Gahr High School

Richard Gahr High School, often simply known as Gahr High School, is a public, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) magnet high school in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. Gahr High is one of three comprehensive high schools in the ABC Unified School District.

Social Science and English Building, first quad
Gahr's baseball field
Richard Gahr High School
Address
11111 Artesia Boulevard

Cerritos
,
California
90703
Information
School typePublic
Founded1965
School districtABC Unified School District
SuperintendentMary Sieu
PrincipalRicardo Lois
Staff81.80 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,927 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.56[1]
LanguageEnglish
AreaGreater Los Angeles Area
Colour(s)  Blue
  White
  Gold
Athletics conferenceSan Gabriel Valley League
MascotGladiator
Team nameGladiators
RivalArtesia High School,
Cerritos High School,
Whitney High School
NewspaperGahr Forum
Websitegahrhs.us

At Gahr, the plan for all students is graduation and on to college and career, and the teachers and staff believe “ALL STUDENTS CAN and WILL LEARN.” Classes and programs offered at Gahr include English Second Language; College Preparatory; 37 Advanced Placement/Honors Courses; Arts Technology Academy (ATA); AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination); Project Lead the Way – Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science, or Engineering Pathways; and variety of Career Technical Education (CTE) such as Automotive, International Business, Multimedia Communications, Theater Production, and Video Production. Moreover, there are 25 student club/organization and 20 Competitive Sports Programs.

Gahr's basketball court inside gym
Gahr's soccer field

Though it has a comparatively small student population at around 1,900, Gahr is known as a very ethnically diverse campus, (located in "the most ethnically diverse place in America", according to a California State University, Northridge study,[2] as Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Filipino Americans and African Americans together constitute a large majority at more than 70%.[3] The school's graduation rate is also 16% higher than the county average.[4]

Gahr campus front view in 2015

History

Gahr High School opened 56 years ago in 1965 as the first high school in both the newly unified ABC Unified School District, and the recently incorporated City of Dairy Valley (the city would be renamed to its current state two years later).[5] Indeed, the originally proposed name for the school was "Dairy Valley High School". The school was officially named after Richard Gahr, who had served as the school district's Superintendent. During the 1970s, as the student population in Cerritos rapidly grew, Cerritos High School was created for district expansion, and during its construction the latter used part of the Gahr campus.

In 2006, Gahr High School was invited to apply to be a California Distinguished School, and early in 2007, it was readily inspected. Now it has "California Distinguished School" to add to its resume.

During 2017–2018 school year, Gahr High School is a Gold Ribbon School and California Distinguished School with a 99.6% graduation rate and a 97% college attendance rate.

Statistics
On campus "Back to School Night" Sep 2016

Student population racial makeup (2006)
Race Percentage of population
African-American 16.0
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.6
Asian 33.9
Hispanic or Latino 35.6
Pacific Islander 1.0
White (non-Hispanic) 12.1
Socioeconomically disadvantaged 25.7
English learners 8.0
Students with disabilities 8.0

California Standardized Testing Rankings for 2006

Data reported are the percent of students achieving at the Proficient or Advanced level (meeting or exceeding the state standards).

Subject School District State
English-language arts 41 51 42
Mathematics 33 52 40
Science 42 46 35
History-social science 38 44 33

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Expenditure per student for 2002-2003

Data reported in dollars per student is as follows:

District Similar districts State average
All districts
$6,497 $6,882 $6,822

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Gahr (Richard) High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. "Cerritos Relocation, Move to Cerritos, Cerritos Real Estate". RelocateAmerica. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-02. Retrieved 2006-01-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Archived November 3, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "City of Cerritos | Home Page". Ci.cerritos.ca.us. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  6. 2005-2006 School Accountability Report Card RICHARD GAHR HIGH Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Kris Medlen Stats | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  8. "Kris Medlen". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.

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