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Compton High School
The billboard of Compton High School
Address
Map
601 S. Acacia Avenue

Compton
,
CA
90220

United States
Coordinates33°53′28″N 118°13′38″W / 33.89111°N 118.22722°W / 33.89111; -118.22722
Information
TypePublic high school
Opened1896
School districtCompton Unified School District
PrincipalDr. Rigoberto Roman
Color(s)Columbia blue and white
   
MascotTarbabe
WebsiteCompton HS

Compton High School is a high school in Compton, California, USA, part of the Compton Unified School District.

History

Compton High School's original building in 1912.

The school opened in 1896 as Compton Union High School and was later re-established as Compton Senior High School in the 1950s after Compton College separated from the high school district and opened its new campus at 1111 East Artesia Boulevard in 1953.

During the 1960s, there was a dramatic transition from a white student body to one which was predominantly African-American.[1] Today, Compton High School is over eighty percent Latino as immigrants settled in South Los Angeles.

New Facility

In 2019, the school will be doing construction of a new campus.

Mascot

Compton High School Mascot: The Tarbabes.

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]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ The City Of Compton
  2. ^ Marc's Collection of High School Mascots Part 1: A-E
  3. ^ Fisher, Marc (November 17, 2005). "Block That Mascot? Bite Your Tongue". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ "Interviews of Tokyo Rose,09-09-1945 (full)". YouTube. WWIIPublicDomain. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. ^ Close, Frederick P. (2014). Tokyo Rose/an American Patriot : a dual biography (Revised and expanded edition. ed.). p. 55. ISBN 9781442232068. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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