Certain events, such as closure, can result in the discontinuation of a name for a high school. In some cases, the same location has been re-opened with a similar name as the nature of the change.
School |
Location |
Date discontinued |
Currently at this location |
Apollo Junior High School |
Anaheim |
1979 |
Demolished[7][8] |
Argyll Academy |
Los Angeles |
1982 |
All-girls school evolved into co-ed Campbell Hall School under new name |
Aviation High School (California) |
Redondo Beach |
1981 |
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center |
Chester F. Awalt High School |
Mountain View |
1980 |
Assumed the name of Mountain View High School when the Mountain View Union High School (Castro Street) was closed. |
Samuel Ayer High School |
Milpitas |
1980 |
Milpitas Sports Center, Teen Center and Adult Education Center |
Birmingham High School |
Los Angeles |
2009 |
Renamed Birmingham Community Charter High School |
Blackford High School (San Jose) |
San Jose |
1991 |
Boynton High School continuation school and Harker Middle School (private) |
Buchser High School |
Santa Clara |
1981 |
renamed Santa Clara High School |
California Schools for the Deaf and Blind |
Berkeley |
1980 |
re-opened in 1986 as Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley[9] |
Camden High School (San Jose, California) |
San Jose |
1980[10] |
Mostly torn down to make space for a shopping center, portions remain as Camden Community Center |
Campbell High School (California) |
Campbell |
1980 |
Campbell Community Center[11] |
Castro Middle School |
San Jose |
2006 |
Renamed Moreland Middle School |
Citrus Union High School |
Glendora |
1958[12] |
Citrus College remains, high school students subsequently went to Glendora High School |
Anderson W. Clark Junior High School |
Glendale |
1983 |
reopened in 1998 as Clark Magnet High School |
Corvallis High School (California) |
Studio City |
|
Osaka Sangyo University of Los Angeles and Bridges Academy |
Covington Junior High School, Los Altos |
Los Altos |
1980 |
demolished in 2001, rebuilt as Covington School (elementary) |
Crescent Junior High School |
Buena Park |
1979 |
Demolished for housing[13] |
Crestmoor High School |
San Bruno |
1980 |
Peninsula High School (San Bruno) continuation school and a municipal courthouse |
Edgewood High School, West Covina |
West Covina |
1988 |
Coronado Continuation School |
Ellwood P. Cubberley High School |
Palo Alto |
1979 |
Cubberley Community Center |
Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) |
Norwalk |
1981 |
Norwalk Adult School |
Harry Ells High School |
Richmond |
1985 |
LoVonya Dejean Middle School |
Granada Hills High School |
Los Angeles |
1994 |
Renamed Granada Hills Charter High School, now an LAUSD Magnet School |
Holy Name Academy |
Pomona |
1949 |
Pomona Catholic High School |
Jacob Riis High School |
Los Angeles |
1965 |
renamed as Mary McLeod Bethune Junior High School |
Kennedy High School, Barstow |
Barstow |
1977 |
Barstow Junior High School |
Kern County High School and Kern County Union High School |
Bakersfield |
1945 |
renamed as Bakersfield High School in the same location |
Fermin Lasuen High School |
San Pedro |
1971 |
|
La Palma Junior High School |
Buena Park |
1979 |
[14][15] |
La Sierra High School |
Sacramento |
1983 |
[16] |
Los Angeles Polytechnic High School |
Los Angeles |
1935 |
renamed John H. Francis Polytechnic High School |
Los Nietos Valley Union High School |
Downey |
1919 |
renamed Downey High School |
Lowell High School (Whittier, California) |
Whittier |
1980 |
Southern California University of Health Sciences[17] |
Marina High School |
San Leandro |
1980 |
converted into a continuation school which lasted until 1989[18] Now Stenzel Park occupies part of the former campus. |
Marywood Central Catholic School for Girls, Orange |
Orange |
1980 |
Diocese of Orange headquarters[19] |
Mercy High School, Carmichael |
