Fairview High School (Boulder, Colorado)

Fairview High School
Address
1515 Greenbriar Boulevard
Boulder, Colorado 80305
United States
Coordinates 39°58′19″N 105°14′46″W / 39.972°N 105.246°W / 39.972; -105.246Coordinates: 39°58′19″N 105°14′46″W / 39.972°N 105.246°W / 39.972; -105.246
Information
Type Public
Established 1960 (56 years ago)
School district Boulder Valley
Principal Don Stensrud
Staff 95 (2015)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,139 (2015)
Color(s) Red and white
         
Athletics CHSAA Class 5A
Nickname Knights
Rivals Monarch, Boulder
Newspaper Royal Banner
Yearbook Lance
Feeder schools Southern Hills (Middle)
Information (720) 561-3100
Elevation 5,480 ft (1,670 m) AMSL
Website Fairview High School
Location of Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado

Fairview High School is a public, coeducational, comprehensive BVSD secondary school located in Boulder, Colorado, 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver. More than two thousand students attend the school. It is in the 5A category of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA).

Academics

In 2015 the Washington Post named Fairview the 340th 'most challenging' high school to attend in the United States.[1] The 2014 US News ranking placed Fairview among the top three public high schools in Colorado, 205th in the United States, and 122nd nationally in STEM education.[2] Fairview High School was ranked by Newsweek magazine as the 2nd best high school in Colorado and the 98th in the nation. More than 79% of all seniors passed an AP or IB test.[3]

International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs

Fairview High School is one of around twenty schools in Colorado which offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. The school also offers a pre-IB program composed of two years of preparatory honors classes taken during the ninth and tenth grades. Students have the opportunity to enroll in a mixture of IB, AP regular classes or both.[4]

Demographics

2012-2013 academic year[5]
  Percent
Female52
Male 48
Native American/Alaskan 0.2
Asian 10
Black/African-American 0.5
Hispanic/Latino 7
White/Caucasian 77
Two or more ethnicities 5
Free/reduced lunch 7
Reading proficient/advanced 88
Mathematics proficient/advanced 74

Athletics

Sports offered

Fall

Winter

  • Boys' basketball
  • Girls' basketball
  • Boys' wrestling
  • Cheers/Poms
  • Girls' swimming and diving
  • Boys' hockey

Spring

  • Baseball
  • Boys' swimming and diving
  • Boys' lacrosse
  • Girls' golf
  • Girls' soccer
  • Girls' tennis
  • Boys' track and field
  • Girls' track and field

State Championships

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State Championships[6]
Sport No. of Championships Year
Baseball1 1993
Basketball, boys' 1 1981
Basketball, girls' 1 1985
Cross country, boys' 2 2000, 2001
Cross country, girls' 6 1980, 1982, 1984, 1999, 2001, 2005
Football 3 1978, 1979, 1987
Soccer, girls' 1 2010[7]
Swimming, girls' 1 2004, 2016
Tennis, girls' 1 2016
Track & field, boys' 2 1985, 1990
Track & field, girls' 1 1990
Gymnastics, boys' (former) 2 1965, 1966
Total 21  

Notable alumni

Society

Entertainment and music

Athletics

References

  1. "National Schools: Get Challenge Index scores for more than 2300 high schools nationwide". apps.washingtonpost.com. Washington Post. 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Fairview High School Overview". usnews.com Website. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  3. 2013 America's Best High Schools - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
  4. "Fairview Honors Program". Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. "Fairview High School: Student Body". usnews.com. US News & World Report. 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  6. "WayBackMachine" (PDF). web.archive.org. chsaa.org. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  7. "Fairview Girls 2010 High School State Champions". http://soccer-channel.com. Soccer-channel.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  8. Honan, William H. (9 March 1999). "A 14-Year-Old Wins Top Prize In Intel Contest". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. "Natalia Toro followed a far-from-ordinary path from CU high school concurrent student to particle physicist". Continuing Education at Colorado. University of Colorado. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  10. Gorzkowski, Waldemar; Tichy-Rács, Ádám. "IPhO LIST OF WINNERS IN 1ST – 41ST INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIADS" (PDF). JYU. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  11. "Natalia Toro". Cogito.org. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  12. James Brady (July 10, 2005). "In Step With: Jessica Biel". Parade Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006.
  13. CBS Denver (December 2, 2013). "Famous Coloradans". CBS Local.
  14. "Chuck Pagano, graduate of Boulder's Fairview High, hired as Indianapolis Colts coach", Daily Camera, January 25, 2012.
  15. John Pagano bio at San Diego Chargers (accessed 2012-12-22).
  16. "Cat Zingano UFC Bio". Ufc.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01.

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