Jordan High

As a reasonably sized four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, Jordan High caters to 797 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Los Angeles Unified.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Jordan High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jordan High lists that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Jordan High logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at Jordan High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jordan High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.2%, the actual is 16.3%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Jordan High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Weigand Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jordan High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

Jordan High operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 54%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 797 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 84% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Jordan High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.