Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)

Fairfax High School
Address
7850 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles , California 90046 United States
Coordinates	34°04′55″N 118°21′36″W / 34.082°N 118.360°W / 34.082; -118.360
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Fare fac" (Say and Do)
Established	1924
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Leonard Choi
Staff	81.33 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,827 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.46[1]
Campus	Urban
Campus size	24.2 acres (98,000 m2)
Color(s)	Crimson, gold, black
Athletics conference	CIF Los Angeles City Section Western League
Nickname	Lions
Newspaper	The Colonial Gazette
Website	www.fairfaxhs.org

Fairfax High School (officially Fairfax Senior High School) is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, near the border of West Hollywood in the Fairfax District. The school is located on a 24.2-acre (98,000 m²) campus at the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and Melrose Avenue.

Several sections of Los Angeles, including the Fairfax District, Park La Brea, portions of Hancock Park, and Larchmont, and the city of West Hollywood are served by Fairfax. Some areas (including parts of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School. In fall 2007, some neighborhoods zoned to Hamilton High School were rezoned to Fairfax High School.^[2] Bancroft Middle School, Emerson Middle School, Le Conte Middle School, and John Burroughs Middle School feed into Fairfax. In 2009, some territory from the Los Angeles High School attendance boundary was transferred to Fairfax High School.^[3] Fairfax High School has been widely regarded as one of the most diverse high schools in the city, state, and country.^[4][5][6]