Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School explained

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School
Streetaddress:1200 Plaza Del Sol
Zipcode:90033
Country:USA
Coordinates:34.0484°N -118.227°W
Principal:none [1]
Grades:9-12
Mascot:Jaguar
Ratio:20.08
Teaching Staff:52.00 (FTE)
Enrollment:1,044 (2018–19)[2]
Colors:Navy, White & Light Blue
Conference:Central League
CIF Los Angeles City Section
Opened:September 2009

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School is a public high school in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is also known as Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Center.

History

The school is named after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, parents of American civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez who at eight years old, played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California.[3]

It was the first high school to open in Boyle Heights in 28 years.

Campus

The school was built to alleviate the overcrowded Roosevelt High School. The site was designated in 2003, broke ground in 2006, and the campus opened in September 2009. It is built on .

The building occupies and contains 38 classrooms. It was designed by Nadel Architects and Barrio Planners and was built by Hensel Phelps Construction at a cost of $108 million. The site attained a Collaborative for High Performance Schools score of 24.[4]

Rankings

2021 [5]
American Indian/Alaskan Native0%
Hispanic and Latino American98%
Black1%
Asian American1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander0%
White1%
Multiracial Americans0.1%
Female47%
Male53%

US News 2021 Rankings

US News 2020 Rankings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mendez Learning Center: Staff Directory . 2011-04-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110217010530/http://mendez-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com/staffdirectory . 2011-02-17 .
  2. Web site: Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High. National Center for Education Statistics. March 16, 2021.
  3. News: 2007-04-05. Mendez case paved way for Brown v. Board. Topeka Capital-Journal. September 11, 2006. Geisler, Lindsey.
  4. Web site: Mendez Learning Center Project Details. Los Angeles Unified School District. 26 April 2011.
  5. Web site: usnews. 2021-09-20.
  6. Web site: usnews. 2021-08-27.
  7. Web site: usnews. 2020-12-16.