El Segundo High School

El Segundo High School, or ESHS, is a four-year public high school located in El Segundo, California. It is the only secondary school incorporated by El Segundo Unified School District.^[3]

El Segundo High School
Location
640 Main Street El Segundo, California 90245 United States
Coordinates	33.925°N 118.414°W / 33.925; -118.414
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Enter to learn. Go forth for service
Established	1927, 98 years ago
School district	El Segundo Unified School District
Principal	Steve Gebhart[1]
Teaching staff	51.84 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,290 (2023–2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	24.88[2]
Color(s)	Blue and gold
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Pioneer League
Nickname	Eagles
Publication	Reflections (student created work)
Newspaper	Bay Eagle
Yearbook	Golden Eagle
Website	elsegundohigh.org

El Segundo High School

First built in 1927,^[4] the school campus contains 5 main buildings built from a brick facade.

Demographics

As of 2019–2020 1,231 students attend the school. The grade breakdown follows:

Students Enrolled in a Particular Grade

	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
Total Students	323	322	307	279

The student population is about 49% white, 24% Hispanic, 14% two or more races, 6.4% Asian, 6.0% black, and less than 1% each Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Native Alaskan.^[2]

Media

Many films and television broadcasts were shot at the high school. The major movies and television broadcasts are shown below, in order from recent releases to old releases.

• All American (2018)
• The Babysitter (2017)
• Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)
• 90210 (2008-2013)
• Role Models (2008)
• Superbad (2007)
• Epic Movie (2007)
• Yours, Mine, & Ours (2005)
• The O.C. (2003-2007)^[5]
• Joan of Arcadia (2003-2005)
• The Hot Chick (2002)^[6]
• Moving (1988)
• WarGames (1983)
• Blackboard Jungle (1955)
• It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)

Along with movies, music videos have also been filmed here:

• ‘’Clown (Korn song)’’ (1994)^[7]

Athletics

Below are notable sports the school offers (but is not limited to this list) in alphabetical order

• American Swimming
  • Won Division 3 and Division 2 CIF championships back to back (2010-2011)
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Football
• Soccer (Association Football)
• Tennis
• Track and field
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
  • Won 12 CIF Boy's Water Polo championships under coach Urho Saari, member of USA Water Polo Hall of Fame^[8][9]
• Color Guard / Winter Guard
• Lacrosse

Notable alumni

• Bobby Beathard, NFL general manager
• Pete Beathard, AFL-NFL-WFL quarterback
• George Brett, Hall of Fame baseball player^[10]
• Ken Brett, MLB pitcher ^[10]
• Joe Caravello, NFL tight end
• Derryl Cousins, MLB umpire ^[10]
• Keith Erickson, NBA player and broadcaster ^[10]
• Scott McGregor, MLB pitcher^[10]
• Bob Meistrell, co-founder of the Body Glove wetsuits and Dive and Surf dive store ^[10]
• George Myatt, professional baseball player/coach/manager^[11]
• Lars Nootbaar, professional baseball player^[12]
• Jim Obradovich, NFL tight end
• Zak Shinall, professional baseball player
• James B. Sikking, actor^[10]
• Billy Traber, MLB pitcher^[13]
• John Van Hamersveld, graphic designer
• Columbus Short, actor
• Sinqua Walls, actor
• Brandon Jawato, professional basketball player