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Redondo Union High School is a four-year public high school in Redondo Beach, California. The high school is a part of the Redondo Beach Unified School District. All residents of…
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Investigate this subjectRedondo Union High School is a four-year public high school in Redondo Beach, California. The high school is a part of the Redondo Beach Unified School District.
Redondo Union High School is a four-year public high school in Redondo Beach, California. The high school is a part of the Redondo Beach Unified School District.
All residents of Redondo Beach are zoned to Redondo Union. Residents of neighboring Hermosa Beach may choose to attend Redondo Union or Mira Costa High School.
Redondo Union High School was organized in the summer of 1905. The first classes were held in two upstairs rooms of the Masonic Building in Redondo Beach. In December of that same year, a site known as Old Chautauqua Place was selected as the location for the school.
In 1939, the Science Building was dedicated. Residents of Manhattan Beach attended Redondo Union until 1950, when Mira Costa High School opened.
Redondo Union High School was a part of the South Bay Union High School District until 1993, when it dissolved.
Since opening in 1905, the school's campus has expanded to an overall area of 56 acres (230,000 m2).
As of 2026, Redondo Union High School has a student population of 2,921 that is 0.1% Native American, 0.2% unknown, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.9% black, 13.1% Asian, 14.6% multiracial, 25.8% Hispanic, and 42.1% white.
As of 2026, Redondo Union High School's graduation rate is 95%.
In 2025, the Redondo Union High School Chinese Program received the National Outstanding K-16 Chinese Program Award by the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS). This national award recognizes programs that demonstrate excellence in curriculum innovation, student achievement, community engagement, and sustainable development in Chinese education.
Redondo Union High School offers fall and spring sports and has won championships in several divisions. The Boys' Basketball team won the Division II CIF State Championship in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, the Girls' Volleyball team won the CIF State Championship. Most recently, in 2024, the Boys' Volleyball team won their first CIF Division II State Championship.
Redondo Union High School was one of the primary filming locations for the 2002 film The Hot Chick.
Kurt Russell wore an RUHS senior class ring in the 1988 film Tequila Sunrise.
In Season 3, Episode 27 of The Beverly Hillbillies, Alan Reed Jr. stepped out of a car in the Clampetts' driveway, stared at the front of the mansion and exclaimed, "Man! This place looks like Redondo High!"
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