Fairfax High School | |
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Location | |
Los Angeles, California United States |
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Coordinates | 34°04′55″N 118°21′36″W / 34.082°N 118.360°WCoordinates: 34°04′55″N 118°21′36″W / 34.082°N 118.360°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | "Fare fac" (Say and Do) |
Established | 1924 |
School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
Principal | Carmina Nacorda |
Grades | 9th through 12th |
Enrollment | 2,108 |
Campus | Urban |
Campus size | 24.2 acres (98,000 m2) |
Color(s) | Crimson, gold, black |
Athletics conference | Western League CIF Los Angeles City Section |
Mascot | Lion |
Newspaper | The Colonial Gazette |
Website | Official website |
Fairfax High School (officially Fairfax Senior High School) is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, near the border of West Hollywood in the Fairfax District. The school is located on a 24.2-acre (98,000 m2) campus at the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and trendy Melrose Avenue.
Several sections of Los Angeles, including the Fairfax District, Park La Brea, portions of Hancock Park, and Larchmont, and the city of West Hollywood are served by Fairfax. Some areas (including parts of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School. In fall 2007, some neighborhoods zoned to Hamilton High School were rezoned to Fairfax High School.Bancroft Middle School, Emerson Middle School, Le Conte Middle School, and John Burroughs Middle School feed into Fairfax. In 2009 some territory from the Los Angeles High School attendance boundary was transferred to Fairfax High School.