Montebello High School

Montebello High School
Location
2100 West Cleveland Avenue Montebello , California 90640 United States
Coordinates	34°00′56″N118°07′21″W / 34.0155700°N 118.1225700°W / 34.0155700; -118.1225700
Information
Type	Public
Established	1909
School district	Montebello Unified School District
Principal	Constantino Duarte [1]
Teaching staff	101.85 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,007 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	19.71 [2]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue & Gold
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Almont League
Mascot	Ollie the Oiler
Nickname	Oilers
Rival	Schurr High School
Newspaper	Derrick Diary
Yearbook	Golden Key
Website	mhs.montebello.k12.ca.us
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Montebello High School is a public high school which is part of the Montebello Unified School District. Founded in 1909, it has an enrollment of approximately 2,600 ^[4] students in grades 9-12. Its campus is located in Montebello, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It is named for the city of Montebello.

Overview

The Montebello High School mascot is known as Ollie the Oiler, and the school's students and alumni are referred to as Oilers, (a reference to when Montebello was an oil-drilling town during the 1920s and 1930s).

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 3,191 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year was:

• Male - 50.7%
• Female - 49.3%
• Native American/Alaskan - 0.1%
• Asian/Pacific islander - 0.9%
• Black - 0.3%
• Hispanic - 96.1%
• White - 2.4%
• Multiracial - 0.2%

Additionally, 86.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. ^[3]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The varsity sports teams are referred to as the "Montebello Oilers." The school colors are blue and gold. The school has an athletic rivalry with nearby Schurr High School.

Sports offered at MHS: ^[5]

Fall sports Boys Water Polo Competitive Cheer Cross Country Football Girls Tennis Girls Volleyball Girls Golf

Winter sports Boys Basketball Boys Soccer Coed Wrestling Competitive Cheer Girls Basketball Girls Soccer Girls Water Polo

Spring sports Baseball Boys Tennis Boys Volleyball Competitive Cheer Golf Softball Swimming Track and Field Ice hockey

Notable alumni

Front of school

Government and politics

• David L. Snowden, 1961: Police Chief of City of Beverly Hills, California (2004-2015) ^[6]
• Art Torres, 1964: former United States Democratic Party state senator

Arts, sciences, and education

• John DeCuir, 1936: art director and production designer
• Robert Bruce Merrifield, 1939: biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase Peptide synthesis

Sports and entertainment

• Jack Kramer, 1939: tennis player in International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Tom Tellez, 1951: former track coach at the University of Houston in Texas
• Darlene Hard, 1954: tennis player in International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Barney Rosenzweig, 1955: television producer
• Jerry Pimm, 1956: former basketball coach at University of Utah
• Bobby Knoop, 1956: retired MLB second baseman for California Angels, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals
• Edward James Olmos, 1964: actor and director ^[7]
• John Madrid, 1966: jazz and pop music trumpeter ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Montebello High". California Department of Education. March 25, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
2. "Montebello High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
3. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Montebello High". ed.gov. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
4. "ABOUT OUR SCHOOL". mhs-montebellousd-ca.schoolloop.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
5. "Montebello Oilers Athletics". Montebello Oilers - Montebello High School Sports. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
6. "Police Chief". beverlyhills.org. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
7. "Edward James Olmos". IMDb.
8. "Johnny Madrid". Facebook. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
9. jazzbone (November 8, 2011). "Benedictus". mominani.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

External links

• Montebello High School