Lawndale High School is one of three high schools in Lawndale,

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, United States. The school was closed in 1981, and reopened in 1998. It is one of three schools in the

Centinela Valley Union High School District Centinela Valley Union High School District, (CVUHSD) is a public union high school district located in southern California that serves about 6,800 students in grades 9–12 from Lawndale, Hawthorne, Lennox, Del Aire, and El Camino Village. ...

. In 2009, Lawndale High was awarded the California Distinguished Award. The principal was then Vicente Bravo. During this time period, Lawndale was also awarded the ''US News'' Silver Medal for similar high schools throughout the nation. It was also a Title 1 Achievement school. Lawndale High had an enrollment of 2,364 as of the 2013–14 school year.

Notable alumni

* Gary Allenson - former MLB baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays; and manager of the

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; Class of 1972 *

Mike Battle Michael Leonard Battle (born July 9, 1946) is a former American football player in the American Football League (AFL). and the National Football League (NFL). A safety, he played college football at the University of Southern California wher ...

- NFL safety for the New York Jets; Class of 1965 *

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- actor and NFL Football player for the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams; first round draft choice of the Giants; played in at least one NFL Pro Bowl game; Star DE player for San Diego State University; star of movies and TV series including ''Hunter'' (1984-1991) and several other television series and motion pictures; Class of 1964 *

Tracy Jones Tracy Donald Jones (born March 31, 1961) is a former professional baseball outfielder who played for five Major League Baseball teams from 1986 to 1991. Career Jones played at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and was drafted by the ...

- MLB player with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers; Class of 1978 * Ricardo Lemvo - leader of Makina Loca, a

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band in Congo; Class of 1974"Lorenza Munoz
"Ricardo Lemvo: Infused with the Cuban beat"
''Los Angeles Times'' (July 13, 2009). *

Chimezie Metu Chimezie Chukwudum Metu (born March 22, 1997) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans. High school career Metu's ...

- Forward for the

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. Drafted 49th overall out of USC *

Jalon Daniels Jalon Daniels (born October 29, 2002) is an American football quarterback at the University of Kansas. He has been the starting quarterback for the Jayhawks since the end of the 2021 season. High school career Daniels attended Lawndale High Sch ...

- quarterback at the

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Terry Vance Terry Vance (born November 26, 1953 in Bristol, Virginia) is an American former professional motorcycle drag racer, racing team owner and manufacturer of high performance parts for motorcycles. He is a fourteen-time motorcycle drag racing nationa ...

- AMA Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame, won 21

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races and 14 national titles before retiring in 1988. Part owner of Vance & Hines Racing that races motorcycles in various division around the world. Class of 1971

External links

Lawndale High School website

Lawndale High alumni website

References

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