James C. Enochs High School


James C. Enochs High School is a high school in Modesto, California. It is a member of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section#Central California Athletic League CCAL and has multiple MMC championship titles from the prior athletic league. The school is locally known for having the highest academic performance index of any high school in Stanislaus County, with an API of 820 in 2011. The school has four "career pathway programs": Cinema and Graphic Arts, Employment Opportunities, Forensic/Biotech Science, and Pre-Vet Science.

History

The school was constructed with funding from Measure T, passed in 2001 by Modesto voters. The bond provided $65 million to build both Enochs High and Joseph Gregori High School in Modesto. However, when Enochs opened in 2006, it had already cost $101.4 million to build.
Enochs High is named for James C. Enochs, superintendent of Modesto City Schools from 1986 to 2004.
The school added a swimming pool in the fall of 2014.
In 2017, Enochs earned a Silver medal from U.S. News & World Report for the magazine's Best High Schools ranking, placing 496th in California and 2,594th in the United States.

Academics

In the 2016–2017 school year, Enochs offered 14 AP courses and 8 Pre-AP/Honors courses.
AP Courses:
Pre-AP/Honors:

Athletics

Enochs competes in the Modesto Metro Conference in the following sports:
The Enochs Instrumental Music and Color Guard program includes three concert bands, two jazz bands, a marching band, an orchestra, winter guard, winter percussion ensemble and a winter winds group.
The James C. Enochs High School Marching Band and Color Guard competes in the Western Band Association in Class AAA and in the Northern California Band Association in Class AAAA. The group has advanced to WBA Grand Championships twice, once in 2014 in Class AA and once in 2017 in Class AAA.
The Winter Guard and Winter Percussion Ensemble compete in and host competitions for the Central Valley Guard and Percussion Circuit, and they compete as Scholastic A ensembles with Winter Guard International.