Arroyo Valley High School

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.

Arroyo Valley High School
Address
1881 West Base Line Street

San Bernardino
,
(San Bernardino County)
,
California
92411

United States
Coordinates34.1179068°N 117.32739921°W / 34.1179068; -117.32739921
Information
TypeSenior High School
Motto"Above All the Rest!"
EstablishedSeptember 4, 2001
School districtSan Bernardino City Unified School District
PrincipalBernardo Valenzuela Torres
Staff100.09 (FTE)[1]
Grades9th-12th
Number of students2,621 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio26.19[1]
Education systemSemester
CampusUrban
Color(s)  Gold
  Black
  White
MascotHawks
Nickname
  • AVHS
  • Arroyo Valley
  • AV
NewspaperThe Hawkeye
YearbookTalon Annual
Websitehttps://arroyovalley.sbcusd.com/

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
WhiteLatinoAsianAfrican AmericanPacific IslanderAmerican IndianTwo or More Races
2%85%1%10%1%0.3%0.2%

According to US News and 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]

References
  1. "Arroyo Valley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  2. "International Baccalaureate Website".
  3. "San Bernardino City Schools - Official Website - Academies". www.sbcusd.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. "CORE Academy". CORE Academy. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. "AVHS Global Leadership". AVHS Global Leadership. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. "AVHS Digital Media Academy". AVHS DMA. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. "Arroyo Valley High earns national award for AP exam success". Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  8. "The Student Body at Arroyo Valley High in San Bernardino, CA". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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