McBride Celebrates 10 Years

One of the newest high schools in the Long Beach Unified School District recently marked its 10th anniversary. 

McBride High School celebrated the milestone as students, teachers, administrators and alumni gathered to share memories and success stories during an evening ceremony on Friday, Dec. 1.

During the event, a time capsule with McBride mementos was buried for future generations to open, and the new Rockenbach Way was unveiled, named after McBride’s first principal Steven Rockenbach.

Built on the former site of DeMille Middle School, McBride opened its doors in September 2013 to a freshman class of 210 students and was the first of several small high schools built with voter-approved Measure K funds. 

McBride’s curriculum includes California State University and University of California entrance requirements, with an added emphasis on real-world training in three high-demand career pathways: Health and Medical, Criminal Justice and Investigation and Engineering.

Since its opening, McBride — named after Ernest McBride, Sr., the late civil rights leader who fought segregation in Long Beach and co-founded the Long Beach chapter of the NAACP — has earned a reputation of excellence, both locally and nationally.

In 2019, McBride was one of the first schools in the nation to earn Linked Learning Gold certification for its Engineering pathway and its Criminal Justice and Investigations pathway. In 2023, both pathways were among the first to receive their second Gold certification from the Linked Learning organization.

McBride also has received several top rankings on U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of America’s Best High Schools, with the most recent 2023-24 list naming McBride the No. 63 Best High School in California, out of 2,613 schools.

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— Long Beach Unified School District (@LongbeachUSD) December 11, 2023