Rio Linda High School

2,035 students attend Rio Linda High School. 41% of them are White, 22% are Hispanic, 13% are Asian, 8% are African-American, and 4% are Middle Eastern/Indian. 93% of the students receive a reduced price/free lunch and 19% of the student body (386 students) are English language learners. The 4 most commonly spoken languages spoken by English language learners at this school are Spanish (205 students), Hmong (86 students), Russian (40 students), and Punjabi/Urdu/Arabic (40 students). ==Rankings==

In 2012, after evaluating 21,776 high schools across the nation, U.S. News & World Report awarded Rio Linda High School a silver medal. Rio Linda was ranked 1,605th nationally (top 8%) and 337th within the state of California (top 14%) ==Notable alumni==

• Jay Mosley, member of the Missouri House of Representatives • Darren Oliver, Major League Baseball player • Sheila Hudson, Olympian, USATF Board of Director & Hall of Fame, Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles Sr Athletics Executive, USTFCCCA Hall of Fame • Justin E. H. Smith, philosopher and author • Kay Ivey, the current governor of Alabama, taught at the school in the 1960s • Cam Skattebo, running back for the New York Giants ==References==