Mission Bay High School

Mission Bay High School (MBHS), is a public high school located in the San Diego, California community of Pacific Beach. It is a magnet school with emphasis on Academic Studies. In Fall 2006, Mission Bay introduced International Baccalaureate courses that students could take to help them get their I.B. diploma.

Mission Bay High School (MBHS)
Location
2475 Grand Av San Diego , California 92109 U.S.
Information
Type	Public, Magnet
Motto	Pride, Dignity and Excellence, in everything we do.
Established	1953
Principal	Ernest Remillard
Staff	54.12 (FTE)[1]
Number of students	1,117 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	21.64[1]
Color(s)
Mascot	Buccaneer
Team name	Buccaneers
Newspaper	The Beachcomber
Yearbook	Taroga
District	San Diego Unified School District
Website	Mission Bay High School Home Page

The Mission Bay High jazz program is home to the Award-winning and touring Mission Bay Preservationists, as well as the Mission Bay Mambo Orchestra, the only youth-Latin big band in California. The music program also includes a concert band, string orchestra, full-size symphonic orchestra, swing and concert choirs, and the aforementioned 2 jazz-bands. The music program has been taught by Jean-Paul Balmat[2] since 2006, becoming Mission Bay High's music educator after a 2-year hiatus from 2004-2006.

The racial make-up of Mission Bay High is American Indian - 13 (1%), Asian - 174 (10%), Black - 242 (14%,) Hispanic - 876 (52%), White - 369 (22%). Approximately 83% of the school is bused from other parts of San Diego such as Logan Heights, Sherman, Shell Town, Mount Hope, Lincoln Park, Valencia Park, Encanto, Skyline, Paradise Hills, City Heights, and Scripps Ranch.