| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Magnet 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 |
4630 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
49% /
51% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
180 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 1242 students | | Grade 10 - 1261 students | | Grade 11 - 1054 students | | Grade 12 - 1073 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 |
n/a |
3% |
| % Asian |
15% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
36% |
39% |
| % Black |
15% |
9% |
| % White |
33% |
36% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
5% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
39% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
8% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
1% |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Long Beach Unified School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
90 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
94,443 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$820,746,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$824,927,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,690 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,735 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- Woodrow Wilson Classical High School is a secondary school in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Wilson High School, in the Long Beach Unified School District, opened in 1925 as the second school in the city. In 2005 Wilson High School was recognized as a California Distinguished School for the second time. Wilson also is home to the Distinguished Scholars program which offers accelerated, honors, and many AP classes. Wilson High School is extremely diverse in race and economic backgrounds. Wilson high school also has a program called Park Avenue that helps to allow students the opportunity to raise their grades. Former Wilson students and their teacher Erin Gruwell also inspired the movie Freedom Writers, that was made of the collected diaries of the students.
- School uniforms
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Wilson is one of the few public high schools in the United States that requires a school uniform (one other high school, and all primary schools in the Long Beach Unified School District require school uniforms). The uniform is khaki pants, skirts or shorts, with either white or burgundy collared shirts. [1]. The school colors are cardinal and gold, and the school mascot is the Bruin. The school site committee has recently passed a highly disputed uniform rule which requires that all jackets be of school colors, as opposed to the old rule which allowed heavy jackets of other colors when merited by weather conditions. There is currently a student movement developing to challenge the new rule at future Site Council Meetings.
- Sports
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The Wilson Bruins baseball team were the Baseball America National Champions and CIF Southern Section National Champions in 2007 and CIF runner-up in 2008. Their boy's aquatics have also been historically successful. The swim team has been undefeated Moore League Champions for 36 years (as of 2008). The girls swim teams have successfully defended their Moore League title consistently year after year.
- Bruin Waterpolo held the Moore League for 18 years straight (1988-2005), winning the league 27 out of the last 30 years. The team has won the Div. 1 CIF title 11 times and Mythical State Title three times.
- Wilson's Soccer, Tennis, Badminton, Boys Cross Country, Baseball and Golf teams are also consistently among the top teams in the Moore League and in CIF titles.
- Notable staff
- Klaus Barth, former Olympic medalist and Ironman competitor. He coached the boys' Soccer, Swimming and Waterpolo teams and taught Physical Education. He was still coaching at school until his death on October 2006 after six years of battling a brain tumor.
- Notable Alumni
- Bobby Grich, major league baseball player with the California Angels from 1976-1986.
- Bradley Nowell, lead singer of Sublime.
- Camryn Manheim is a television and film actress, best known as co-star of The Practice.
- Cynthia Barboza, Stanford graduate; USA volleyball elite athlete
- Don Coscarelli is a successful motion picture director, best known for the "Phantasm" series of horror films.
- Jeff Burroughs, former MLB player and father of Sean Burroughs
- Jeff Severson, former CSULB football star who had an eight-year NFL career with Washington, St. Louis, Houston and the Rams.
- Jeremy Strohmeyer is a Long Beach, California man who molested and murdered 7-year-old South Los Angeles elementary school student Sherrice Iverson at Primadonna Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada, on May 25, 1997.
- Jessica Hardy, former world record holder in 100 meter breast stroke, member of 2005 National Team. Won gold medal at 2006 Pan Pacific Championships; Cal Berkeley swimmer who recently turned pro.
- John Merrick, PGA Professional
- Lauren Wenger, defender for USC women's water polo team, and 2006 winner of the top individual honor in collegiate water polo, the Peter J. Cutino Award.
- Lisa Dean Ryan, actress. Most notably on Doogie Howser M.D. as Wanda, Doogie's girlfriend.
- Maureen O’Toole, American water polo player and coach, won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- Pat McCormick, a two-time Olympic platform and springboard gold medal diver (1952& 1956).
- Paul Goydos, PGA golf pro. In 2007 he scored three birdies in the last four holes at the Sony Open in Hawaii to claim victory. Captured the 1996 *Bay Hill Invitational. Second Masters appearance in 2007.
- Sean Burroughs, MLB player and son of Jeff Burroughs.
- Tony Azevedo, diver for the Men's US Olympic Water Polo team and Stanford University.
- External links
- School website
- 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 (90804) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
43,466 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
26% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
28 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.8 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$29,872
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.2 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
43 years old |
39 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
21% / 79% |
58% / 42% |
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