Lindhurst High School

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Lindhurst High School
Location
Lindhurst High School
4446 Olive Avenue
Olivehurst, California
Coordinates 39°05′01″N121°32′12″W / 39.0836°N 121.5366°W / 39.0836; -121.5366
Information
Type Public
Established1975
School district Marysville Joint Unified School District
PrincipalDr. Grant
Teaching staff55.51 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,214 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.87 [1]
Color(s)Red, White, and Navy Blue
MascotBlazer
Website Lindhurst High School

Lindhurst High School is located in Olivehurst, California, USA. It is one of two high schools in the Marysville Joint Unified School District of Yuba County and draws students from the communities of Olivehurst, Linda, Plumas Lake, and Marysville.

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1992 mass shooting

On May 1, 1992, the school saw a school shooting and subsequent siege. The gunman, 20-year-old Eric Houston, was a former student at Lindhurst High School. Houston killed three students and one teacher and wounded nine students and a teacher before surrendering to police. Houston was sentenced to death for the murders, and he is currently on California's death row in San Quentin State Prison. [2] [3] [4]

It, along with the 1998 Thurston High School shooting, used to be the deadliest high school shootings in modern U.S. history until they were both surpassed by the April 1999 Columbine High School massacre.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lindhurst High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence. By Laura Finley. Page 234.
  3. ↑ The Shootings and Siege at Lindhurst High School - as told by the Survivors. Angels of Columbine
  4. ↑ American Decades: 1990-1999, Volume 10. p. 153


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