List of closed secondary schools in California
Introduction This is a '''list of closed secondary schools in California'''.There was a noticeable increase in closures starting about 1979, the year following the passage of Proposition 13.A change in funding changed the financial situation  for these school districts. Schools were  also closed for other reasons, including declining enrollments at the end of the Baby Boom, long term property ownership, population shift (older residents are less likely to produce new students), and white flight. Each of these local decisions were taken by individual school boards (or entities who operated private schools); many of those attributions are discussed in the linked articles.
School name discontinued Certain events, such as closure, can result in the discontinuation of a school's name. In some cases, the same location has been reopened with a similar name.SchoolLocationDate discontinuedCurrently at this location Airport Junior High School Westchester 1975 demolished  Anderson W. Clark Junior High School Glendale 1983 reopened in 1998 as Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School Apollo Junior High School Anaheim 1979 demolished Argyll Academy Los Angeles 1982 all-girls school; evolved into co-ed Campbell Hall School under new name Aviation High School Redondo Beach 1981 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center Bellarmine-Jefferson High School (Bell-Jeff) Burbank 2018 St. John Paul II STEM Academy at Bellarmine Jefferson Birmingham High School Los Angeles 2009 renamed Birmingham Community Charter High School Blackford High School 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 reopened in 1986 as Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley Camden High School San Jose 1980 mostly torn down to make space for a shopping center; portions remain as Camden Community Center Campbell High School Campbell 1980 Campbell Community Center Castro Middle School San Jose 2006 renamed Moreland Middle School 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 Citrus Union High School Glendora 1958 Citrus College remains, high school students subsequently went to Glendora High School Cogswell College San Francisco 1930 converted to a technical college Corvallis High School Studio City 1987 Osaka Sangyo University of Los Angeles and Bridges Academy Covington Junior High School Los Altos 1980 demolished in 2001; rebuilt as Covington School (elementary) Crescent Junior High School Buena Park 1979 demolished for housing Crestmoor High School San Bruno 1980 Peninsula High School continuation school and a municipal courthouse Ellwood P. Cubberley High School Palo Alto 1979 Cubberley Community Center Cypress Grove Charter High School for Arts and Sciences Carmel 2006 Excelsior High School Norwalk 1981 Norwalk Adult School Fermin Lasuen High School San Pedro 1971 Granada Hills High School Los Angeles 1994 renamed Granada Hills Charter High School; now an LAUSD magnet schoolGladstone High SchoolCovina2023Gladstone Middle School Warren G. Harding High School Los Angeles 1929 Renamed University High School after University of California, Los Angeles moved to its current location. Harry Ells High School Richmond 1985 LoVonya Dejean Middle School High School of Commerce San Francisco 1952 demolished for the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall Dr. James J. Hogan High School Vallejo2011 first assigned to Springstowne Middle School; now called Dr. James J. Hogan Middle School Holy Name Academy Pomona 1949 Pomona Catholic High School J. Eugene McAteer High School San Francisco 2002 Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts Jacob Riis High School Los Angeles 1965 renamed  Mary McLeod Bethune Junior High School Kennedy High School Barstow 1977 Barstow Junior High School Kern County High School and Kern County Union High School Bakersfield 1945 renamed  Bakersfield High School in the same location La Palma Junior High School Buena Park 1979  La Sierra High School Carmichael 1983  Loretto High School Sacramento 2009Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary AcademyLos Angeles Baptist High School North Hills, Los Angeles 2012 Heritage Christian School 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 1980 Southern California University of Health Sciences Marian High School Chula Vista 2007 campus shuttered across 18th Street from St. Charles Catholic Church; demolished for housing; students went to the new Mater Dei Catholic High School constructed across town. Marina High School San Leandro 1980 converted into a continuation school which lasted until 1989; Stenzel Park now occupies part of the former campus Marywood Central Catholic School for Girls Orange 1980 Demolished for new housing – 2016McNally IntermediateLa Mirada1979Property purchased by Biola College (now Biola University) Mercy High School, Carmichael Carmichael1983all-girls school, demolished for medical offices and parking garage for adjacent Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center. Metropolitan Arts and Technology High School San Francisco 2013 merged with Metropolitan Arts and Technology High School Miraleste High School, Palos Verdes Palos Verdes 1991 renamed Miraleste Intermediate School Montclair College Preparatory School Van Nuys 2012 Monte Vista High School Whittier 1979 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Training Center Mount Carmel High School Los Angeles 1976 formerly at 7011 South Hoover