Culver City High School

Culver City High School
Front entrance of Culver City High School
Address
4401 Elenda Street Culver City , California 90230 United States
Coordinates	34°00′27″N 118°24′07″W
Information
Motto	"Learn To Achieve. Achieve To Learn. Tomorrow Starts Today."
Established	January 1951
School district	Culver City Unified School District
Principal	Adrienne Thomas (as of 7/1/2023)
Staff	96.86 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	2,155 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.25[1]
Color(s)	Blue, white, silver
Mascot	Centaur
Newspaper	The Centaurian
Website	cchs.ccusd.org

Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) in Culver City, California. It was established in 1951.[2] The school's colors are blue and silver, and the mascot is the centaur. As of 2022, its enrollment was roughly 2,200.[3] Culver City High School is recognized as a California Distinguished School, earning the honor in 2005.[4] The Robert Frost Auditorium is located within the school grounds of Culver City High School.

The district, and therefore the high school's attendance boundary, includes Culver City and a portion of Los Angeles.[5]

Notable alumni

• Kurt Alexander - "Big Boy" radio host
• Kelvin Atkinson – Nevada State Senate Majority Leader
• Ben Brode – designer of Hearthstone and MARVEL SNAP
• Derrick Deese – San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Zevi Eckhaus – college football quarterback for the Bryant Bulldogs and the Washington State Cougars[6]
• Joe Faust – Olympic high jumper, aviation publisher, renewable energy publisher
• Rocky George – Suicidal Tendencies guitarist[7]
• Darrin Jackson of the Chicago Cubs[8]
• Carnell Lake of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Baltimore Ravens[9]
• Billy Parks of the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and Houston Oilers[10]
• Karl Paymah of the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, and San Francisco 49ers[11]
• Lauren Reynolds - investigative reporter, KGTV 10 News, San Diego
• Ryan Sherriff – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Pepi Sonuga – actress
• Chris Strait - comedian
• Robert Trujillo – Metallica bassist[12]
• Haji Wright - professional soccer player

References

1. "Culver City High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
2. Schools Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Culver City History.
3. "Education Data Partnership". Retrieved 13 July 2022.
4. 2005 California Distinguished High Schools Archived February 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Virtual Library; California Department of Education.
5. "Culver City Unified School District".
6. Finley, Steve (2021-04-29). "Zevi Eckhaus: Culver City's greatest of all time". www.culvercitynews.org. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
7. "Rocky George: Going the Distance with Rocky." March 17, 2010. Guitar World. Accessed on June 23, 2010.
8. Darrin Jackson Statistics – Baseball Reference.
9. Carnell Lake Player Profile – NFL.com Website
10. Billy Parks, WR at. Nfl.com (2012-01-01). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
11. Karl Paymah Biography Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine – Denver Broncos Website
12. "Interview with Robert Trujillo". Juice Magazine. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links

• Culver City High School
• CCHS's Academy of Visual and Performing Arts