Egan Junior High School
| Ardis G. Egan Intermediate School | |
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| Address | |
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100 W Portola Ave Los Altos, California U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 37°23′46″N 122°07′00″W / 37.39611°N 122.11667°WCoordinates: 37°23′46″N 122°07′00″W / 37.39611°N 122.11667°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Los Altos School District |
| Superintendent | Jeff Baier |
| Principal | Keith Rocha |
| Grades | 7-8 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Website | eganschool.org |
Ardis G. Egan Junior High School is a middle school for seventh graders and eighth graders in Los Altos, California. It is part of the Los Altos School District. Most of Egan's over five hundred students live in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and a few students live in Mountain View. Egan is named after Ardis G. Egan, the founder and former Superintendent of the Los Altos School District.
Egan is mainly fed by local elementary schools of the same district, Almond, Santa Rita, Covington, and Gardner Bullis. Egan has inherited these schools' high success rates, ranking as one of the top intermediate schools in the state.
In 1988, 1990, and 2009, Egan was chosen as a California Distinguished School, and it has often scored high in STAR testing. It has been reported as the public school with the highest STAR test scores in California numerous times. From 1999 to 2002, Egan was ranked as the top junior high school in the state, based on its performance on the Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Reports.
Egan has considerably above average mathematics, language, and eighth grade history departments. 10% of the students currently attending Egan qualify for GATE level. Greatschools awarded Egan a 9/10 due to its high API scores, which were among to top 10% in California. Despite this positive ranking statewide, however, Egan's 2007 API score dropped 4 points since 2006.
According to the California Department of Education, Egan's educational staff, overall, have more experience and credentials than the state's average, although the school lacks personnel with necessary emergency credentials and training. It is also among one of the few schools in the Bay Area that offers two Spanish classes: the regular Spanish 1A class and a Spanish Conversation class. Like all schools in the Los Altos School District, Egan has a musical program. Their band, orchestra, and chorus visit Disneyland every year to perform at a concert (Magic Music Days).
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