Excelsior High School , originally named Excelsior Union High School was founded in 1903 and located on Walnut Street in Norwalk , California . The current campus was built in 1924 . The campus sustained substantial damage to the administration building , auditorium , and other buildings in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake ( as did the Norwalk Grammar School which occupied the former Excelsior Union High school building ) . Although the earthquake occurred after school hours , one student died when an internal wall in a portion of the boy 's gym failed . Its last graduating class was 1981
1933 Long Beach earthquake
1933 Long Beach earthquake
Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California)