Arroyo Valley High School Explained

Arroyo Valley High School
Streetaddress:1881 West Base Line Street
Zipcode:92411
County:(San Bernardino County)
Country:United States
Motto:"Above All the Rest!"
Established:September 4, 2001
Principal:Manuel Gonzalez
Grades:9th-12th
Students:2,621 (2018-19)[1]
Ratio:26.19
Staff:100.09 (FTE)
Newspaper:The Hawkeye
Yearbook:Talon Annual
Homepage:https://arroyovalley.sbcusd.com/

Arroyo Valley High School is a public high school established in 2001 inside the San Bernardino City Unified School District, located in the City of San Bernardino, California.

Academics

Arroyo Valley High School is part of the International Baccalaureate Organization including the high school portion of the Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme.[2] The school offers the AVID program, AP Courses, and Standard Core along with different academies that prepare students in the path of their preferred career.[3] These Career Academies include Core Academy,[4] Teaching Academy, Global Leadership Academy,[5] and Digital Media Academy.[6] The school has an Academic Decathlon team. The school in March 2016, was given the Gaston Caperton Opportunity Award which recognized the increasing rate of students that participated in the AP exams and their increasing success in them.[7]

Demographics

According to U.S. News & World Report, 98% of Arroyo Valley's student body is "of color," with 95% of the student body coming from an economically disadvantaged household, determined by student eligibility for California's Reduced-price meal program.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arroyo Valley High. National Center for Education Statistics. January 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: International Baccalaureate Website.
  3. Web site: San Bernardino City Schools - Official Website - Academies. www.sbcusd.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201215012/http://www.sbcusd.com/index.aspx?NID=8050. 1 February 2016. 7 May 2016.
  4. Web site: CORE Academy. CORE Academy. 7 May 2016.
  5. Web site: AVHS Global Leadership. AVHS Global Leadership. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410211617/http://www.avhsgloballeadership.com/. 10 April 2016. 7 May 2016.
  6. Web site: AVHS Digital Media Academy. AVHS DMA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701123917/http://www.avhsdma.com/. 1 July 2016. 7 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Arroyo Valley High earns national award for AP exam success. 2016-08-06.
  8. Web site: The Student Body at Arroyo Valley High in San Bernardino, CA. www.usnews.com. 5 August 2016.