Rancho Buena Vista High School

Rancho Buena Vista High School or "RBV" is a California Distinguished School and International Baccalaureate Organization World School, located in Vista, California. In the 1990–1991 and 1994–1995 school years Rancho Buena Vista High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. It has a 7/10 GreatSchools rating and a 90% 4-year graduation rate. History Rancho Buena Vista High School, often shortened locally to "RBV," "Rancho," or "The Ranch," was opened in September 1987. It is a comprehensive, public secondary school in the Vista Unified School District. It is one of the largest schools in San Diego County with over 2,700 enrolled students. As of January 2015, Rancho Buena Vista High School is one of the 761 schools in the United States offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It was the first school in the State of California to adopt this rigorous program of study. The school's mascot is the Longhorn, and its colors are maroon and silver. The logo was modified in 2014 due to the resemblance to that of the University of Texas. On the retirement of Charles Shindler, Joseph Clevenger was appointed as principal 2019, with assistant principals Daniel Smutz, Christine Corroa, and Rafael Loza. Clevenger is an alumnus of Rancho Buena Vista High School and was previously the principal of a middle school in Bonsall, and assistant principal of Elsinore High School before that.