San Marino High School
Address
2701 Huntington Ave.

San Marino
,
California

United States
Information
Other nameSMHS
TypePublic high school
Established1952
School districtSan Marino Unified School District
PrincipalBenjamin Wolf
Faculty55.30 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,101 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.91[1]
Color(s)Royal blue and white  
Athletics conferenceCIF-SS Rio Hondo League
MascotTitans
NewspaperTitan shield
YearbookTitanian
Websitewww.sanmarinohs.org

San Marino High School (SMHS) is a public high school in San Marino, California, United States, and the only high school in the San Marino Unified School District, Los Angeles County. According to the 2015 California Academic Performance Index Survey, the district is the 52nd highest-performing school in California, with a score of 932 points out of 1,000 possible.[2][3]

History

The school is located at or near the site of the Tongva village of Sonagna.[4][5]

San Marino High School was founded in 1952 after 50 years of utilizing South Pasadena High School in nearby South Pasadena. The high school is situated on the former site of Carver Elementary School. The reconstruction began in 1996 and was completed by support with bond issues and rigorous fund-raising by the San Marino Schools Endowment.

San Marino High School is part of the San Marino Unified School District. Its public funding is supplemented by private donations raised through the San Marino Schools Foundation.

San Marino High School's upper football practice field was the location of where Kathy Fiscus fell into an abandoned water well in 1949. It was subsequently capped and covered by the local water district.[6]

San Marino High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2006 and a Gold Medal school by U.S. News & World Report,[7] ranking in the 80s in the nation for December 2007. The California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) named the school to its Honor Roll in 2008[8] in the Scholar Schools category. In 2009, the school was among 261 named California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education (CDE).[3]

Student population

As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,096 students (276 seniors) and 59 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 18.6.[1] The school's racial composition is 60% Asian, 27% Caucasian, 10% Hispanic, 1% African American, 1% Two or more Races and 1% other.[9]

Athletics

San Marino has a history of athletic rivalry with South Pasadena High School, a neighboring city school. Due to tradition, games against South Pasadena tend to have a larger crowd and hold more significance versus games against other schools.

In 1998, the school won five straight CIF boys' tennis titles and was ranked number one in USA Today's High School Tennis Teams.

In April 2018, the San Marino High School Winter Drumline advanced to the WGI world class division and ranked 14th in the nation.

On December 5, 2015, the football team won a California Interscholastic Federation Central Section title, defeating Charter Oak High School of Covina by the score of 45-28, then on December 12, 2015, they defeated Sierra Canyon School in the CIF State Southern California Regional Small School Division by the score of 36-35.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "San Marino High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ "San Marino High School". sanmarinotribune.com. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  3. 1 2 "2012-13 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR)". U.S. News & World Report LP. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Marino High School
  5. ↑ "The Grapevine: San Marino Historical Society" (PDF). San Marino Historical Society. Spring 2011.
  6. ↑ "Los Angeles News | Good Day LA | FOX 11 News | KTTV FOX 11 | KCOP My13". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  7. ↑ U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools and High School Rankings – US News Best High Schools Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2022-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ San Marino High School
  10. ↑ Dorman, Stephen. "Man behind the machine : OCHS coach Bill Redell enjoys Lions' share of national spotlight", Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 14, 2006. Accessed December 6, 2007. "Growing up in Pasadena, Redell was a three-sport star at San Marino High, where he earned All-CIF honors on five occasions-three times in baseball and twice in football."
  11. ↑ Jim Gott, The Baseball Cube. Accessed November 18, 2007.
  12. ↑ Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)
  13. ↑ Greg Penner

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