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California State School Awards

Ayala High School Awards and Recognition from the California Department of Education

2022 California Pivotal Practice School

2019 California Distinguished School

2015 California Gold Ribbon School

2011 California Distinguished School

Schools are only eligible for one of these awards every four years. In 2022, California temporarily replaced the Distinguished School Award with the Pivotal Practice Award due to the suspension of some reporting factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, in 2019, California temporarily replaced the Distinguished School Award with the Gold Ribbon Award.