Walnut High School is located in Walnut, California among the San Jose Hills of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. Ranked in the top 100 high schools in America by the Daily Beast Publication - it is also located within the prestigious Walnut Valley Unified School District which has also been ranked by numerous sources to be one of the top public school districts in all of Southern California. The school is a two-time National Blue Ribbon School (1992–93 and 1997–98), six-time California Distinguished school (1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2009), and a California Gold Ribbon School (2017). Walnut High School has also offered the International Baccalaureate program since 1999.AthleticsThe Mustang Athletic teams compete in the Hacienda League of the CIF Southern Section offering 22 seasonal sports.The Walnut High football team contends in Division 7 of CIF Southern Section.In the aquatics program, the water polo team won a CIF championship and both the water polo and swim teams won league titles.The soccer program has won two CIFSS 1-A Championships (1990, 1992), including an undefeated season in 1992 (25-0-1).Walnut's girls' golf team won league titles in 2013,2014,2015,and 2016. The Walnut High School Girls Golf team won their first CIF State title in 2016. Walnut's National Champion Dance Team holds eight national titles and were back-to-back champions from 2008-2012 and 2014-2015.
