San Lorenzo Valley High School

San Lorenzo Valley High School
Address
7105 Hwy 9 Felton , Santa Cruz County , California 95018 United States
Coordinates	37°03′45″N122°04′54″W / 37.062515422749996°N 122.08169891215678°W / 37.062515422749996; -122.08169891215678
Information
Type	Public
Established	1954;71 years ago (1954)
School district	San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District
Superintendent	Christopher Schiermeyer
Principal	Jeff Calden
Teaching staff	29.12 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	622 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	21.36 [1]
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Red and Black
Athletics conference	Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League CIF Central Coast Section
Mascot	Cougars
National ranking	1810 [2]
Newspaper	The Claw [3]
Website	hs.slvusd.org//

San Lorenzo Valley High School (abbreviated as SLVHS) is a WASC-accredited public high school located in Felton, California, United States, that serves grades 9-12 for San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District.

History

The original school building, known as the Boulder Creek School, was built in 1905 and rebuilt in 1906 after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. ^[4] It was renamed to San Lorenzo Valley High during 1947. The current location opened in 1954 in Felton, serving the entire San Lorenzo Valley.

In the 1980's, the school built a room for students to chew tobacco at designated times to reduce the number of cigarette butts behind the boy's gymnasium. ^{[5] [6]}

Education

Rankings

San Lorenzo Valley High School is ranked 1810th in the nation and 268th in California, according to the U.S. News & World Report ^[2]

Classes

SLVHS offers 15 AP classes, including Biology, Physics 1, Calculus AB, English Lang, English Lit, 3D Art and Design, 2D Art and Design, Drawing, Spanish Lang, French Lang, Statistics, US Gov, US History, Environmental Science, and Computer Science Principles. ^[7]

Demographics

77% White/Caucasian, 11.5% Hispanic/Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% Filipino, 7.9% two or more races, and 2.2% declined to answer. ^[8]

Additionally, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch ^[2]

Notable Alumni

• Andy Levitre, NFL player for the Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons
• Jordan Beck, NFL player for the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos
• Tyler Gilbert, MLB pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Casey Gwinn, City Attorney of San Diego, CA from 1996 through 2004
• Herbert Mullin, American serial killer

References

1. "San Lorenzo Valley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
2. "San Lorenzo Valley High School" . Retrieved September 29, 2023.
3. The Claw Online
4. "The Mountain Moves". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
5. "Oh, chaw". Lincoln Journal Star. October 14, 1982. p. 2. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
6. "Tobacky makes halls bit tacky so spitton room was created". The Lincoln Star. October 15, 1982. p. 35. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
7. "School Profile". hs.slvusd.org. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
8. "Enrollment by Ethnicity - San Lorenzo Valley High (CA Dept of Education)". dq.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved March 5, 2024.