Mayfair High School

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Address
Mayfair High School

6000 N. Woodruff Avenue Lakewood, California 90713
Information
School board	Bellflower Unified School District
Superintendent	Rick Kemppainen
Principal	Mary Lynn Bachmann
Vice principal	Millie Haft, Mark Kailiponi, Richard Pearce
Enrollment	3,616 (as of 2005-06)^[1]
Faculty	139.8 (on FTE basis)^[1]
Student:teacher ratio	25.9^[1]
School type	Middle/Secondary
Grades	7-12
Language	English
Mascot	Mayfair Monsoon
Team name	Monsoons
Color(s)	Blue and white
Homepage	Mayfair High School web site

Mayfair Middle/High School is located on 6000 North Woodruff Avenue, Lakewood, California, United States, as part of the Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD). The high school (grades nine–twelve) was founded in 1958, and the middle school (grades seven and eight) was added in 1980. Mayfair is a combination middle school and high school, having students from grades seven through twelve.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,616 students and 139.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 25.9.^[1]

As of 2004, Mayfair has 112 regular educations teachers and 142 classrooms serving 3,500 students from the communities of Lakewood, Bellflower, and Cerritos. Average class size is 32.1 students.

Mayfair was recognized as a California Distinguished School, the highest award a California high school can obtain. In 2001, Mayfair received the Golden Bell award from the California School Board Association for their Academy of Animation and Digital Art Program.

The school mascot is the "Mayfair Monsoon" — illustrated as a tornado. The school colors are blue and white. The monthly school newspaper is the Windjammer. Mayfair sports teams have won several state championships and regularly participate in the CIF Southern Section Playoffs. Noteworthy champions include the varsity football team, CIF champions in 1998^[2] and 2001, and the varsity girls soccer team, CIF champions in 2001, 2006 and 2008. Mayfair's varsity boys basketball team also won the CIF Division IIA championship in 1999,^[3] along with the varsity boys volleyball team, who won the CIF Division IV championship in 2004.

1 Statistics
2 Notable alumni
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Statistics

The Student population racial makeup (2004) was African-American 17.7%, American Indian or Alaska Native 0.3, Asian 5.0, Filipino 4.8, Hispanic or Latino 31.2, Pacific Islander 1.4, White (Not Hispanic) 37.1 and Multiple or No Response 2.5.

**California Standardized Testing Rankings for 2004**
Subject	School	District	State
English-Language Arts	33	31	36
Mathematics	22	30	34
Science	26	19	25
History-Social Science	33	25	29

**Expenditure per student for 2004**
School	District	State
$6,178	$6,882	$6,822

[edit] Notable alumni

Josh Childress, NBA basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks. At Mayfair, Childress was selected as a McDonald's High School All-American.^[4]^[5]
Jay Gibbons, Major League Baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.^[6]
Geri Reischl, actress best known for appearing as what was called "Fake Jan" in the The Brady Bunch Hour.^[7]
Synyster Gates of the heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold^[8] and owner of Syn Gates Clothing.
Steve Ostling, SCRA sprint car driver.
Matt McCraw , starting point guard for the Air Force Academy Division I Basketball team.
Alterraun Verner, cornerback for the UCLA Bruins Division I College Football. Named 2006 Co-Freshman of the Year in the Pac-10.
Pat Dean, Journalist for Community Pro. ^[9]