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Arroyo Valley High School

Public | 8-12 | 3007 students

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San Bernardino's Arroyo Valley High School is a public school serving 3007 students in grades 8-12.

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I went to Arroyo Valley all 4 years and they were the best years I had . They...
AVHS has been blessed to have excellent leadership from its administration,...
they have the coolest teaching academy ever, which teaches the students to...
They always try to get the student involed with other activites.
This school is the best high school ever. I attended 3 high schools during my...

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79% of students at this school are Hispanic or Latino.

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Posted June 9, 2011

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I went to Arroyo Valley all 4 years and they were the best years I had . They have the greatest teachers n staff i had ever had .
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Posted September 17, 2010

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AVHS has been blessed to have excellent leadership from its administration, and compassionate teachers who are fully credentialed and knowledgable in their subject areas. The school has a number of programs to enrich student learning and experiences, and an advanced VAPA program for our talented students. AVHS does not have the full participation of its parents. With more parent participation and community participtation and communication of standards and expectations and followthru AVHS would drastically raise its test scores.
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Posted April 19, 2009

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they have the coolest teaching academy ever, which teaches the students to maybe become teachers or more in life.
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Posted January 8, 2008

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They always try to get the student involed with other activites.
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Posted September 18, 2007

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This school is the best high school ever. I attended 3 high schools during my high school years are I can honestly say that arroyo valley prepared me the best for college. I was presented with many opportunities. Being the school that it is I met a lot of awesome people and learned tons of things that I would not have known otherwise. I feel like it was the beginning of my college experience. Walking onto a University campus I felt as if I had been there before and I know it was because of my experience with a great schedule, great teachers and counselors, and great opportunities.
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Posted October 10, 2006

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Overall the school has potential to excel. There are some teachers who are truly concerned with the well-being of the children. There is a need for more qualified instructors to make this truly a performing arts magnet. More parental involvement/visibility would eliminate many of the discipline problems on campus and assure that the school receives top quality treatment from the District. There is a dire need for parents to speak up and out for our children's needs.
—Submitted by Tierney Harris, a parent

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Posted September 21, 2005

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This school is in a very bad san bernardino area...The school is a decent school though.
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Posted June 19, 2005

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This school is a wonderful school located in the heart of lovely San Bernardino, CA. My child is now a senior at this school, and during the last three years of her education, this school has provided multitudes of opportunities to further her knowledge in core subjects, as well as extracurricular activities.
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Posted December 10, 2004

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My son has been going there since the begining of the School year he has had some problems that he created not the school, but the Counselors and teachers seem to work with the children greatly and they really try to nip things in the bud to help the child. Lately my son has been doing well because I as a parent encourage my child to always reach for the top, realizing you have to at least attempt to try to be the best you can.
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Posted November 2, 2004

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Arroyo Valley HIgh School is a great school, especially if your child is interested in a dance program or any other extracurricular activites. Here at this school, students expand their horizons with the many opportunities available. If something you want is not available, the principal Mrs. Craig will provide it. The school tries to help all of its students and is one of the best in the district.
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	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	Hispanic or Latino	79%	49%
African American	14%	7%
White	4%	28%
Asian	2%	8%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%	1%
Filipino	0%	3%
Multiple or No Response	0%	3%
Pacific Islander	0%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
English language learners ¹	31%	N/A	24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ²	84%	N/A	52%

	Language	This school	State average
	Spanish	96%	85%
Khmer (Cambodian)	1%	0%
Lao	1%	0%
Samoan	1%	0%
All other non-English languages	0%	1%
Arabic	0%	1%
Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog)	0%	1%
Pashto	0%	0%
Tigrinya	0%	0%
Turkish	0%	0%
Vietnamese	0%	2%

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	8	N/A	11
Average years teaching	10	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	91%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	6%	N/A	2%

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1881 West Baseline Street
San Bernardino, CA 92411
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Phone: (909) 381-4295

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Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
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Females	26%
Males	24%
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Filipino	n/a
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Pacific Islander	n/a
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Other Pacific Islander	n/a
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Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
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Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
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Filipino	n/a
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Pacific Islander	n/a
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All Students	72%
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Males	66%
African American	70%
Asian	92%
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	72%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
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Economically disadvantaged	72%
Non-economically disadvantaged	85%
Economic Status Unknown	n/a
Students with disability	26%
Tested with modifications	n/a
English learner	42%
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