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Mayfair High School
Address
6000 N. Woodruff Avenue
Lakewood, California 90713
Information
School typeMiddle/Secondary
Founded1959
School boardBellflower Unified School District
SuperintendentRick Kemppainen
PrincipalMary Lynn Bachmann
Faculty139.8 (on FTE basis)
Grades7-12
Enrollment3,616 (as of 2005-06)
Student to teacher ratio25.9
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)White, Blue, and Grey
MascotMayfair Monsoon
Team nameMonsoons
WebsiteMayfair High School web site

Mayfair Middle/High School, located in the city of Lakewood, California, serves over 3,543 students in grades seven through twelve on a traditional school calendar. All of Mayfair students' residency is among the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower, and Cerritos. The campus has over 130 classrooms, with over 16 special education rooms. The school provides a safe learning environment, in which students gain the knowledge for their future endeavors.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,616 students and 139.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 25.9.

Mayfair was recognized as a California Distinguished School, the highest award a California high school can obtain. In 2001, Mayfair received the Golden Bell award from the California School Board Association for their Academy of Animation and Digital Art Program.

The school mascot is the "Mayfair Monsoon" — illustrated as a tornado. The school's colors are white, blue, and grey. They have many sports that have won suburban league titles and championships. The schools newspaper is titled "The Windjammer," which is also located online. There are many clubs available at Mayfair for the students to get involved in and delve into. Sports that continue to shine and win titles are Boys Basketball, and Boys Football, Girls Soccer, Boys Volleyball, Boys Wrestling, Boys and Girls Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Boys and Girls Track & Field and more.

Statistics

The Student population racial makeup (2004) was African-American 17.7%, American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.3, Asian 5.0, Filipino 4.8, Hispanic or Latino 31.2, Pacific Islander 1.4, White (Not Hispanic) 37.1 and Multiple or No Response 2.5.

California Standardized Testing Rankings for 2004 Data reported are the percent of students achieving at the Proficient or Advanced level (meeting or exceeding the state standards).
Subject School District State
English-Language Arts 55 77 85
Mathematics 22 30 34
Science 26 19 25
History-Social Science 33 25 29
Expenditure per student for 2004 Data reported in dollars per student
School District State
$6,178 $6,882 $6,822

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Mayfair High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 4, 2007.
  2. Josh Childress profile at NBA.com, accessed November 25, 2006
  3. David Felton, Mayfair star shines at home again, Long Beach Press-Telegram, September 24, 2005
  4. Biography for Geri Reischl, accessed November 25, 2006
  5. Avenged Sevenfold
  6. Sportsology 101 w/Pat Dean

External links

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