La Vista High School is a continuation high school

Continuation high school

A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school primarily for students who are considered at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits at a quicker...

 located in Fullerton, California

Fullerton, California

Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...

. As such, it is a high school for 16- to 18-year-old Fullerton Joint Union High School District

Fullerton Joint Union High School District

Fullerton Joint Union High School District , founded in 1893 is a school district in Orange County, California that serves a fifty-square-mile area which includes the cities of Fullerton, La Habra and Buena Park...

 students who, in most cases, have not made satisfactory progress toward graduation at one of the comprehensive high school

Comprehensive high school

Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...

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

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

s because they are short of credits in required courses, have poor attendance record, or have not adjusted well to the academic and/or behavioral expectations of the traditional high school. It shares the same campus as Troy High School

Troy High School (California)

Troy High School is a public magnet school situated in Fullerton, California, USA, acclaimed for its Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate programs. It is located in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District...

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