Long Beach Polytechnic High School

This article is about the Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. For the high school in New York, see Long Beach High School (New York). For the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California, see Pasadena Poly.
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Address
Map
1600 Atlantic Avenue

Long Beach
,
California

United States
Coordinates33°47′15″N 118°11′02″W / 33.78750°N 118.18389°W / 33.78750; -118.18389
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Home of Scholars & Champions"
"Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve"
Established1895; 129 years ago (1895)
School districtLong Beach Unified School District
PrincipalAlejandro Vega
Faculty167.55 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment3,952 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.59[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)   
Athletics conferenceMoore League
Team nameJackrabbits
YearbookCaerulea
Websitehttp://lbpoly.schoolloop.com/

Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a four-year public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school serves portions of Long Beach, including Bixby Knolls, and some parts of the cities of Signal Hill and Lakewood. Polytechnic (more commonly known as Poly) is the flagship high school of the Long Beach Unified School District. It is a large urban high school with about 4,000 students.

Polytechnic has long been distinguished in both academics and athletics. The PACE (Program of Accelerated Curricular Experiences, founded in 1975 by Dr. Nancy Gray,[2] a teacher and administrator for the Long Beach School system), and the CIC (Center of International Curriculum) magnet programs boast more total University of California admissions than any other high school in California. In 2005, Sports Illustrated magazine named Polytechnic the "Sports School of the Century," in recognition of the school's badminton, baseball, basketball, football, track, cross country, swimming, water polo, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, golf, and softball teams. Polytechnic has also received numerous prizes for its music program, including six Grammy Awards, two of them being "golden signature" Grammy Awards. Long Beach Poly has sent more players to the NFL than any other high school in the country, sending over 60 throughout the history of the school.[3] Long Beach Poly was also ranked number one in a list of the best high school athletic programs in the nation by Sports Illustrated.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Polytechnic High". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "About PACE". Poly PACE Parent Support Group. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. ^ "Pipeline to the NFL? Big states, schools are key" (English). USA Today. Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2006-04-21.
  4. ^ "Best High School Athletic Programs". Archived from the original (English) on 2006-04-22. Retrieved 2005-05-11.