliance and Winter Guard International circuits. In 2007, the Concert Percussion Ensemble won the WGI World Championship, receiving the first perfect music score in WGI history.

Winterguard

Athletics

A documentary was made about the 2010–2011 Ayala wrestling team.

Notable alumni