Type Public Grades 9-12 Phone +1 310-510-0790 Founded 1924 | Established 1924 Team name Lancers Number of students 632 Colors Blue, Gold | |
Enrollment 632 (210 in high school) (as of 2014-2015) Address 200 Falls Canyon Rd, Avalon, CA 90704, USA District Long Beach Unified School District | ||
Avalon School is a K-12 school in Avalon, California on Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles off the coast of California. The school is a part of the Long Beach Unified School District. It also has a remote One-room school house, Two Harbors Elementary located 18 miles (an hour's bus ride) away at The Isthmus.
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Academics
According to the California Department of Education, the school has an overall Academic Performance Index (API) score of 788, as of 2012.
Athletics
The school is the farthest south of any school in the CIF Southern Section. With the commute by boat from the mainland taking over an hour, some opposing team members get sea sick or don't get their land legs back by game time. It is said they have a sea sick home field advantage.
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