Del Oro High School is located in Loomis, California, and is a part of the Placer Union High School District. Del Oro High School opened for instruction of freshmen and sophomores on September 28, 1959, one week after Placer in Auburn and Colfax opened. It was founded in 1958 and currently has over 1600 students attending.
The dropout rate is less than 1%, which is below the California state average. Many of Del Oro's teachers are return students. The school has a decades long rivalry with neighboring Placer High School in Auburn, CA, as well as more recent rivalries with Granite Bay High School and Rocklin High School.
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