Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)

Los Altos High School
School campus from the south
Address
Map
201 Almond Avenue

, ,
94022

United States
Coordinates37°23′12″N 122°06′32″W / 37.386705°N 122.108831°W / 37.386705; -122.108831
Information
TypePublic
Established1954; 70 years ago (1954)
School districtMVLA School District
SuperintendentNellie Meyer
PrincipalTracey Runeare
Grades9-12
Enrollment2141 (2023-24[1])
Student to teacher ratio20:1
CampusSuburban Urban
Color(s)Blue, white, and gray
   
Athletics conferenceSanta Clara Valley Athletic League
CIF Central Coast Section
MascotEagle
Team nameEagles
National ranking437[3]
NewspaperThe Talon[2]
YearbookAerie
Websitelahs.mvla.net

Los Altos High School, abbreviated as LAHS, is a WASC-accredited public senior high school located in Los Altos, California, United States, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Los Altos was opened in 1954 and is located at 201 Almond Avenue, close to Los Altos Downtown, San Antonio Shopping Center, and Almond Elementary School.

Los Altos High School is one of the three Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District public high schools; the other is Mountain View High School and Alta Vista High School. The main feeder schools are Egan Junior High School and Crittenden Middle School. The attendance area includes highly affluent sections of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View, and low-income housing sections of Mountain View.[4]

Tracey Runeare has acted as the school principal since 2023, and has been preceded by Wynne Satterwhite from 2005 to 2022[5] and George Perez until 2004.[6]

  1. ^ School Profile: Los Altos High (CA Dept of Education). https://www.cde.ca.gov/sdprofile/details.aspx?cds=43696094334116. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
  2. ^ Talon Online
  3. ^ "Los Altos High (Los Altos)". U.S. News. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "School Profile: Los Altos High". www.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  5. ^ Ichiriu, Naomi. "Tracey Runeare is redefining leadership at Los Altos". The Talon. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  6. ^ "New principal at Los Altos High (December 19, 2003)". www.mv-voice.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.