| San Lorenzo Valley High School | |
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| Coordinates: | 37.0625°N -122.0817°W |
| Country: | United States |
| Colors: | Red and Black |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Enrollment: | 643 (2022-2023)[1] |
| Teaching Staff: | 29.00 (FTE) |
| Ratio: | 22.17 |
| Principal: | Jeff Calden |
| Newspaper: | The Claw[2] |
| Address: | 7105 Hwy 9 |
| Zipcode: | 95018 |
| National Ranking: | 1810 |
| Superintendent: | Christopher Schiermeyer |
San Lorenzo Valley High School (abbreviated as SLVHS) is a WASC-accredited public high school located in Felton, California, United States, that serves grades 9-12 for San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District.
The original school building, known as the Boulder Creek School, was built in 1905 and rebuilt in 1906 after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.[3] It was renamed to San Lorenzo Valley High during 1947. The current location opened in 1954 in Felton, serving the entire San Lorenzo Valley.
In the 1980's, the school built a room for students to chew tobacco at designated times to reduce the number of cigarette butts behind the boy's gymnasium.[4] [5]
San Lorenzo Valley High School is ranked 1810th in the nation and 268th in California, according to the U.S. News & World Report[6]
SLVHS offers 15 AP classes, including Biology, Physics 1, Calculus AB, English Lang, English Lit, 3D Art and Design, 2D Art and Design, Drawing, Spanish Lang, French Lang, Statistics, US Gov, US History, Environmental Science, and Computer Science Principles.[7]
77% White/Caucasian, 11.5% Hispanic/Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% Filipino, 7.9% two or more races, and 2.2% declined to answer.[8]
Additionally, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch