About Bishop Montgomery High School

Bishop Montgomery High School is an Archdiocesan Catholic high school serving twenty-five parishes. The school was founded in 1957, and staffed by the sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Conventual Franciscan Friars, and lay faculty.

The school is named for the first American-born Bishop of Los Angeles, the Most Reverend George T. Montgomery. As the ordinary of Los Angeles (1896 - 1902) Bishop Montgomery demanded that the right of parents to send their children to schools of their choice be recognized by the government. Bishop Montgomery High School is proud to bear his name, and to fulfill his vision of Catholic education.

The school is located in the city of Torrance, one mile east of the Pacific Ocean. The twenty-four acre campus has forty-seven classrooms in three buildings, an administrative building, a chapel, a gymnasium, buildings for physical conditioning, fine arts and performing arts, and athletic fields. The coeducational student body has grown from a freshman class of 268 in 1957 to approximately 1200 students.