Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94022
Los Altos High School is an outstanding place for students to learn and grow. Within a context of a caring community, Los Altos High strives to have all students develop and achieve learning goals that will serve them well beyond their high school years.
Los Altos High works with a diversity of students to help each one reach his or her potential. LAHS is a genuine comprehensive high school with a range of offerings from Advanced Placement and honors courses in mathematics, science, English, social studies, and foreign language to courses designed to help students make a smooth transition to work when they leave high school. College preparatory students can take advantage of traditional and interdisciplinary programs as well as outstanding courses in visual arts, performing arts, and industrial technology. Special needs students are well served through the English Language Development and Special Education programs.
Students' Needs:
LAHS's comprehensive, multifaceted curriculum is designed to challenge each and every student. LAHS offers a wide variety of programs to meet each student's special needs:
| * Honors & Advanced Placement Courses | * Drafting & Design Courses |
| * Concurrent Community College Enrollment for Acceleration | * Interactive Math Program (U.C. Berkeley) |
| * California Mathematics League Competition | * Global Connections/Interdisciplinary Classes |
| * GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) | * Learning Community |
| * AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) | * Career and College Planning |
| * ELD (English Language Development) | * Student Assistance Program |
* Special Education |
* Tutorial Center |
| * Regional Occupational Program | * Community Service/Service Learning |
| * Auto Training | * Work Experience/Job Shadowing |
Los Altos High vs. State and National Averages
| Los Altos High School | State Average | National Average | |
| Average SAT Math | 604 | 504 | 504 |
| Average SAT Verbal | 570 | 487 | 496 |
| Average ACT Math | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Average ACT Verbal | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Percent of Students attending 4-year colleges | 45% | 28% | 41% |
| Percent of Students attending junior colleges | 50% | 43% | 24% |
| National Merit Finalists | 7 |
Scores and statistics are from Realtor.com
Los Altos High's Scores on California Standardized Tests
| Reading | Math | Language | Science | Social Science | |
| 9th Grade | 91 | 95 | 93 | 92 | 95 |
| 10th Grade | 91 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 92 |
| 11 Grade | 94 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 93 |
Scores range from 1-99. A score of 99 indicates that the school scored higher than 99 percent of the other public schools in California. Scores are from "McCormack's Guides '99."
Learning Environment:
Thanks to the district's facilities renovation program, students now occupy updated classrooms, new science labs, and have access to state-of-the-art technology and computer labs.
Los Altos High School's Mission Statement:
"We at Los Altos High School value a learning environment in which students and staff work together in a spirit of unity and mutual respect. We are committed to the process of continuous learning and the application of knowledge. We value the diversity of our paths while promoting a community in which members have an equal opportunity to excel as people and learners."