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435:. The men's cross country team is known as the most successful and most accomplished sports programs in the past ten years at Quartz Hill. Under the helm of Head Coach Matthew Bierowicz, the Quartz Hill cross country team has risen to one of the most prominent and dominant cross country programs in all of California.
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301:. The school's campus was originally designed for 1,800 students, but over two times that number are currently enrolled. In the school year 2008–2009, there is a reported number of over 3000 students now attending the school, some being foreign exchange students.
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