Long Beach Polytechnic High School
| Long Beach Polytechnic High School | |
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| Location | |
1600 Atlantic Avenue , United States 33°47′15″N 118°11′02″W / 33.78750°N 118.18389°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Home of Scholars & Champions" "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve" |
| Established | 1895 |
School district | Long Beach Unified School District |
Principal | Alejandro Vega |
Teaching staff | 168.10 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,954 (2023–24) |
Student to teacher ratio | 23.52 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Green and gold |
Athletics conference | Moore League |
| Team name | Jackrabbits |
| Yearbook | Caerulea |
| Website | https://poly.lbschools.net |
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a four-year public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school serves portions of Long Beach, including Bixby Knolls, and some parts of the cities of Signal Hill and Lakewood. Polytechnic (more commonly known as Poly) is the flagship high school of the Long Beach Unified School District. It is a large urban high school with about 4,000 students.
Polytechnic has long been distinguished in both academics and athletics. The PACE (Program of Accelerated Curricular Experiences, founded in 1975 by Dr. Nancy Gray, a teacher and administrator for the Long Beach School system), and the CIC (Center of International Curriculum) magnet programs boast more total University of California admissions than any other high school in California. In 2005, Sports Illustrated magazine named Polytechnic the "Sports School of the Century," in recognition of the school's badminton, baseball, basketball, football, track, cross country, swimming, water polo, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, golf, and softball teams.
Polytechnic has received six Grammy Awards, two of them being "golden signature" Grammy Awards. These awards provide cash to schools to enhance their music programs. Long Beach Poly has sent over 60 football players to the NFL throughout the history of the school. Long Beach Poly was also ranked number one in a list of the best high school athletic programs in the nation by Sports Illustrated.