The district reaches from Los Altos through Mountain View to San Francisco Bay in the north.

[9] The tornado uprooted trees, picked up dumpsters, damaged the tennis court fences, and destroyed the baseball diamond dugout.

[13] However, Newsweek grades schools on weighted data and teacher:student ratios, while City-Data merely uses API as a standard.

[22][23] The student-teacher ratios at Los Altos High School are considerably lower than the state average.

[24][25] Los Altos High School requires two years of Physical Education (PE) credits in order to graduate.

[28] Los Altos High School also includes Concert Choir and the world-renowned Main Street Singers.

[34] In 2011-2012, the Band's show, "Forbidden", won numerous awards at local competitions,[35] finished 6th statewide at the WBA State Championships in Thousand Oaks, CA, and captured the State's AAA High Music caption award for the first time in school history [36] In that same year, the band won a total of fifteen trophies and were undefeated in music throughout the entire season.

The 2014 AAA show was entitled "House of Cards" and won 1st place at all of Gilroy High School, Dublin Irish Guard Invitational and Quest Classic competitions.

The 20 seniors then break up into groups of 3-4 and create a 2-3 minute video that is played for the entire school during the morning announcements.

Finally, the entire school votes for their top 2 and the result is revealed during the halftime show of the homecoming football game with the crowning of the king and queen.

Students at Los Altos High School have independently started over 50 different clubs,[39] including One Dollar For Life, a non-profit organization founded by history and economics teacher Robert Freeman.

[41] The Los Altos Green Team, with the help of Sierra Club officials, urged citizens to sign petitions and presented them to the City Council.

[44] They have also invited an Emmy Award-winning Al Gore-trained speaker to deliver an "update" on An Inconvenient Truth as well as provide tips on making the student's lives more environmentally friendly.

[46] In addition, class of 2008 and previous president of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance, received an award for his efforts in promoting gay rights at a local level; while joining San Jose city's annual gay-pride parade.

[48] The group, along with the support of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and then-Supervisor Tom Ammiano,[49] then petitioned the city council to reverse the law, a move which was unanimously approved in 2006.

[51] Due to this event, the County of Santa Clara and multiple local cities declared a gay pride day in honor of the club.

[52] In addition, the school sponsors a Day of Silence event annually to combat discrimination against LGBT students.

In 2008, Daniel Moerner, class of 2009, won the Walter Alan Ulrich Award for Top Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Tournament of Champions.