whitney high school is a public school located in the southern placer county city of rocklin, california, a settlement in the northern sacramento metropolitan area. whitney is one of two high schools in rocklin unified school district; its counterpart is rocklin high school. the school is the district's newest educational facility, having opened in 2005 to freshmen and sophomores; whitney's first freshmen graduated at the end of the 2008–09 school year. that same school year, whitney was recognized as a california distinguished school.