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Mayfair High School
Address
6000 N. Woodruff Avenue
Lakewood, California 90713
Information
School typeMiddle/Secondary
School boardBellflower Unified School District
SuperintendentRick Kemppainen
PrincipalLisa Azevedo
Grades7-12
Enrollment3,543 (2004)
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)Blue and white
MascotMayfair Monsoon
Team nameMonsoons
WebsiteMayfair High School web site

Mayfair Middle/High School is located on 6000 North Woodruff Avenue, Lakewood, California, United States, as part of the Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD). The high school (grades nine–twelve) was founded in 1958, and the middle school (grades seven and eight) was added in 1982. Mayfair is a combination middle school and high school, having students from grades seven through twelve.

As of 2004, Mayfair has 112 regular educations teachers and 142 classrooms serving 3,500 students from the communities of Lakewood, Bellflower, and Cerritos. Average class size is 32.1 students.

Mayfair was recognized as a California Distinguished School, the highest award a California high school can obtain. In 2001, Mayfair received the Golden Bell award from the California School Board Association for their Academy of Animation and Digital Art Program.

The school mascot is the "Mayfair Monsoon" — illustrated as a tornado. The school colors are blue and white. The monthly school newspaper is the Windjammer. Mayfair sports teams have won several state championships and regularly participate in the CIF Southern Section Playoffs. Noteworthy champions include the varsity football team, CIF champions in 1998 and 2001, and the varsity girls soccer team, CIF champions in 2001 and 2006. Mayfair's varsity boys basketball team also won the CIF Division IIA championship in 1999, along with the varsity boys volleyball team, who won the CIF Division IV championship in 2004.

Statistics

The Student population racial makeup (2004) was African-American 17.7%, American Indian or Alaska Native 0.3, Asian 5.0, Filipino 4.8, Hispanic or Latino 31.2, Pacific Islander 1.4, White (Not Hispanic) 37.1 and Multiple or No Response 2.5.

California Standardized Testing Rankings for 2004 Data reported are the percent of students achieving at the Proficient or Advanced level (meeting or exceeding the state standards).
Subject School District State
English-Language Arts 33 31 36
Mathematics 22 30 34
Science 26 19 25
History-Social Science 33 25 29
Expenditure per student for 2004 Data reported in dollars per student
School District State
$6,178 $6,882 $6,822

Notable alumni

References

  1. VICTORY PARADE PLANNED, Long Beach Press Telegram, December 17, 1998
  2. MAYFAIR HIGH LOVES A PARADE, Long Beach Press Telegram, March 30, 1999
  3. Josh Childress profile at NBA.com, accessed November 25, 2006
  4. David Felton, Mayfair star shines at home again, Long Beach Press-Telegram, September 24, 2005
  5. Jay Gibbons at the Baseball Cube
  6. Biography for Geri Reischl, accessed November 25, 2006
  7. Avenged Sevenfold

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