Mt. Eden High School

Mt. Eden High School
Location
2300 Panama Street Hayward , California 94545 United States
Coordinates	37°37′30″N122°5′26″W / 37.62500°N 122.09056°W / 37.62500; -122.09056
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"You can't hide that Monarch Pride!"
Established	1960
School district	Hayward Unified School District [1]
Principal	Monique Walton
Teaching staff	91.29 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,892 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	20.73 [2]
Color(s)	Royal blue and gold
Nickname	Monarchs
API  average	699 (2012–2013) [3]
Newspaper	The Lion's Tale
Yearbook	The Scepter
Website	Mt. Eden High School website

Mt. Eden High School is a public high school in Hayward, California, United States, founded in 1960. It is part of the Hayward Unified School District. Mt. Eden High is located in southwest Hayward, near Union City.

Athletics

Sports offered at Mt. Eden are: ^{[4] [5]}

• Cross country
• Football
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Swim
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Wrestling
• Baseball
• Badminton
• Softball
• Track & field
• Cheerleading
• Golf

Notable alumni

• Dell Demps – NBA guard and general manager
• Charlton Jimerson – MLB baseball player^{[ circular reference ]}
• Spice 1 – rapper
• Mahershala Ali – actor ^[6]
• George Mitterwald – baseball player ^[7]
• James Monroe Iglehart ^[8] – Tony Award winning Broadway actor, who played the Genie in Aladdin and stars in Hamilton
• Dick Tidrow – MLB Pitcher for the New York Yankees – Senior Vice President of Player Personnel for the San Francisco Giants

References

1. "Hayward Unified School District: Home Page". husd.k12.ca.us. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
2. "Mt. Eden High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
3. "2013 Growth API School Report – Mt. Eden High". California Department of Education. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
4. "Mt. Eden Monarchs Athletics and Sports Teams – Hayward, CA". maxpreps.com.
5. "Mt. Eden High School: Athletics". schoolloop.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
6. "Video: Mahershala Ali Talks 'Moonlight' Live on 'GMA'". United States: ABC News. n.d. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
7. "George Mitterwald Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. n.d. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
8. "Homeroom: Mt. Eden High choir to sing at Carnegie Hall". May 8, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Hayward Unified School District