Several measures rank Lynbrook as one of the best high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and the nation.
[5] Another report of public and private high schools by Business Insider and Niche ranked the students' average SAT/ACT scores as 7th nationwide.
[6] The Los Angeles Times ranked Lynbrook first among all public high schools in California using a similar metric.
[7] Separately, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school as the 17th best in the nation for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
New structures and facilities built since 1990 include the library, swimming pool, field house, and special education buildings.
The new quad and cafeteria have since opened and when they have completed stage 3 of the renovation will begin with an added gym lobby, new main office, and a widespread re-arranging of building usage.
The gymnasium, swimming pool, and tennis and basketball courts are situated on the southwest side of Lynbrook's campus.
The quad is the hub of student life at Lynbrook and is surrounded by the cafeteria, classroom wings, auditorium, and the gym.
School-wide homecoming skits were performed in the quad until it was demolished, during construction they take place on the blacktop near the tennis courts.
Other student activities that took place in the old quad, including "Club Food Day" and homecoming skits, are also now held near the tennis courts.
Spirit Weeks, week-long events put on by the Associated Student Body (ASB), were also held in the quad.
A report of public and private high schools by Business Insider and Niche ranked the students' average SAT/ACT scores as 7th nationwide.
[6] The Los Angeles Times ranked Lynbrook first among all public high schools in California using a similar metric.
Between 1999 and 2018, Lynbrook High School students won 37 semi-finalist and 7 finalist awards in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
In 2011, Lynbrook was recognized at a Gala Dinner in Washington DC as an Intel School of Distinction Winner in science.
[20] Lynbrook has confirmed employment of the controversial judge in the Brock Turner case, Mr. Michael Aaron Persky, as the high school's new coach of the Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Team.
They help publicize events, manage the Student Life portion of the LHS website, and work with other technical aspects such as filming and operating the sound system.
Commissioners are responsible for creating a platform to facilitate communication between the school's student body, administration, as well as groups outside in the community.
The PR Commission promotes school-wide events, increases transparency, and informs the student body through ASB Videos.
Public Relations Commissioners provide much-needed service to our student body by promoting ASB events and activities including homecoming, dances, spirit weeks, etc.
Spirit Commissioners play the biggest role in rallies by organizing the themes, games, script, and presentation of sports teams.
Each grade consists of 1 President, 2 VPs (3 for the senior class), 1 Secretary and 1 Treasurer Lynbrook's theater department, LHS Studio 74 typically performs 2 plays per year.
Studio 74's drama club is a subgroup within the theater department, which hosts meetings every friday in room 74 about acting, tech, and directing.
Honors students not only participate in the aforementioned productions, but write their own plays, musicals, and short films that they then perform or present during an end of the year event called the drama awards.
The school's area is bound to the north by Bollinger Road, to the east by Saratoga Creek, to the south by Cox Avenue, and to the west by De Anza Boulevard.
Assistant principals and the Student Legislative Council set minor policies and school rules.
Lynbrook's electives include 3D Design, Art, Architecture, Principles of Business, Virtual Enterprise, Engineering Tech, Choir, Computer-Aided Design (Drafting), Java, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Spanish, Chinese, French, Japanese, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, and Orchestra.