| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Los Angeles County, CA |
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| Total Students |
2260 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
87 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 586 students | | Grade 10 - 592 students | | Grade 11 - 604 students | | Grade 12 - 478 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:26 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
3% |
| % Asian |
39% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
23% |
39% |
| % Black |
8% |
9% |
| % White |
28% |
36% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
5% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
16% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
7% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Torrance Unified School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
31 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
25,414 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$194,421,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$223,201,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$7,650 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,783 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- North High School is a four year public high school located at 3620 W. 182nd St. in Torrance, California. Of the four public high schools in the Torrance Unified School District, North High is the second oldest. The school's mascot is the Saxon and the school colors are blue and white.
- School Facts
- Opened in September, 1955
- Campus has 24 buildings and 100 classrooms
- Serves youth living north of 190th St. to north city boundaries (District Boundary Map)
- Maximum student enrollment capacity is 3000
- Many ethnicities and cultures are represented in the student population, including: Asian, White, Black, Hispanic, Middle-Eastern, and European.
- North High is an athletic school and was voted by the Pioneer League as the runner-up for Most Athletic School in 2007-2008.
- In 2003-2004 winter season the varsity wrestling team were Div.II CIF Champions in both duals and individuals.
- In 2008 the Saxon's football team was undefeated (9-0) until they were defeated by their first match with defending League Champs.
- The Saxon's Football team has placed Champions (tie with El Segundo) in the 2008 Pioneer League.
- Alma Mater
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Oh White and blue, we honor you,
And want the world to see
How hand in hand and proud we stand,
For all eternity.
We'll do or die for our North High
Of that you can be sure.
Let others know, and rightly so,
Our hearts are strong and pure.
- Current North High Administration
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Principal- Dr. Matthew Horvath
Assistant Principal- Mr. Lawrence Hom
Assistant Principal- Ms. Michelle Nye
Dean of Students- Mr. Andrew McCarty
Student Activities- Advisor Mr. Marc Pioch
Athletic Director- Mr. Brian Ormsby
Assistant Athletic Director- Ms. Tina Gross
Site Supervisor- Mr. Jeff Phillips - Notable alumni
- Chuck Norris (Class of 1958)
- Bob Hite (Class of 1960)
- Chris Mortensen (Class of 1969)
- Wee Man (Class of 1991)
- Arika Sato (Class of 2004)
- KNHS
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KNHS, was an FCC licensed FM radio station transmitting on 89.7 MHz, serving the Torrance, California area with a variety music format. KNHS was first licensed in the mid to late 1950s and ceased when a short-sighted TUSD allowed the station license to expire in 1991. The station originally broadcast with only one Watt and did not transmit with its full licensed power until 1972 when its studios and transmitter were moved to the second floor of the Industrial Arts building.
- There was no professional management for the station and students of North High School ran the station, therefore the programming, educational value and financial earnings potential of the station was never realized. There was no engineer for the station except for a contract engineer who was only called on when something was known to be wrong.
- In 1967, Mr. McKenzie was the adult who was the person who managed KNHS activities, to include the broadcast operations, setting up and running the audio system for plays, and calling play-by-play for Saxon football games, sometimes even broadcasting from remote locations (other high schools). KNHS also had speakers at various parts of the campus, including the "quad," cafeteria, and other areas. During breaks and lunches, we would play music to the students. A "landmark" is the tower with the two omni-directional "halo" antennas at the top. The tower originally was above the old broadcast area by the cafeteria (a sound booth, the operations booth with a Gates 2-channel audio console and Ampex tape recorders, and a music room where we kept the records). Our theme song for basketball games was “Sweet Georgia Brown.” When we moved in to the (then) new 2-story industrial arts building (with the auto repair area on the first floor), we also moved the tower to the industrial arts building: The antenna is there to this day (2009). Mr. Fields took over for Mr. McKenzie around the time we moved to the industrial arts building. We actually had a 10-watt transmitter (I was the Operations Manager for several years.). We would conduct monthly tests whereby we would turn on our transmitter and let it stabilize, then we'd call a monitoring company who would measure our frequency and ERP so we would comply with FCC regulations. On February 9, 1971, California had a major earthquake early in the morning. I am happy to say that the transmitter (a big box on a shelf in the operations room) did not fall to the floor. We broadcast at night sometimes, and even had a "request" line, though I suspect our signal could not be picked up more than a mile or so from the campus. It was a great learning experience for most, if not all, of us (students), and we served the school by running the audio systems for plays, pep rallies, sporting events, and lunch-time entertainment. One "popular" thing that students used to do was to close the outer door of the station when we were broadcasting music over the lunch hour: We had a giant speaker mounted to the door, so with the music cranked up VERY loud, it was "funny" when people would close the door and blast those of us that were in the studio (when it was located by the cafeteria). Ha Ha, very funny.
- External links
- North High School official website
- Unofficial North High School Alumni Organization
- North High Alumni on Myspace
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (90504) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
31,664 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
35% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
38 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.7 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$50,587
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
4.8 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
51 years old |
39 years old |
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61% / 39% |
58% / 42% |
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