Pioneer High School is a public school in West Whittier-Los Nietos, a census-designated place in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California.
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Academics
Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare for college.
Pioneer High School offers a wide variety of AP courses, which include:
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Environmental Science
AP French Language
AP Human Geography
AP Physics C
AP Spanish Language
AP Spanish Literature
AP United States Government and Politics
AP United States History
AP World History
General information
Pioneer High School, home of the Titans, is located in unincorporated community of West Whittier-Los Nietos, California, neighboring the city of Pico Rivera. The school serves students from the Los Nietos, South Whittier, and Whittier City school districts. PHS is one of the 5 comprehensive high schools in the Whittier Union High School District.
Demographics
The student body at Pioneer is 96.4% Hispanic, 1.8% White, and less than 1% each Asian, Black, Native American and Pacific Islander. (As of 2020–2021)
Titan sports
Fall sports
Cross country
Football 2024 CIF Southern Section Championship Division 14; CIF Southern California Regional Division 7-A Championship; 2025 CIF Southern Section Championship Division 14
Tennis (girls)
Volleyball (girls)
Water polo (boys)
Winter sports
Basketball
Soccer - 1979 3A CIF Southern Section Championship; 1979
Wrestling -
Spring sports
Baseball
Golf
Softball
Swimming
Tennis (boys)
Track & field
Volleyball (boys)
Summer sports
Wrestling
Baseball
Basketball
Cross country
Football
Soccer
Tennis
Volleyball
Water polo
Notable former pupils
Lauren Tewes; actress.