Lynwood High School

Last updated

Lynwood High School
LHS3rdfloorview14.jpg
Address
Lynwood High School
12124 Bullis Rd

Lynwood
,
Los Angeles
,
California
90262

United States
Information
Type Public high school
School district Lynwood Unified School District
Teaching staff87.10 (FTE) [1]
Number of students2,154 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio24.73 [1]
Team name Knights
Website lhs.lynwood.k12.ca.us

Lynwood High School is one of three high schools in Lynwood, California, USA. It is a part of the Lynwood Unified School District.

Contents

Sports

The school has been recognized for their "Lady Knights" girls basketball team. Every year the Lady Knights win championships in Southern California and tournaments around the nation. They have won over 30 SGVL championships, 10 CIF SS championships, and three CIF State Championships. In 2002, the "Lady Knights" won the National CIF Championship with a record of 33-0 in girls basketball and finished ranked Number 1 in the country. Now the girls basketball team is ranked in the top 50 in the USA and in the top 20 in California. [2]

View from Imperial Highway Imperial LHS View (cropped).jpg
View from Imperial Highway

Notable alumni

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torrance High School</span> Public school in Torrance, California, United States

Torrance High School is a high school located in Torrance, California. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and is the oldest of the five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Four of its buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">California Interscholastic Federation</span> Governing body for high school sports in the U.S. state of California

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the U.S. state of California. CIF membership includes both public and private high schools. Unlike most other state organizations, it does not have single, statewide championships for all sports; instead, for some sports, the CIF's 10 Sections each have their own championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tesoro High School</span> Public high school in Las Flores, California, United States

Tesoro High School is a public high school in southern Orange County area of Las Flores, California, United States. Established in the fall of 2001, Tesoro is 1 of 6 regular high schools in the Capistrano Unified School District. As of the 2014–2015 year, Tesoro serves nearly 2500 students in grades 9–12. Students attending Tesoro are within the cities of Rancho Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza and Mission Viejo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Keppel High School</span> Public secondary school in Alhambra, California, United States

Mark Keppel High School (MKHS) is a four-year California Distinguished School located in the city of Alhambra, California, in the Alhambra Unified School District. The school is on the southern edge of Alhambra, adjacent to the city of Monterey Park, and borders the Interstate 10 Freeway. Mark Keppel serves students from portions of Alhambra and Monterey Park. Mark Keppel has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newbury Park High School</span> Public high school in Newbury Park, California, United States

Newbury Park High School, opened in 1967, is a co-educational public high school located in Newbury Park, California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aliso Niguel High School</span> Public high school in Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Aliso Niguel High School (ANHS), which is part of the Capistrano Unified School District, is located in the city of Aliso Viejo, California. Most of its students reside in the communities of Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel. The school is a California Distinguished School, a National Blue Ribbon School, and a New American High School. Aliso Niguel was ranked as number 252 in Newsweek's 2016 list of the top 500 high schools in the nation.

Campolindo High School is a public high school located in Moraga, California, United States, and is in the Acalanes Union High School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walnut High School</span> Public school in Walnut, California, United States

Walnut High School is a public high school located at Walnut, California, among the San Jose Hills of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.

Esperanza High School (EHS) is a public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.

<i>Straight Outta Lynwood</i> 2006 studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Straight Outta Lynwood is the twelfth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on September 26, 2006, the title drawing inspiration from hip hop group N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton. It was the sixth studio album self-produced by Yankovic. The musical styles on the album are built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid-2000s. The album's lead single, "White & Nerdy", is a parody of Chamillionaire's hit single "Ridin'". The single debuted at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #9 the following week; "Canadian Idiot", a parody of Green Day's "American Idiot", also charted, peaking at #82.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westlake High School (California)</span> Public secondary school in Thousand Oaks, southern California, USA

Westlake High School is a public high school in the Westlake neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County, California. Westlake High School serves grades 9–12 in the Conejo Valley Unified School District. Middle schools that feed into Westlake include Colina Middle School and Los Cerritos Middle School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California)</span> Public school in the United States

Oak Ridge High School is a public high school in El Dorado Hills, California, United States, 20 miles (32 km) east of Sacramento. It is part of the El Dorado Union High School District. Oak Ridge High School was established in 1980 with 222 students. As of the 2019–20 school year, Oak Ridge High School had 2,470 students. The school's principal is Aaron Palm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bellarmine-Jefferson High School</span> Private, coeducational school in Burbank, , California, United States

Bellarmine-Jefferson High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Burbank, California. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school was reopened in 2019 as St. John Paul II STEM Academy, which later closed in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John F. Kennedy High School (La Palma, California)</span> School in La Palma, Orange County, California, United States

John F. Kennedy High School is a public, four-year high school and International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in the city of La Palma, California. Kennedy gets most of its students from the junior high school across the street, Walker Junior High School.

Junípero Serra High School is a private, Roman Catholic High School in Gardena, California, a suburban city located 14 miles southwest from Downtown Los Angeles. Honored as a State School of the Year, Serra is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glendora High School</span> Comprehensive, public school in Glendora, California, United States

Glendora High School (GHS) is located in Glendora, Los Angeles County, California, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Luis Obispo High School</span> American public high school

San Luis Obispo High School, also referred to as "San Luis High" and "SLO High", is an American public high school in San Luis Obispo, California. It is the only non-continuation public high school within the city. The school is within the San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD), serving primarily students living in San Luis Obispo. Before the school's addition of ninth grade in 1982, the school was known as "San Luis Obispo Senior High School" (SLOSH). School colors are black and gold.

Davon Jefferson is an American professional basketball player for Osos de Manatí of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He attended and played college basketball at the University of Southern California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lynwood, California</span> City in California, United States

Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 67,265, down from 69,772 at the 2010 census. Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the central portion of the Los Angeles Basin. Incorporated in 1921, Lynwood was named after the Lynwood Dairy and Creamery, from which the local station of the Pacific Electric Railway had been named.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Efrén Navarro</span> American baseball player (born 1986)

Efrén Navarro is a Mexican-American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers. He also plays on the Mexico national baseball team.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lynwood High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lynwood High School (CA) Girls Varsity Basketball".[ unreliable source? ]
  3. ↑ Swam for Lynnwood High School in "Swimmers Defeat Montebello", Lynwood Press, Lynwood, California, pg. 15, 11 March 1971
  4. ↑ Sheff, Craig (July 13, 1977). "Twins' Bulling Lucky to Be Alive After Shooting" (PDF). Daily Pilot . Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Juaquin Juan Hawkins". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Davon Jefferson". The Official Site of USC Trojan Athletics. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Efren Navarro Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ radio DJ, publishing company founder, “Selena” MAC campaign advocate
  11. ↑ "Erroll Tucker Stats". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Jay Leno And Weird Al Take A Stroll Down Memory Lane". CNBC. Apr 1, 2021.
  13. ↑ Pemberton, Patrick (July 28, 2014). "'Weird Al' Yankovic: Cal Poly alum still getting laughs after 35 years". The Tribune . Retrieved November 6, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.