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Sage Hill School
Address
20402 Newport Coast Drive Newport Coast, California 92657 United States
Coordinates	33°37′5″N 117°49′33″W / 33.61806°N 117.82583°W / 33.61806; -117.82583
Information
Type	Private secondary school
Opened	2000
Head of school	Patricia Merz
Teaching staff	42 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	590 (2024-25)
Student to teacher ratio	9.65
Color(s)
Athletics	CIF Southern Section
Athletics conference	Pacific Coast Conference (California)
Nickname	Lightning
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges California Association of Independent Schools
Newspaper	The Bolt
Yearbook	Storm
Website	www.sagehillschool.org

Sage Hill School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school for students in grades 9-12, located in Newport Coast, California. The school first opened in September 2000 with a freshman and sophomore class of 120 students.

About

Sage Hill has been accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges since 2003.

The school has an average class size of 14 students and offers more than 40 advanced placement (AP), honors, and post-AP classes. The school's student to college counselor ratio is 37:1 The Lisa Argyros and Family Science Center houses learning and teaching space for biology, chemistry, physics, interdisciplinary study of science, and long-term research, and the 30,000 square-foot studio features the Kazu Fukuda Black Box Theater.

Middle school

In 2023, Sage Hill announced its plan to develop a middle school and expand to grades 7 and 8, set to become the first 7-12 independent school in Orange County. The projected opening date for the middle school is August 2026. Sage Hil hasl announced that it would start accepting applications for its inaugural middle school classes during the 2025-2026 school year.

On December 7, 2023, Newport Beach Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve the development of Sage Hill’s middle school, allowing construction of the three-story middle school building and increasing Sage Hill’s maximum student enrollment from 600 to 750 students. The project will also add a second gymnasium a seating capacity of over 1,000.

Effective July 1, 2024, Joseph Moody was named as the inaugural director of the middle school. The school sold approximately $54 million of municipal bonds to finance the building of the middle school as well as athletic facilities.

Athletics

The school offers 22 interscholastic sports totaling 42 teams at all levels of competition.

Notable alumni

• Carter Bryant (2024), basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats

References

1. ^ "Find a CAIS School". www.caisca.org. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
2. "Sage Hill School's Legacy". www.sagehillschool.org. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
3. "Mission & Vision". www.sagehillschool.org. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
4. "Sage Hill Difference". www.sagehillschool.org. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
5. Newport Beach Commission OKs Middle School, Second Gym Project
6. Director Tapped to Open Sage Hill Middle School
7. Hudson, Erin (12 November 2024). "A $54,000-a-Year School in Pimco's Hometown Eyes Own Foray Into Bond Market". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
8. "Carter Bryant, Sage Hill School , Power Forward". 247Sports.

External links

• Sage Hill School

• Educational institutions established in 2000
• High schools in Orange County, California
• Private high schools in California
• Preparatory schools in California
• 2000 establishments in California