Compton High School - Compton, California/CA

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Compton High School

601 South Acacia St., Compton, CA, 90220-3702 -

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Definition of Terms

Compton High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Los Angeles County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2533 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 843 students

Grade 10 - 738 students

Grade 11 - 542 students

Grade 12 - 410 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:28

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	3%
% Asian	1%	8%
% Hispanic	69%	39%
% Black	29%	9%
% White	n/a	36%
% Unknown	1 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

84%

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Compton Unified School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	40	7
Number of Students Managed	30,240 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$296,845,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$343,137,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,816	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$11,347	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Ex Compton HS coach convicted of child molestation (San Diego Union-Tribune)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:16:53 pm
A former Compton high school basketball coach has been convicted of misdemeanor child molestation, but acquitted of felony theft and forgery.
Former Compton Coach Guilty Of Molesting Child (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:57:19 pm
A former Compton high school basketball coach has been convicted of misdemeanor child molestation, but acquitted of felony theft and forgery. The jury's verdict against Russell Otis on Tuesday will bar him from coaching or teaching minors. Otis was fired in May after being charged with offering to pay one of his players for sex.
Ex SoCal HS coach convicted of child molestation (CBS 47 Fresno)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:47:49 pm
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A former Compton high school basketball coach has been convicted of misdemeanor child molestation, but acquitted of felony theft and forgery. The jury's verdict against Russell Otis on Tuesday will bar him from coaching or teaching minors. Otis was fired in May after being charged with offering to pay one of his players for sex. The former Dominguez High School coach was ...
Ex SoCal HS coach convicted of child molestation (Channel 8 San Diego)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:18:03 pm
Associated Press - November 4, 2009 1:14 PM ET COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - A former Compton high school basketball coach has been convicted of misdemeanor child molestation, but acquitted of felony...
Ex-coach At Compton's Dominguez High Is Convicted Of Misdemeanor Child Molesting (Los Angeles Times)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 03:55:30 am
The jury deadlocks on a felony charge against former basketball coach Russell Otis: meeting a minor for lewd purposes. He is acquitted of felony theft and forgery. Russell Otis, who directed Dominguez High School in Compton to five state boys' basketball championships, was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor child molesting, a crime that, withstanding appeals, would bar him from coaching or ...

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Compton High School is one of the three high schools in Compton, California. The other two high schools are Dominguez High School and Centennial High School.
School history
The school first opened in 1896 as Compton Union High School and then later reestablished as Compton Senior High School in the 1950s after the new community college campus opened at its current address of Artesia Blvd. location in 1953.
During the 1960s there was a dramatic transition from a White student body to one which was predominantly black. [1] Today, Compton High School is over two-thirds Latino as Latino immigrants rapidly settled to South Los Angeles.
Compton High School's mascot
Compton College's mascot name is the Tartars, 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]
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