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. The district serves a fifty-square-mile area which includes within Orange County the cities of Fullerton,

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, and small sections of

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, Buena Park, Brea, and

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. Within

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it serves sections of Whittier, La Habra Heights, and the unincorporated community of

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. There are approximately 16,299 students in the union high school district and it is headed by Superintendent Steve McLaughlin.

Schools

* Buena Park High School, Buena Park * Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton * La Habra High School, La Habra *La Sierra High School, Fullerton (Independent Studies) *

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, La Habra *

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, Fullerton * Troy High School, Fullerton

Continuation schools

La Vista High School

La Vista High School () is a

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in Fullerton at 909 N State College Blvd. As such, it is a high school for 16–18-year-old students in the district who, in most cases, have not made satisfactory progress toward graduation at one of the six

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s in the district. Students are usually referred to La Vista High School by one of the traditional

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s because they are short on credits in required courses to graduate. The continuation school shares the same campus as Troy High School.

Former schools

* Lowell High School, Whittier, (1961-1980) Converted into Southern California University of Health Sciences.

Feeder districts

* Buena Park School District * Fullerton School District * La Habra City School District * Lowell Joint School District

References

External links

* {{Education in Los Angeles County, California School districts in Orange County, California School districts in Los Angeles County, California School districts established in 1893 Education in Fullerton, California 1893 establishments in California