ABOUT EGAN
Overview
Egan Junior High — Home of the Vikings
Egan Junior High is a two-year school located in Los Altos, California. Egan is one of two junior highs in the distinguished Los Altos School District. Located in the northern part of the district, Egan provides an outstanding education to about 500 students in seventh and eighth grades.
Egan was selected as a California Distinguished School in 1988, with the review team praising the high caliber of instruction and teacher preparation. Egan is now designated as a Sustained Distinguished School. Over the last several years, Egan's API scores (API website) continually placed first, second, or third in the state. Please see Egan's 2006/07 API STAR Test results.
Our mission is to develop to the fullest each student's intellectual potential to read, to write, and to reason both qualitatively and quantitatively, in an environment that fosters respect, responsibility, aesthetics, and love of learning.
Egan is named for Ardis G. Egan, a former Superintendent of the Los Altos School District.
