Culver City High School
| Culver City High School | |
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| Address | |
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4401 Elenda Street , 90230 | |
| Coordinates | 34°00′27″N 118°24′07″W / 34.0075°N 118.4019°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Learn To Achieve. Achieve To Learn. Tomorrow Starts Today." |
| Established | January 1951 |
| School district | Culver City Unified School District |
| Principal | Lisa Cooper |
| Staff | 86.70 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,230 (2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 25.72[1] |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue & Silver |
| Mascot | Centaur |
| Newspaper | The Centaurian |
| Website | cchs |
Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) in Culver City, California. It was opened in 1951.[2] The school's colors are blue and silver, and the mascot is the centaur. As of 2014, its enrollment was roughly 2,000.[3] Culver City High School is recognized as a California Distinguished School, earning the honor in 2005.[4]
Notable alumni
- Kelvin Atkinson – Nevada State Assemblyman
- Derrick Deese - San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Joe Faust - Olympic high jumper, aviation publisher, renewable energy publisher
- Rocky George – Suicidal Tendencies guitarist[5]
- Darrin Jackson of the Chicago Cubs [6]
- Carnell Lake of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Baltimore Ravens [7]
- Billy Parks of the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and Houston Oilers [8]
- Karl Paymah of the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, and San Francisco 49ers [9]
- Ryan Sherriff (born 1990), Major League Baseball player
- Robert Trujillo – Metallica bassist[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Culver City High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Schools Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Culver City History.
- ^ School Level Enrollment Reports – DataQuest; California Department of Education.
- ^ 2005 California Distinguished High Schools Archived February 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Virtual Library; California Department of Education.
- ^ "Rocky George: Going the Distance with Rocky." March 17, 2010. Guitar World. Accessed on June 23, 2010.
- ^ Darrin Jackson Statistics – Baseball Reference.
- ^ Carnell Lake Player Profile – NFL.com Website
- ^ Billy Parks, WR at. Nfl.com (2012-01-01). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ Karl Paymah Biography – Denver Broncos Website
- ^ "Interview with Robert Trujillo". Juice Magazine. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2017.