CIF Southern Section Trivia

45th historical “tidbit.” Dr. John Dahlem with help from Sharon Hodge and the CIF-SS Office Staff – Updated January, 2014

  1. Total number of member schools – 581
  2. School Year 2011-2012 – the CIFSS had 9,059 teams playing varsity sports
  3. Number of Public Schools – 370 (64%)
  4. Number of Private Schools – 206 (36%)
  5. Average school size by enrollment – 1,423
  6. Number of boarding schools – 18
  7. Number of freelance schools (no league affiliation) – 26
  8. Number of leagues – 86
  9. Largest league by enrollment – Moore (average of 3,900)
  10. Total population of students served – 802,526
  11. Number of all boys schools – 15
  12. Number of all girls schools – 23
  13. Largest School by enrollment – 4,921 Paramount High School
  14. Smallest School by enrollment – 18 Padre Pio
  15. School farthest:
    • North – Lee Vining (geographically is north of San Francisco)
    • South – Avalon
    • West – Coast Union
    • East – Twentynine Palms
  16. If Avalon played Lee Vining they would have to travel 390 miles
  17. When Lee Vining plays Baker Valley in the Hi-Lo League, they must travel 395 miles with an estimated travel time of 6 hours and 45 minutes.
  18. Unique locations:
    • Avalon – on Catalina Island
    • Death Valley Academy – in Shoshone
    • Trona – no grass on fields
  19. Number of square miles served – 171,200
  20. Number of counties served – 10
  21. Number of cities served – 230
  22. City with the most CIF-SS schools:
    • Los Angeles (32)
    • Riverside (15)
  23. Most popular mascot:
    • #1 Eagles (38)
    • #2 Lions (17)
  24. Unique Mascots:
    • Amens – Holy Martyrs
    • Breakers – Laguna Beach
    • 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
  25. The most unique nickname:
    • #1 Earwigs (Dunn School)
    • #2 Spuds (Ojai Valley)
  26. 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
  27. Most popular colors:
    • #1 Blue & Gold (33)
    • #2 Black & Gold (26)
  28. Most unique color:
    • Rainbow (Oak Grove)
    • Salmon & Teal (Jack Weaver)
    • Vegas Gold (Oaks Christian)
    • Platinum (Chaparral)
  29. Schools with single Color:
    • Ramona (Columbia Blue)
    • Windward (Royal Blue)
  30. School with four colors:
    • Joel John Scholastic (Pink, Green, Black, White)
  31. School with the same names:
    • 16 schools start with St. (Saint)
    • 14 schools start with San
    • 12 schools start with Santa
    • 11 schools start with word La
    • 6 schools start with California
    • 6 schools start with word El
    • 6 schools start with Calvary
    • 5 schools start with Bishop
    • 5 schools start with Desert
    • 4 schools start with Calvary Chapel
    • 4 schools start with Rancho
    • 4 schools start with Summit
    • 3 schools starts with Canyon
    • 3 schools start with Poly
    • 3 schools start with Arroyo
    • 3 schools start with Bethel
    • 3 schools start with Notre Dame
    • 3 schools start with Pacific
    • 3 schools start with Pacifica
    • 3 schools start with Redlands
  32. Schools with same name:
    • Burroughs
    • Santiago
    • Cabrillo
    • St. Joseph
    • Canyon
    • Valencia
    • Centennial
    • Valley Christian
    • La Quinta
    • Wilson
    • Notre Dame
    • Pacifica
    • Poly (3)
  33. Number of school districts served – 145
  34. District with most member schools:
    • Anaheim Union High School District (9)
    • Archdiocese of Los Angeles – (36)
  35. Unique types of schools:
    • American Indian schools
    • Charter schools
    • Court Schools
    • Ethnic
    • Prep Schools
    • Religious
    • Special education schools
    • 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