Armijo High School
Armijo High School is a public secondary school located in Fairfield, California, United States. It is the oldest of the three high schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, the other two being Fairfield High School and Angelo Rodriguez High School. It is named after the Armijo family, who purchased one of the original six land grants in Solano County awarded to General Mariano Vallejo. The school serves about 2600 students in grades 9 to 12 from the central part of Fairfield and Suisun City.
| Armijo High School | |
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| Location | |
United States | |
| Coordinates | 38.251°N 122.038°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | All students can grow and achieve. It is everyone's responsibility to see that the opportunity is present. |
| Established | 1891 |
| School district | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District |
| Principal | John McMorris |
| Faculty | 89.17 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 2,108 (2018–19) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.64 |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold |
| Athletics conference | CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I |
| Mascot | The Royals, Lion |
| Nickname | Royals |
| Team name | Armijo Royals |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges International Baccalaureate |
| Publication | The Armijo Signal |
| Yearbook | La Mezcla |
| Former name | Armijo Union High School |
| Website | www |
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".