Street,  Mt. Carmel Park; the actual demolition of the school was used in the movie ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' which used the school as a location 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 Mountain View High SchoolNeff High SchoolLa Mirada1979(? )Note cde.ca.gov incorrectly list closure date in 1989.. Final class to graduate was 1979 Norte Del Rio High School Sacramento 1989 In 2007, Grant Joint Union High School District merged into Twin Rivers Unified School District; campus is now Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy, a middle school. Notre Dame High School San Francisco 1981 Notre Dame Senior Plaza Oakland Aviation High School Oakland 2011 original location: abandoned; 2010 relocation: commercial office space Pacific Christian on the Hill Hermon 2004 now the Los Angeles International Charter High School Pacific High School San Leandro 1983 demolished; now Marina Square Center Outlet Mall Palisades High School Los Angeles 1993 renamed Palisades Charter High School Peterson High School Sunnyvale 1981 became Marian A. Peterson Middle School Pius X High School Downey phased out by 1998 St. Matthias 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 1985 Red Hill Community Park Richard E. Byrd Middle School Sun Valley 2008 renamed Sun Valley High School after Byrd Relocates to a New Campus near John H. Francis Polytechnic High School. 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 now Royal Oak Middle School Samuel Ayer High School Milpitas 1980 Milpitas Sports Center, Teen Center and Adult Education Center 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 east gymnasium remains as the home for Acro Sports and the west gymnasium remains as the home for Circus Center Santa Cruz Waldorf High School  Santa Cruz2009Santa Rosa Christian SchoolSanta Rosa2011 Serramonte High School Daly City 1981 Jefferson Union High School District office, Serramonte Del Rey Sierra High School Whittier 1979 Whittier Adult Center, Sierra Vista Alternative High School St. Elizabeth High School Oakland  2017 Reopened 2018 as Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School South Bay Lutheran High School Inglewood  Pacific Lutheran High School split away in 2003 Southern California Christian High School Orange 2000Olive Elementary School Sunnyvale High School 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 University High School Oakland 1948 became first campus of Oakland City College, which moved in 1967, becoming Merritt College; 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 reopened as Cathedral Catholic High School Ursuline High School Santa Rosa 2011 students were absorbed by Cardinal Newman High School Venice Union Polytechnic High School Los Angeles 1935 renamed Venice High School Visalia High School  (later called Visalia Union High School) Visalia 1955 campus became Redwood High School, school mascot and colors went to the new Mt. Whitney High School West Los Angeles Baptist High School Los Angeles 2008 William N. Neff High School La Mirada 1981 demolished; now industrial buildings at Alondra Blvd. and  Trojan Way; operated as a continuation school until 1989 Wilmington High School Wilmington, Los Angeles renamed Phineas Banning High School Wilson High School San Francisco 1996 Phillip & Sala Burton High School and Leadership High School
Moved This is a list of schools which have changed locations, resulting in closure or reuse of the old campus.SchoolLocationDate movedCurrently at this location Burroughs High School Ridgecrest 1960 Murray Middle School Clovis High School Clovis 1969 in 1995 became San Joaquin College of Law Hanford High School Hanford 1964 Main Hall on East Campus was Demolished in 1975.John H. Francis Polytechnic High School Los Angeles 1957 has moved three times and has changed name once since its creation in 1897; most recent move was from what has become Los Angeles Trade-Technical College Live Oak High School Morgan Hill 1975 Britton Middle School Los Angeles High School Los Angeles 1917 now covered by the Hollywood Freeway Lynwood High School Lynwood 1998 on Bullis Road; now Lynwood Middle School Moorpark High School Moorpark 1988 Walnut Canyon Elementary School Narbonne High School Harbor City 1957 Alexander Fleming Middle School Nordhoff High School Ojai 1966 Matilija Junior High School Oxnard High School Oxnard 1995 demolished Paso Robles High School Paso Robles 1981 George H. Flamson Middle School St. Matthias High School Downey, formerly Huntington Park 1995 Aspire Public Schools San Fernando High School San Fernando 1952 San Fernando Junior High School Sanger Union High School Sanger 2004 Washington Academic Middle School Santa Clara High School Santa Clara 1981  original downtown location on Bellomy Street has been renamed Buchser Middle School; former Buchser High School on Benton Street has been renamed Santa Clara High School Santa Maria High School Santa Maria 1920 Ethel Pope Auditorium Woodrow Wilson High School Los Angeles 1970 El Soreno Middle School
Closed and reopened SchoolLocationDate closedDate reopened Branham High School San Jose 1991 reopened 1999 Edgewood High School West Covina 1988 reopened associated to Edgewood Middle School in 2010; first graduating class was in 2014 Juan Cabrillo Middle School Santa Clara 1982 reopened 1992 Lawndale High School Lawndale 1981 reopened 1997 Palos Verdes High School Palos Verdes 1991 reopened 2002
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