Compton High School
| Compton High School | |
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| The billboard of Compton High School | |
| Address | |
| 601 S. Acacia Avenue Compton, CA, Los Angeles, 90220 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′28″N 118°13′38″W / 33.89111°N 118.22722°WCoordinates: 33°53′28″N 118°13′38″W / 33.89111°N 118.22722°W |
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| Opened | 1896 |
| School district | Compton Unified |
| Principal | Letitia Bradley |
| Mascot | Tarbabes |
| Website | Compton HS |
Compton High School is a high school in Compton, California, part of the Compton Unified School District.
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[edit] School history
The school first opened in 1896 as Compton Union High School and then later reestablished as Compton Senior High School in the 1950s after the new community college campus opened at its current address of Artesia Blvd. location in 1953.
During the 1960s there was a dramatic transition from a Caucasian student body to one which was predominantly African-American.[1] Today, Compton High School is over two-thirds Latino as immigrants rapidly settled South Los Angeles
[edit] Compton High School's mascot
Compton College's mascot name is the Tartars, named after the Turkic Tatars, so the mascot name for Compton High School became the Tartar Babies. The mascot itself is "Baby Tartar," who wears a diaper and carries a big sword.[2] [3]
[edit] References
- ^ The City Of Compton
- ^ Marc's Collection of High School Mascots Part 1: A-E
- ^ Fisher, Marc (November 17, 2005). "Block That Mascot? Bite Your Tongue". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/16/AR2005111602394.html.
[edit] External links
- Compton High School
- Compton High School profile provided by greatschools.net
- Compton High School profile provided by schooltree.org
