Cerritos High School
The Don Crest
Location
12500 E. 183rd Street Cerritos, California 90703 United States
Coordinates	33°51′53″N 118°03′50″W / 33.864726°N 118.063927°W / 33.864726; -118.063927
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	September 1971
School district	ABC Unified School District
Superintendent	Mary Sieu
Principal	Patrick Walker
Faculty	88.75 FTEs[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,177 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	24.53[1]
Color(s)	Black,   gold,   red
Mascot	Don
Team name	Dons
Rival	Artesia High School, Gahr High School, Whitney High School
Newspaper	The Informer
Website	Cerritos High School web site

Cerritos High School, also called CHS, is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. It is part of the ABC Unified School District.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,176 students and 86.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 25.2:1. There were 354 students (16.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 209 (9.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

History

Cerritos High School began its history in September 1971 by sharing the campus of nearby Gahr High School. Rapidly increasing student population during the 1970s prompted the construction of its current campus, located across the street from the Civic Center, Cerritos Millennium Library, and Cerritos Sheriffs Station in 1973.^{[citation needed]}

Student profile

Student enrollment by ethnicity^[2]

CIF-SS Championships

• Football: 2023
• Boys Swim: 2000, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016 ^[3] 2002,^[4] 2022
• Boys Golf: 2008
• Boys Tennis: 2008,^[5] 2009^[6]
• Girls Tennis: 2013, 2014
• Girls Swim: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Baseball: 1989
• Softball: 2000, 2001
• Softball DIV II : 1999, 2000

Notable alumni

• Justin H. Min, class of 2007—actor best known for The Umbrella Academy
• Tony Ahn, class of 1996—K-pop singer, former H.O.T member
• Marcelo Balboa, class of 1984—US Men's National Soccer Team
• Rickey Cradle, class of 1991—former Seattle Mariner
• Jeff Hearron, class of 1977—former Toronto Blue Jay
• Toby Henderson—pro BMX rider, inventor of the Henderson Hop, and ABA (BMX) Hall of Fame
• Ben Howland, class of 1975—former UCLA Head Basketball Coach (2003–2013)^[7]
• Eddie Lewis, class of 1992—Los Angeles Galaxy player
• Roger Lodge—host of Blind Date
• Todd McMillon, class of 1991—former NFL cornerback, Chicago Bears, and Gap model
• Ed Morrissey—conservative blogger at Hot Air
• Jae Park, class of 2010—Top 6 of K-pop Star 1 (Survival Audition Kpopstar), formerly a musician under JYP Entertainment, in a group called Day6
• DJ Rhettmatic—hip hop DJ and producer/member of the Beat Junkies
• Lela Rochon, class of 1982—actor, most notably in the films Waiting to Exhale and The Chamber
• Jorge Salcedo—pro soccer player, Head UCLA Men's Soccer Coach^[8]
• Dave Serrano, class of 1982—Head Baseball Coach Tennessee
• Han Ye-seul—Korean actress
• Eddie Soto—soccer player, assistant coach at UCLA^[9]
• Kirsten Vangsness, class of 1990—actress, Criminal Minds
• Tim Walton—baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Head Coach of University of Florida softball team
• Carlos de la Garza, class of 1992—Grammy Award winning producer and musician