Carmichael |
|
|
Miraleste High School, Palos Verdes |
Palos Verdes |
1991 |
renamed Miraleste Intermediate School |
Monte Vista High School (Whittier)[1] |
Whittier |
1979 |
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Training Center |
Mount Carmel High School (Los Angeles)[2] |
Los Angeles |
1976 |
Formerly at 7011 South Hoover Street, Mt. Carmel Park[20] The actual demolition of the school was used in the movie Rock 'n' Roll High School which used the school as a location. It can be seen at 1:48 of the trailer. |
Mountain View Union High School |
Mountain View |
1980 |
Closed and demolished for housing. Portions of the campus remain as Eagle Park. Chester F. Awalt High School was then renamed to Mountain View High School. |
William N. Neff High School |
La Mirada |
1980 |
Demolished, now industrial buildings at Alondra Blvd & Trojan Way (Operated as a continuation school until 1989)[21] |
Notre Dame High School, San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1981 |
Notre Dame Senior Plaza |
Pacific High School |
San Leandro |
1983 |
Demolished, now Marina Square Center Outlet Mall[22] |
Pius X High School, Downey, California |
Downey |
phased out by 1998 |
St. Matthias High School |
Palisades High School |
Los Angeles |
|
Renamed Palisades Charter High School |
Pleasant Hill High School |
Pleasant Hill |
1980 |
reopened in 1997 as Pleasant Hill Middle School |
Pomona Catholic Boys High School |
Pomona |
1967 |
Damien High School |
Ravenswood High School |
East Palo Alto |
1976 |
demolished, now Gateway 101 Shopping Center |
Red Hill Middle School, San Anselmo |
San Anselmo |
1985 |
Red Hill Community Park |
Riverview Union High School |
Antioch |
1931 |
Antioch Historical Society Museum |
Rolling Hills High School |
Rolling Hills Estates |
1991 |
renamed Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in a consolidation of three high schools |
Royal Oak High School, Covina |
Covina |
|
now Royal Oak Middle School |
Samuel Rogers Middle School |
San Jose |
2006 |
Easterbrook Discovery School K-8 |
San Carlos High School |
San Carlos |
1988 |
demolished for housing |
San Francisco Polytechnic High School |
San Francisco |
|
mostly demolished for housing, the gymnasium remains as the home for Acro Sports |
Serramonte High School |
Daly City |
1981 |
Jefferson Union High School District office, Serramonte Del Rey |
Sierra High School (Whittier)[3] |
Whittier |
1979 |
Whittier Adult Center, Sierra Vista Alternative High School |
Southern California Christian High School |
Orange |
2000 |
Olive Elementary School[23][24] |
Sunnyvale High School (California) |
Sunnyvale |
1981 |
The King's Academy (private) |
Sunset High School |
Hayward |
1990 |
Hayward Adult School |
Trident Junior High School |
Anaheim |
1979 |
Gilbert South Continuation High School, Polaris Education Center, Anaheim Adult Education[25][26] |
University High School (Oakland, California) |
Oakland |
1948 |
became first campus of Oakland City College, which moved in 1967, becoming Merritt College. It housed Oakland Technical High School while the original location was retrofitted for earthquakes in the 1970s. Now part of the Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland |
University of San Diego High School |
San Diego |
2005 |
Campus was demolished. School moved to Del Mar and re-opened as Cathedral Catholic High School |
Venice Union Polytechnic High School |
Los Angeles |
1935 |
renamed Venice High School (Los Angeles, California) |
West Los Angeles Baptist High School |
Los Angeles |
2008 |
|
Wilmington High School |
Wilmington, Los Angeles |
|
Renamed Phineas Banning High School |
Wilson High School, San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1996 |
Phillip & Sala Burton High School and Leadership High School |
List of schools which have changed locations, resulting in closure or reuse of the old campus.