The William S. Hart Union High School District serves the City of Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...

, grades 7-12. The total number of enrolled students is nearly 20,000. The superintendent of Hart School District is Robert Challinor. The District is named after William S. Hart

William S. Hart

William Surrey Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered for having "imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity."-Biography:...

, one of the first western film stars, who lived in Newhall and was a local benefactor. The region served by the WSHUHSD is also served by the Sulphur Springs, Saugus, Castaic, and Newhall elementary school districts.

High schools

• Academy of the Canyons
  Academy of the Canyons
  Academy of the Canyons is a public middle college high school in Santa Clarita, California. The school, which enrolls students from the 9th to the 12th grade, is part of the William S. Hart High School District. It is located at College of the Canyons campus where the students of AOC are...
  
   (a middle college high school in partnership with College of the Canyons
  College of the Canyons
  College of the Canyons is a public two-year community college that operates within the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is located on of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the incorporated city of Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County, California. The college’s address is:...
  
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• Bowman High School (a California Distinguished Model continuation school)
• Canyon High School
• Golden Valley High School
  Golden Valley High School (Santa Clarita)
  Golden Valley High School is a high school in the William S. Hart Union High School District in the community of Canyon Country, California located in Santa Clarita, California. The school first opened in 2004 with a brand new campus. The student population is approximately 2500 in grades 9...
  
  
• Hart High School
• Saugus High School
• Valencia High School
• West Ranch High School
  West Ranch High School
  West Ranch High School is a public high school in Stevenson Ranch, California. Bob Vincent has been the school's principal since it opened in 2004. The school mascot is the Wildcat, and navy blue and gold are the school's official colors. The Paw Print is the school's official newspaper, and is...
  
  

Junior High Schools

• Arroyo Seco Junior High School
• La Mesa Junior High School
• Placerita Junior High School
• Rio Norte Junior High School
  Rio Norte Junior High School
  Rio Norte Junior High is a school in the William S. Hart Union High School District. Located in the city of Santa Clarita, California, and the community of Valencia, Rio Norte is for seventh and eighth graders. Sixth graders from Helmers, Bridgeport, Tesoro, North Park, and Mountainview Elementary...
  
  
• Rancho Pico Junior High School
• Sierra Vista Junior High School

Feeder Districts

Castaic is K-8, all others are K-6

• Castaic Union School District in Castaic
• Newhall School District
  Newhall School District
  The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County...
  
   in Newhall
• Saugus Union School District
  Saugus Union School District
  -Santa Clarita Elementary: is the oldest elementary school in the SUSD. It was opened at the corner of Seco Canyon Road and Decoro in 1960. It serves preschool–6th grade and houses around 625 students. In September 2010, they celebrated their 50th anniversary with the opening of a new science...
  
   in Saugus
• Sulphur Springs School District
  Sulphur Springs School District
  The Sulphur Springs School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves portions of the Canyon Country and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 26, 2006, it has 8 elementary schools....
  
  in Canyon County