Gabrielino High School
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1327 South San Gabriel Boulevard San Gabriel, California 91776 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°04′56″N 118°05′30″W / 34.0823°N 118.0917°WCoordinates: 34°04′56″N 118°05′30″W / 34.0823°N 118.0917°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Pride, Tradition, Honor |
| Opened | September 8, 1994 |
| NCES School ID | 063442503273 |
| Principal | Sharon Heinrich |
| Faculty | 69 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,794 (2008) |
| Campus size | 13.97 acres (0.0565 km2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and silver |
| Athletics conference | Mission Valley League Montview League |
| Mascot | Bald eagle |
| Newspaper | Tongva Times |
| Feeder schools | Jefferson Middle School |
| Website | www |
Gabrielino High School (abbreviated GHS) is a public high school located on San Gabriel Boulevard in San Gabriel, California, 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, serving the 9th to 12th grades. It was established in 1994. Gabrielino High School is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Gabrielino High School is a California Distinguished School, having received the distinction in 2001 and 2009.
In addition, Newsweek magazine ranked Gabrielino as one of the United States' top 1000 high schools as determined by the number of Advanced Placement courses taken at the school in 2005 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
In 2007, Gabrielino earned the Silver Medal status from the U.S. News and World Report based on standardized test performance in Math and English and AP courses taken and passed with a "3" or better. Based on this report, Gabrielino is placed in the top 3% of the nation or top 505 schools. About 39% of graduates go on to four-year universities nationwide while about 55% attend community college after graduation. In 2012, Gabrielino High School was nationally ranked the 985th best high school, and the 190th best high school in California.
Prior to 1994, high school students belonging to the San Gabriel Unified School District (SGUSD) attended San Gabriel High School, which is part of the Alhambra School District, since SGUSD did not have a high school of its own.
In April 1992, San Gabriel residents won the right to educate their own high school students by ballot measure, winning 61% of votes to establish an autonomous school operated by the SGUSD. In response, the Alhambra School District (ASD) filed a lawsuit alleging that the California Board of Education had improperly excluded Alhambra voters and because ASD stood to lose as much as $1.8 million USD in state funding, since the planned high school would siphon away 1,400 students. Homeowners in San Gabriel also led the opposition to a bitterly disputed bond measure, claiming they would fight the district's attempts to raise the funds necessary to build the high school, which would be temporarily situated at the site of the old Jefferson Middle School campus. They complained the high school would cause congestion and lower their property values.
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