Avalon K-12

Avalon K-12 sits on Santa Catalina Island, making it one of the more unusual school settings in all of California — students here grow up surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, with a tight-knit island community that shapes school life in ways no mainland campus can replicate. As the only school on Catalina, it serves everyone from kindergartners through seniors, which means kids often know each other for their entire academic careers and families tend to be deeply invested in the school's success. It's a genuinely unique place to grow up, and families who are drawn to island living and a small, connected community will find that the experience goes well beyond what the test scores suggest.