Compton High School

Compton High School

The billboard of Compton High School
Address
601 S. Acacia Avenue
Compton, CA, 90220
United States
Coordinates 33°53′28″N 118°13′38″W / 33.89111°N 118.22722°WCoordinates: 33°53′28″N 118°13′38″W / 33.89111°N 118.22722°W
Information
Type Public high school
Opened 1896
School district Compton Unified School District
Principal Stephen Glass
School color(s) Columbia Blue and White
         
Mascot Tarbabe
Website Compton HS

Compton High School is a high school in Compton, California, part of the Compton Unified School District.

History

Compton High School's original building in 1912.

The school first opened in 1896 as Compton Union High School and then later reestablished as Compton Senior High School in the 1950s after Compton College separated from the high school district and opened its new campus at 1111 East Artesia Boulevard in 1953.

During the 1960s there was a dramatic transition from a Caucasian student body to one which was predominantly African-American.[1] Today, Compton High School is over eighty percent Latino as immigrants settled in South Los Angeles.

Mascot

Compton High School Mascot: The Tarbabes.

Compton College's mascot name is the Tartars, named after the Turkic Tatars, so the mascot name for Compton High School became the Tartar Babies. The mascot itself is "Baby Tartar," who wears a diaper and carries a big sword.[2][3]

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ The City Of Compton
  2. ↑ Marc's Collection of High School Mascots Part 1: A-E
  3. ↑ Fisher, Marc (November 17, 2005). "Block That Mascot? Bite Your Tongue". The Washington Post.

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