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Crean Lutheran High School

Lutheran high school in Irvine, California

Crean Lutheran High School
Address
12500 Sand Canyon Avenue Irvine , California 92618 United States
Coordinates	33°42′08″N 117°43′55″W / 33.70213°N 117.73195°W / 33.70213; -117.73195
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Former names	Lutheran South High Crean Lutheran South High School
Type	Private
Motto	Proclaiming Jesus Christ through Excellence in Education
Religious affiliation(s)	Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Established	2007
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	959
Campus size	30 acres (12 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Navy   Gold
Athletics conference	Empire League
Mascot	Saints
Rival	Cypress, Orange Lutheran, and Mater Dei
Accreditations	WASC, NLSA
Website	www.creanlutheran.org

Crean Lutheran High School is a private Lutheran high schoolinIrvine, California. The school was founded in 2007 as Lutheran South High School and had its initial campus at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Irvine. In 2010, Crean Lutheran opened its own campus in southeastern Irvine near the Woodbury neighborhood.^[1][2] The school was renamed after John and Donna Crean, local philanthropists who donated US$10,000,000 to the school in its first year.^[3]

Crean Lutheran is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges as well as the National Lutheran Schools Accreditation. The school self-reports that its students test 69% higher than the national average on standardized testing.^[4] The school was accredited as a National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2023.^[5]

Crean Lutheran sponsors 26 varsity teams across 15 different sports. The teams compete in the CIF Southern Section in the Empire League division. The school was a member of the Academy League from 2009 until 2017.^[6][7] Crean's girls swimming and diving team won a state title in 2016.^[8] The boys basketball team won a CIF Division 3AA state championship in 2018 and a Division 2A state championship in 2021.^[9][10]