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Fountain Valley High School

17816 Bushard, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708-4598 -

tel: (714)962-3301
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Definition of Terms

Fountain Valley High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

3018 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

112 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 768 students

Grade 10 - 772 students

Grade 11 - 743 students

Grade 12 - 735 students

This School

( CA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:27

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( CA ) School Average

% American Indian	4%	1%
% Asian	38%	11%
% Hispanic	11%	45%
% Black	1%	7%
% White	46%	33%

Additional Student Information

This School

( CA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

44%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( CA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Huntington Beach Union High School District

This School's Agency

( CA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	9	4
Number of Students Managed	15,757 students	1,785 students
District Total Revenue	$168,601,000	$16,194,000
District Expenditure	$181,068,000	$16,545,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,700	$8,848
District Expenditure / Student	$11,491	$8,162
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Fountain Valley High School (or FVHS) is a public high school located in Fountain Valley, CA. It was established in 1966 and is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District. It is notable for its rivalry with Edison High School, particularly during football season, in which both schools compete in the "Battle of the Bell." The athletic teams are known as the Barons and the school colors are blue, gold, and red. The name Baron comes from the high school's mascot, a medieval king. The school has had renovations starting in 2002 to some of its buildings which were sinking. These renovations yielded new portable buildings in an area which was previously a parking lot. As of 2006, these semi-permanent portable buildings have been removed and replaced with permanent facilities.
Advanced Placement: Fountain Valley High School is known for a rigorous advanced placement (or AP) program which allows high school student to study college level course work. Nearly every AP course available is offered at FVHS and the students tend to score fairly well. Newsweek magazine has annually ranked United States public high schools according to AP scores. Since the mid-90's, FVHS has ranked in the top 100 schools multiple times.
Sports: The school currently competes in the Sunset League and is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation(CIF). Among the numerous athletic programs at FVHS: baseball, football, girls' cross country have excelled in the past. The baseball team closed out the 1994 and 1995 seasons ranked second in the nation, while the girls� cross-country team has won the Sunset League title for each of the past three years, not to mention a 2005 CIF championship. One of the most decorated extra-curricular activities of Fountain Valley is the marching band. The Fountain Valley Royal Regiment is currently ranked 6th in the West Coast and is made up of 160 members. Fountain Valley (FV) lost the Bell Game 2 years in a row to the Edison Chargers.
Notable alumni: Michelle Pfeiffer, actress.
Andre Sommersell, football player.
Ken Margerum, football player.
Facts: For the first few years after opening, Fountain Valley High School had a larger student population than any other high school west of the Mississippi. This was due to the rather sudden and large migration of new families to the area and the lack of a public school system prepared to accommodate them. During these years the school days were split in half with grades 9 & 10 coming during one half of the day, while 11 & 12th graders would come during the other half.
Fountain Valley High School and it's chief rival, Edison High School, were actually constructed with the same blue prints. Prior to the demolition of the 300 building at FVHS, a FVHS student on Edison's campus would find that the old differences between the two schools' building layouts were the trim: FVHS has a blue and gold trim while Edison has a Green and Gold trim.
Midway through the 1997 film Wag the Dog, there is a short clip showing students in a High School Gym interrupt a basket ball game by throwing shoes on to the gym floor. This scene was filmed at FVHS during Fall 1996 and utilized the 1997 graduating class as extras. If you pause the clip at the correct point, one can see the school's song hanging on the gym's wall.
In March 2005, the Fountain Valley High School drumline was filmed in Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" music video.
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About This Zip Code (92708)

School Zip (92708)

(CA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

54,530 people

33,137,211 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

44%

32%

Population Average Age

38 years old

33.3 years old

Average Household size

3.0 persons

2.9 persons

Median Household Income

$69,710

$49,006

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.2 rooms

4.8 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

36 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

75% / 25%

58% / 42%

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