Armijo High School is a public secondary school located in Fairfield,

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, United States. It is the oldest of the three high schools in the

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District is a public school district based in Solano County, California, and a portion of Napa County, California. High schools *Angelo Rodriguez High School Angelo Rodriguez High School is a public school ( ...

, the other two being Fairfield High School and

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. It is named after the Armijo family, who purchased one of the original six land grants in Solano County awarded to General

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. The school serves about 2600 students in grades 9 to 12 from the central part of Fairfield and Suisun City. The school started in 1891 with 30 students in a single classroom located in the Crystal Elementary School building. In 1893, a separate wooden building was built for use as the high school. In 1915, the school moved to a large stone building on Union Avenue in downtown Fairfield that is now used as the Solano County courthouse. It stayed there for nearly 50 years until construction was completed in 1964 on a newer facility located on Washington Street, roughly two blocks from the Union Avenue location. In 2019, the Fairfield-Suisun School District board voted unanimously to replace the "Armijo Indian" mascot. As of 2020, the school's mascot is "The Royals".

Notable alumni

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) * Robert E. "Rufus" Bowen (1964), Mathematician * Johnny Colla (1967),

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Luis Grijalva Luis Miguel Grijalva (born 10 April 1999) is a Guatemalan Long-distance running, long-distance Running, runner. Born in Guatemala, he attended Armijo High School in Fairfield, California, where he was a state champion in cross country and track. ...

(2017), professional runner representing

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; Olympian * Robert F. Hale (1964), Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) *

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player * David Moraga, former

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. * Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (1983), American

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. * Doug Martin (1976),

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References

Educational institutions established in 1891 High schools in Solano County, California International Baccalaureate schools in California Public high schools in California Fairfield, California 1891 establishments in California {{California-school-stub