San Pedro Senior High

Set in San Pedro, California, San Pedro Senior High is a sprawling high school, part of Los Angeles Unified. It hosts 2,398 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so San Pedro Senior High sits 186% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, San Pedro Senior High reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 14% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 117 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, San Pedro Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 42.4%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), San Pedro Senior High is one campus in the mix.

Richard Henry Dana Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts San Pedro Senior High at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Pedro Senior High has remained close to its prior level, going from 2,437 students in 2018 to 2,398 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.