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{{Infobox school
| name = Smidt Tech High School
| image                     = 
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| caption                   = Smidt Tech High School logo
| founder = [[Eric Smidt]]
| founded = 2012
| city = [[Los Angeles]]
| state = [[California]]
| country = United States
| district = [[Los Angeles Unified School District]]
| principal = Oscar Romero
| grades = 9–12
| website = {{URL|http://www.smidttech.org}}
}}

'''Smidt Tech''', also known as Alliance Susan & Eric Smidt Technology High School, is a free public charter school, authorized by the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] and is located in the Lincoln Heights area, northeast of downtown [[Los Angeles]]. The area is the primary home to Latino and Asian immigrant families. The high school shares its campus with Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 5 <ref>[http://www.laalliance.org/schools/smidttech/ Alliance Susan & Eric Smidt Technology High School] The Alliance College-Ready Public Schools</ref> It is one of 21 public schools (15 high schools and 6 middle schools) which make up [[Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools]], a non-profit charter management organization that covers east and south Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.laalliance.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=182196&type=d Schools: Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503202144/http://laalliance.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=182196&type=d |date=2012-05-03 }} The Alliance College-Ready Public Schools</ref> Smidt Tech opened in 2012 when [[Eric Smidt]], Chairman and CEO of [[Harbor Freight Tools]], donated the funds towards its formation.<ref>[http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/03/eric_smidt_harbor_freight_50000_lausd_election.php Eric Smidt, L.A. Dem Who Owns Harbor Freight Tools, Gives $50,000 to Elect Kate Anderson, Antonio Sanchez and Monica Garcia to LAUSD] LA Weekly</ref>

According to the Smidt Tech website, its mission "is to operate a small high performance school equipped to prepare each student to enter and succeed in college."<ref name="smidttech">[http://www.smidttech.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=193339&type=d&pREC_ID=399229 SmidtTech.org]</ref> The high school has an average daily attendance rate of 97.68%.<ref name="smidttech" />

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