Washington Preparatory High School

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George Washington Preparatory High School
School type	Public
Established	1926
District	Los Angeles Unified School District
Grades	9-12
Colors	red, blue
Location	Los Angeles, California
Website	Official website

George Washington Preparatory High School is a secondary school in the Westmont section of unincorporated Los Angeles County, California that is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

It was founded in 1926. The school has a Los Angeles address but is not located in the city limits of Los Angeles.

The mascot is the General, an obvious reference to the school's namesake George Washington. The school colors are red and blue.

The school serves many areas in South Los Angeles and unincorporated areas around South Los Angeles, including West Athens and Westmont.

Washington has been notorious for its gang violence which is largely due in part to its proximity to various rival gangs. It was the location for a 1987 TV movie entitled Hard Lessons depicting Denzel Washington as the new principal set on cleaning the high school and ridding it of gang violence, drugs and restoring educational values to the school.