Fred C. Beyer High School

Although when it was opened in 1972 to an enrollment of 975 students, mostly freshmen and only a smattering of upperclassmen who transferred from other schools voluntarily, Beyer was originally designed to serve approximately 2000 students. By the time the first class of freshman had advanced to seniority, enrollment was about 1800. With the addition of numerous portable buildings, the number of enrolled students was as high as 3150, but since Enochs High School opened enrollment has returned to 1800.

When built, Beyer was on the outskirts of the city, halfway between Riverbank and Modesto. In anticipation of the 1976 United States Bicentennial, the Patriots were chosen as the school's mascot, and the school colors chosen as red, white, and blue.

Beyer High was intended to incorporate the latest advances in the science of education, the most prominent of which was Daily Demand Scheduling (DDS). The DDS or Modular Scheduling as it was called was a dismal failure. It gave all students the ability to chose any classes they wanted take each day. There was very little supervision to make sure students met graduation requirements. Hence many did not have the necessary credits at graduation, eventually the school districts realized it's and their shortcomings and scrapped the program. DDS was terminated in 1981-82 school year by a decision of the Modesto City School Board of Trustees, over the objections of administrators, staff, students, and parents.[2][3][4][5]

Under the tutelage of Ron Underwood, Beyer's competitive speech and debate teams and individual competitors won numerous state and national awards in the National Forensics League.[6][7][8]

• Eric Bell, MLB player (1985–1993)[11]
• Timothy Olyphant – class of 1986,[12] Primetime Emmy-nominated actor[13]
• Jeremy Renner – class of 1989, Oscar-nominated actor[14]
• Joel N. Ward[15]

• Official website