Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High

Set in Harbor City, California, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High is an expansive high school, operated by Los Angeles Unified. It teaches 1,549 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High is among them.

Demographically, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 6% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 29.5%; actual is 44.4%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High is one campus in the mix.

Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High. On composite proficiency, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High's enrollment has declined 29% since 2018, when it stood at 2,195 (now 1,549). Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.