South Gate High School is a 9–12 high school in

South Gate, California South Gate is the 19th largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, with . South Gate is located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County. The city was inc ...

, United States and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

History

South Gate High School opened in January 1930. It was in the

Los Angeles City High School District Los Angeles City High School District (known in its last year as West County Union High School District) was a school district that served high school-aged residents of western Los Angeles County, California from 1890 to 1962. At times the distr ...

until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD. Between 1993 and 1996 the number of students that passed Advanced Placement tests in

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and macroeconomics subjects increased from 5% to 70%. The teaching of Ron Klein has been credited for this improvement. Students from this and neighboring schools demonstrated on June 26, 2002 against funding cuts. At South Gate High, nine teachers had been fired and the Second School Program, which provided students who are falling behind with tutoring from university students, had all funding removed. With the support of the school, about 800 students demonstrated against the counterfeiting of CDs of

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music on December 5, 2002. On November 3, 2005, about 500 students took part in a sit-in to protest at issues including overcrowding and a lack of textbooks.

Demographics

As of the school year 2008–09, there were a total of 3,383 students attending the high school. *98.8%

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(3,343) *0.4%

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(14) *0.3%

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(15) *0.3% Native American (9) *0.2%

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(4) *0.1%

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(3)

Sports

*Football *Soccer *Tennis *Volleyball *Basketball *Baseball *Marching Band *Cross Country *Track and Field *Softball *Cheerleading *Color Guard *Golf

Achievements

* Football – 1955 City Champions, 1988 3A City Champions, 2004 3A City Finalists, 2013 Division II Finalists * Football – Benjamin Viramontes – State Sack Leader with 34 in 2004 * Football – 1994 undefeated South East conference champions. Beat rival bell to preserve undefeated record. Ronnie Landazuri breaks up pass in final moments: * Boys Soccer – 2005 City Champions, 2002 3rd Place * Girls Soccer – 2016 Division III City Champions * Baseball – 1955 City Champions, 1960 City Champions, 1993 3A City Champions, 1995 3A City Champions, 1996 3A City Champions, 1956 City Finalist, 1998 3A City Finalists, 2012 Division II City Finalists, 2019 Division II City Finalists * Softball – 1985 3A City Champions, 1986 3A City Champions, 1987 3A City Champions, 1989 3A City Champions, 1991 3A City Champions, 1997 3A City Champions * Boys Basketball – 1992 3A City Finalists * Girls Basketball – 2016 Division III City Champions * Volleyball – 2011 Girls Undefeated Eastern League Champions * Track & Field- 2008 Undefeated Eastern League Champions * Cross Country- 2007 Undefeated Eastern League Champions * Volleyball – 2013 Girls Eastern League Champions * Volleyball – 2014 Girls Undefeated Eastern League Champions

Notable alumni

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, vocalist and bassist of the metal band Slayer *

Dave Lombardo David Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of American thrash metal band Slayer. He is currently playing drums with Testament, Fantômas, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungl ...

, former drummer of the metal band Slayer *

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, American football player *

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, television and film actress * Lorenzo Mata, Class of 2004; Player for the ''U-18 United States Men's Basketball National Team'', won a scholarship to play for the

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team. *

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, Member of hip hop group Cypress Hill. *

Mellow Man Ace Ulpiano Sergio Reyes (born April 12, 1967), better known as Mellow Man Ace, is a Cuban-American rapper known for bilingual delivery and novelty rhymes. He was born in Cuba and moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of four. Early life a ...

, Member of hip hop group Cypress Hill group named after a street in the city of South Gate. *

Rick Renteria Richard Avina Renteria (born December 25, 1961) is a Mexican-American former professional baseball infielder and former manager of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Renteria played in parts of five seasons bet ...

, Major League Baseball player and manager * Kundy Gutierrez, Class of 1998; 2015-2021 General Manager of the Mexico National Team Baseball *

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, publisher and movie producer. *

King Lil G Alex Gonzalez , better known as King Lil G, is an American rapper of Mexican descent from South Los Angeles, Los Angeles. He is best known for his 2014 single "Hopeless Boy". He released albums King Enemy, Ak47 Boyz, 90's Kid and Paint The City B ...

, solo rapper from AK47 Boyz

References

External links

* {{authority control South Gate, California High schools in Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles Unified School District schools Educational institutions established in 1930 1930 establishments in California Public high schools in California