Amador High School

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Amador High School
Address
330 Spanish Street Sutter Creek , California 95685 United States
Coordinates	38°23′53″N 120°48′39″W / 38.39813°N 120.81094°W / 38.39813; -120.81094
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1911
Status	Open
School district	Amador County Unified School District
NCES School ID	[1]
Administrator	Julie Riffel
Principal	Butch Wagner
Faculty	31.6 FTEs[1]
Grades	9-12
Age range	13-18
Enrollment	638 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Average class size	27
Student to teacher ratio	20.2:1[1]
Language	English
Hours in school day	7 hours, 45 minutes
Color(s)	Dark Blue, White, and Gray
Fight song	"On to Victory"
Athletics conference	Mother Lode League
Mascot	Buffalo
Nickname	Amador
Team name	The Thundering Herd
Rival	Argonaut High School
National ranking	1747 (2016-17)
Newspaper	"Herd This"
Yearbook	"The Skip"
Feeder schools	Ione Junior High School, Jackson Junior High School
Mascot Name	Buckingham "Bucky" Amador Buffalo
Band	Amador High School Marching and Concert Band
Website	amadorhs.amadorcoe.org

Amador High School, located in Sutter Creek, California, is one of two public high schools in Amador County. Originally known as "Amador County High School" at its inception in 1911, the school's name changed to "Sutter Creek Union High School" in 1916, reverting to "Amador County High School" in 1949, at the request of that year's graduating class. In 1984, upon completion of the merger of three school districts in the county, the name was changed to "Amador High School".^[2]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 638 students and 31.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 20.2:1. There were 177 students (27.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 14 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]