Huntington Park High School
| Huntington Park High School | |
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| Address | |
| 6020 Miles Avenue Huntington Park, California, Los Angeles, 90255 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°59′12″N 118°13′08″W / 33.9866°N 118.2189°WCoordinates: 33°59′12″N 118°13′08″W / 33.9866°N 118.2189°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | December 2, 1909 |
| Principal | Raul E. Correa |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Orange & Gray |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Rival | Bell High School[1] |
| Newspaper | 'Spartan Shield' |
| Website | http://hpspartans.org/ |
Huntington Park High School is a public high school in Huntington Park, California, part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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[edit] History
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The First Grammar School was initially built in 1904. The election was held with 21 registered voters casting ballots. The district was established in 1905, and the first school opened in a 12' board shack, with 13 students of all ages. The families of the students chipped in to hire a young high school girl as teacher, at a monthly fee of $50.
Huntington Park Union High School District was organized in 1909. The cornerstone for the first high school building was laid on December 2, 1909, and the first commencement exercise was held there on June 17, 1910, with Miss Olive Petties being the single graduating student. In January 1932, Huntington Park Union High School District, as a political entity, passed out of existence. The Huntington Park Union High School now became a unit of the Los Angeles City school system, and its official name became Huntington Park High School.
The school itself went through two crises. The first building burned down on 11 October 1911. The second building was wrecked by the violent earthquake of March 10, 1933.[2]
In 2005, South East High School in South Gate opened, relieving Huntington Park.[3] When South East opened, it took over areas in the Huntington Park High boundary within the City of South Gate and Walnut Park; Huntington Park High School previously served all of Walnut Park.[4][5]
In 2006, Maywood Academy High School opened.[6] The project page describes the school, a non-zoned magnet school, to have relieved Huntington Park.
The school will be relieved when South Region High School 7 opens in Huntington Park in 2011.[7]
[edit] Demographics
The school serves areas in several municipalities,[8] including most of Huntington Park,[9] most of the Walnut Park census-designated place,[4] and portions of Vernon.[10] Some sections of Huntington Park and Maywood are jointly zoned to Huntington Park and Bell High School in Bell.[9][11]
As of the school year 2008-09, there were a total of 4,312 students attending the high school.[12]
Students by Ethnicity:
Hispanic 98 %
Multiple or No Response < 1 %
Black < 1 %
Asian < 1 %
White < 1 %
Filipino < 1 %
American Indian/Alaskan Native < 1 %
Students by Gender:
Male 52%
Female 48%
[edit] Notable alumni
Tex Winter (born 1922), basketball player and coach[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Mario Villegas, A 'Classic' for many reasons, ESPN Los Angeles, November 4, 2010
- ^ http://www.hphsalumni.org/HPHS_History.htm
- ^ laschools.org
- ^ a b "Walnut Park CDP, California." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
- ^ "South Gate city, California." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 24, 2010.
- ^ laschools.org
- ^ laschools.org
- ^ "Proposed Changes to South East HS Area Schools." Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved on June 24, 2010.
- ^ a b "Huntington Park city, California." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
- ^ "Zoning Map." City of Vernon. Retrieved on June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Maywood city, California." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.
- ^ http://search.lausd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/fccgi.exe?w3exec=school.profile.content&which=8700
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