September 2014 issue of Los Angeles Magazine ranked Poly 2nd of 75 Los Angeles high schools. With an average score of 2150, Poly students had the highest average SAT score of any school included in the rankings. The Washington Post ranked Poly the 84th most challenging high school in the United States in 2017. In their 2022 evaluations, Niche ranked Poly as the 3rd best private high school in Los Angeles, the 9th best private high school in California, and the 36th best private high school nationally. Campus Polytechnic School covers 15 acres and is divided by Cornell Road into two campuses, north (Lower and Middle School) and south (Upper School), and is adjacent to the Caltech campus. Most of the North Campus buildings were designed by Myron Hunt, who also designed the Rose Bowl and The Huntington, and Elmer Gray, who designed the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Pasadena Playhouse. Some of the classrooms on the lower campus were also done by Gordon Kaufmann, and Roland Coate. The Cornett Mansion (now called the Haaga House) in the south campus was designed in 1907 and serves as the administration building and houses several classrooms for the Upper School. Facilities include a Lower and Middle School Library, Upper School Library, Pool, Boys and Girls Gyms, Athletic field, Performing Arts Center, and historic as well as new classrooms. Athletics Poly's Athletic Department currently offers 25 Varsity sports in the three seasons of play and is a member of the Prep League. Poly has been competing in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) since 1962. In 2016–17, 82% of the students in the Upper School participated in some type of sport. The CIF Southern Section has recognized Poly for its commitment to sportsmanship and awarded Poly the CIF Southern Section Jim Staunton Champions of Character Award in 2012. Poly was named the ESPN Rise California/Cal-Hi Sport's Division 5 School of the Year in 2011. CIF-SS Team Championships (38) Football (2) - 1999, 2002 Baseball (2) - 2011, 2018 Boys Basketball (5) - 1978, 1979, 1984, 1995, 2021 Girls Basketball (2) - 1992, 2011 Girls Cross Country (2) - 1994, 1997 Boys Soccer (1) - 2000 Girls Soccer (8) - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2013* Girls Swimming (2) - 2015, 2016 Boys Tennis (3) - 1989, 1991, 1992 Girls Tennis (5) - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2014 Girls Track & Field (2)