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4401 Elenda St.

Culver City, CA 90230
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Tel: (310)842-4200

cchs.ccusd.org

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Culver City High School serves 2,092 students in grades 9-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 24:1 is equal to the CA average of 24:1.
Minority enrollment is 76% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is equal to the state average of 76%.
Culver City High School operates within the Culver City Unified School District.
Culver City Unified School District's 88% graduation rate is higher than the CA state average of 83%.

School Overview

The student population of 2092 students has declined by 7% over five years.
The teacher population of 86 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.

Grades Offered	Grades 9-12
Total Students	2,092 students

Gender %
Total Classroom Teachers	86 teachers

Students by Grade

School Comparison

The student:teacher ratio of 24:1 has decreased from 27:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.72 is more than the state average of 0.41. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(CA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	24:1	24:1

American Indian	n/a	1%

Asian	13%	11%

Hispanic	40%	54%

Black	22%	6%

White	24%	24%

Hawaiian	n/a	1%

Two or more races	1%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.72	0.41

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	29%	50%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	6%	9%

District Comparison

Culver City Unified School District's student population of 6,726 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 88% has decreased from 99% over five years.
The revenue/student of $12,605 in this district is less than the state average of $12,988. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $13,280 is higher than the state average of $12,986. The district spending/student has grown by 11% over four years.

School District Name	Culver City Unified School District
Number of Schools Managed	9	4
Number of Students Managed	6,726	1,597

Graduation Rate	88%	83%

District Total Revenue	$84 MM	$21 MM

District Spending	$89 MM	$21 MM

District Revenue / Student	$12,605	$12,988

District Spending / Student	$13,280	$12,986

School Statewide Testing	View Education Department Test Scores

Source: 2015 (latest year available) NCES, CA Dept. of Education

School Notes

Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) in Culver City, California. The school colors are primarily silver and blue but also black and white, and the mascot is the centaur. Culver City High School is recognized as a California Distinguished School, earning the honor in 2005.
Sony Studios, also situated in Culver City, has sponsored the high school and its active Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. Likewise, CCHS's facade and field have been filmed for television shows and movies. For example, The Wonder Years filmed the facades of CCHS and connected Culver City Middle School and Nickelodeon used CCHS's exterior for the school in its show The Journey of Allen Strange. In addition, the show Party of Five was filmed at CCHS as well as several music videos. Scenes from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial were also filmed at CCHS.
Culver City High School has one of the best football teams in the Ocean League (one of three leagues of the South Bay Athletic Association: Bay, Ocean, Pioneer).
The school's newspaper is The Centaurian, which is part of the High School National Ad Network.
CCHS also hosts several events. For example, Rigoberta MenchÃº has spoken on peace. Since 2004, it has also held an annual peace concert called Peace of Music.
Every year on July 4, CCHS hosts a fireworks show, sponsored by the Culver City Exchange Club.
Notable Alumni: Big Boy (aka. Kurt Alexander); Carnell Lake; Derrick Deese; Darrin Jackson; Karl Paymah; Ryan Riddle; Leon Hadrow; Nicholas George; Kia Hale; Shani Remer.