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TRIVIA
Who we are!!
45th historical "tidbit."
Dr. John Dahlem with help from Sharon Hodge and the CIF-SS Office Staff
Updated 2/20/2011
Total number of member schools - 581
Number of Public Schools - 370 (64%)
Number of Private Schools - 211 (36%)
Average school size by enrollment - 1,423
Number of boarding schools - 18
Number of freelance schools (no league affiliation) - 29
Number of leagues - 85
Largest league by enrollment - Moore (average of 3,900)
Total population of students served - 802,526
Number of all boys schools - 15
Number of all girls schools - 23
Largest School by enrollment - 4,754 Long Beach Poly
Smallest School by enrollment - 16 Padre Pio
School farthest:
North - Lee Vining (geographically is north of San Francisco)
South - Avalon, Catalina Island
West - Morro Bay
East - Twentynine Palms
If Avalon played Lee Vining they would have to travel 414 miles
When Lee Vining plays Baker Valley in the Hi-Lo League, they must travel 340 miles with a estimated travel time of 6 hours.
Unique locations:
Avalon - on Catalina Island
Death Valley Academy - in Shoshone
Trona - no grass on fields
Number of square miles served - 171,200
Number of counties served - 10 Trona's sand field... "The Pit"
Number of cities served - 230
City with the most CIF-SS schools:
Los Angeles (32)
Riverside (15)
Most popular mascot:
#1 Eagles (39)
#2 Lions (17)
Unique Mascots:
Amens - Holy Martyrs
Breakers - Laguna Beach "The Spuds"
Contenders - Faith Baptist
Gales - Holy Family
Kares - Rio Hondo Prep
Koalas - Connelly
Nitros - Glendale
Rajahs - Indio
Seraphs - St. Bonaventure
Spuds - Ojai Valley
Tarbabe - Compton
Toads - Thacher
Tologs - Flintridge Sacred Heart "Earwigs"
The most unique nickname:
#1 Earwigs (Dunn School)
#2 Spuds (Ojai Valley)
Match-ups that would be fun to see:
The Lightening vs. the Flashes
The Roadrunners vs. the Coyotes
The Hornets vs. the Yellowjackets
The Waves vs. the Breakers
The Saints vs. the Sun Devils or the Red Devils vs. the Diablos
The Aztecs vs. the Conquistadors
The Fighting Irish vs. the Fightin Scots or the Highlanders
The Toads vs. the Fighting Frogs
Most popular colors:
#1 Blue & Gold (33)
#2 Black & Gold (26)
Most unique color:
Rainbow (Oak Grove)
Salmon & Teal (Jack Weaver)
Vegas Gold (Oaks Christian)
Platinum (Chaparral)
Lee Vining High School
Schools with single Color:
Ramona (Columbia Blue)
Windward (Royal Blue)
School with four colors:
Joel John Scholastic (Pink, Green, Black, White)
School with the same names:
5 schools start with Bishop
4 schools start with Calvary Chapel
3 schools start with Lutheran
3 schools start with Poly
2 schools with same name:
Burroughs Santiago
Cabrillo St. Joseph
Canyon Valencia
Centennial Valley Christian
Cornerstone Christian Wilson
La Quinta
Notre Dame
Pacifica
Number of school districts served - 145
District with most member schools:
Anaheim Union High School District (9)
Archdiocese of Los Angeles - (36)
Unique types of schools:
American Indian schools
Charter schools
Court Schools
Ethnic
Prep Schools
Religious
Special education schools Early football team...Sherman Indian Institute..1908
School for the Deaf
Schools with incarcerated kids
Schools for the arts
Special academic academies
THE STATISTICALLY AVERAGE SCHOOL IN CIF-SS:
Name: Named after a city
Colors: Blue & Gold
In a league with 5 other schools
Public
Location: Los Angeles
Enrollment 1,350
Public
Coed
Mascot: Eagles
Demographics:
40% Caucasian
35% Latino
10% African American
10% Asian
5% Other
32 languages spoken |
