Lindhurst High School Explained

Lindhurst High School
Type:Public
Location:4446 Olive Avenue
Olivehurst, California
Established:1975
Grades:9-12
Enrollment:1,237 (2022–2023)[1]
Faculty:57.57 (FTE)
Ratio:21.49
Principal:Dr. Grant
Mascot:Blazer
Colors:Red, White, and Navy Blue
District:Marysville Joint Unified School District
Website:Lindhurst High School

Lindhurst High School is located in Olivehurst, California, USA. It is one of two high schools in the Marysville Joint Unified School District of Yuba County and draws students from the communities of Olivehurst, Linda, Plumas Lake, and Marysville.

1992 mass shooting

See main article: 1992 Lindhurst High School shooting. On May 1, 1992, the school saw a school shooting and subsequent siege. The gunman, 20-year-old Eric Houston, was a former student at Lindhurst High School. Houston killed three students and one teacher and wounded nine students and a teacher before surrendering to police. Houston was sentenced to death for the murders, and he is currently on California's death row in San Quentin State Prison.[2] [3] [4]

It, along with the 1998 Thurston High School shooting, used to be the deadliest high school shootings in modern U.S. history until they were both surpassed by the April 1999 Columbine High School massacre.

Notable alumni

References

  1. Web site: Lindhurst High. National Center for Education Statistics. November 7, 2024.
  2. Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence. By Laura Finley. Page 234.
  3. http://www.columbine-angels.com/lindhurst_story.htm The Shootings and Siege at Lindhurst High School - as told by the Survivors
  4. American Decades: 1990-1999, Volume 10. p. 153

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