Culver City High School

School Profile

Culver City Unified School District is located five miles northeast of Los Angeles International Airport and has a resident population of about 40,500 residents. During the day, the city’s population triples due to the fact that it is home to Sony Studios and other smaller studios. As a suburb of Los Angeles, the school enjoys a plethora of students from a wide range of social, ethnic and cultural origins and experiences. Being home to the largest Muslim mosque on the West Coast and to Sony Studios contributes to this diversity. Like most of Los Angeles, the housing prices in Culver City have increased dramatically in the past few years, which has prevented younger families from settling in our city. To help offset the declining enrollment, the district has issued more permits for attendance to students who reside outside of the city’s limits.

Culver City Unified School district adopted the California State Standards which are the driving force behind each lesson. Additionally, Culver City High School continues to embed its Student Outcomes (ESLRs) into its educational community and its curriculum on a regular basis in hopes of making each student a: Critical Thinker, Self-Guided Achiever, Involved Citizen, Quality Producer, Collaborative Worker and Adaptable Problem Solver.

The 2006 CBEDS enrollment report accounts for a student population of 2,204. As the school’s enrollment has grown, its demographics have also slightly changed with the largest percentage of increase in the Multiple/No Response category. CCHS’s student population distribution is as follows: Hispanic 37.3%; White 23.1%; African American 22.9%; Asian 10.4%; Filipino 2.7%; Pacific Islander 1.0%; American Indian .03%; and Multiple/No Response 2.6%. The school’s diversity provides for 33 languages to be spoken on campus; 9.7% of the students are English language learners.

Culver City High School’s vision statement, “Learn to Achieve. Achieve to Learn. Tomorrow Starts Today,” is an integral part of the student outcomes at CCHS and was developed as a result of collaboration of parents, community and faculty members. The mission of Culver City Unified School District is to ensure that each student possesses the academic and personal skills necessary to achieve his/her highest potential as a valued and responsible member of society by providing challenging, personalized educational experiences in a safe, nurturing environment and by fostering a passion for teaching and learning with committed parent and community involvement. The collective staff, parents and community subscribe wholeheartedly to this mission and firmly believe that each student is capable of success.

This year the leadership team has developed a new mission statement for our school. Our new Mission Statement is: “Culver City High School is an engaged and caring academic community where diversity is valued and respected. We are committed to educating and inspiring all students to become life-long learners and contributing members of our global society.”