Millikan High School

Robert A. Millikan Senior High School
Location
2800 Snowden Avenue Long Beach , California 90815 United States
Coordinates	33°48′28″N118°06′38″W / 33.8078°N 118.1106°W / 33.8078; -118.1106
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Pathway To Excellence And Integrity
Established	1956
School district	Long Beach Unified School District
Superintendent	Dr. Jill Baker
Principal	Dr. Stacie Alexander
Teaching staff	134.44 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	3,369 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	25.06 [1]
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue   Gold
Athletics conference	Moore League
Mascot	Robbie and Millie Ram
Team name	Rams
Rival	Lakewood High School
Website

Ethnic composition as of 2020–21

Race and ethnicity [2]	Total
Hispanic or Latino	46.4%
Non-Hispanic White/Anglo	32.2%
African American	8.5%
Asian	8.1%
Other	3.9%
Pacific Islander	0.8%
Native American	0.1%

Robert Millikan

Robert A. Millikan Senior High School is a high school in Long Beach, California, United States, administered by the Long Beach Unified School District. It is near the intersection of Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue in the Los Altos neighborhood of East Long Beach on a 36-acre campus. Millikan High School has around 3,500 students. Millikan is an AP school and does not offer IB courses.^{[ clarification needed ]}

Name

Millikan High School is named after the Nobel Prize winner Robert Andrews Millikan. ^[3]

Music

The school has a choral program and an instrumental music program. The music ensembles compete in festivals.^{[ citation needed ]}

Athletics

Millikan teams include Cross Country, Tennis, Badminton, Water Polo, Dance, Football, Colorguard, Golf, Surf, Marching Band, Basketball, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Soccer, Wrestling, Baseball, Gymnastics, Swim, Softball, Track, Water polo, Lacrosse, and Cheer ^[4] Some sports are co-ed while others are not. 2018 marked the first year for a female to score a point for the Millikan Rams varsity football. ^[5]

Newspaper

Millikan's newspaper is TheCorydon. ^[6] It has been running since 1956.

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Millikan High School alumni

• Susie Atwood, double Olympic medalist, 1972 Olympics, backstroke
• Ryan Bailey, Olympic water polo player
• Greg Barton, NFL player
• Jason Bell, NFL player
• Jennifer Bermingham, professional golfer
• Nick Bierbrodt, baseball player ^[7]
• Ron Brown, NFL player
• Courtney Clements, former WNBA player
• Alden Darby, NFL player
• Tacario Davis, college football cornerback for the Arizona Wildcats ^[8]
• Marcus Dove, basketball player
• Audie England, Actor
• Dave Frost, professional baseball player ^[9]
• Mike Gallo, professional baseball player ^[10]
• Gary Garrison, professional football player with San Diego Chargers
• Bud Gaugh, Sublime Drummer.
• Jack Grisham, TSOL vocalist, author An American Demon: A Memoir
• Gene Hoglan, metal musician
• Soben Huon, Miss Utah USA 2006 ^[11]
• Wendi McLendon-Covey, actress on ABC's The Goldbergs, actress on Comedy Central's Reno 911!, and the film Bridesmaids
• Charles McShane, NFL player
• Mike Montgomery, Golden State Warriors and University of California basketball coach
• Tino Nuñez, professional soccer player
• Syd O'Brien, professional baseball player
• Brent Poppen, author, motivational speaker and Paralympian
• Dante Powell, professional baseball player ^[12]
• Greg Sampson, football player, sixth pick of 1972 NFL draft
• Chris Saunders, UFC, The Ultimate Fighter: Live - Season 15
• Ann Simmons, Olympic competition swimmer
• Jonathan Singleton, professional baseball player ^[13]
• Spencer Steer, professional baseball player ^[14]
• Craig Swan, professional baseball player ^[15]
• John Tautolo, NFL player
• Terry Tautolo, NFL player
• Mike Tully, pole vaulter, 1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist ^[16]
• Brian Turang, professional baseball player
• Greg Williamson, professional football player ^[17]

References

1. "Millikan High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
2. "2020-21 Enrollment by Ethnicity and Grade: Millikan High". California Department of Education . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
3. "Millikan High in Long Beach named after Nobel Prize-winning physicist".
4. "ATHLETIC INFORMATION". lbmillikan.schoolloop.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
5. "Millikan's Chloe Robinson makes history as first female player to score point for Rams". Press Telegram. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
6. "The Corydon" . Retrieved 20 September 2024.
7. Baiotto, Brian (June 12, 2008). "Bierbrodt hopes the Armada will be a stepping stone back to the major leagues". Long Beach Press-Telegram . Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
8. Davis, John W. (December 15, 2021). "Football Signing Day: Millikan CB Tacario Davis signs with Arizona". Press-Telegram .
9. "Dave Frost Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
10. "Mike Gallo Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
11. "Soben Huon: MISS UTAH USA 2006" Archived 2006-04-12 at the Wayback Machine ; URL accessed March 21, 2006
12. "Dante Powell Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
13. Pleskoff, Bernie (November 4, 2012). "Astros' Singleton shows star potential in AFL". MLB.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
14. "Spencer Steer Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
15. Biography on The Baseball Cube
16. Lee, Kirby. "Tully honored by Pole Vault Hall". Long Beach Press-Telegram. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28.
17. "Greg Williamson". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.