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David Starr Jordan Senior High School

Public | 7-12 | 1547 students

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Los Angeles's David Starr Jordan Senior High School is a public school serving 1547 students in grades 7-12.

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This school needs some improvement but not just by staff also by...
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I was a student at Jordan from 2004-2007. Jordan has very good programs if...

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77% of students at this school are Hispanic or Latino.

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Posted December 30, 2011

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This school needs some improvement but not just by staff also by students,some of these student seem not to care about there school.
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Posted August 31, 2009

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This school has a army junior reserve officers training corps! go bulldog battalion
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Posted August 31, 2009

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I scored Jordan a 5 because of its JROTC program. This program helps students out alot. Its a great program and people should know that it is one of the best things that we have at jordan
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Posted January 27, 2009

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This is a good school. it just depends on the student if he/she gets involves and is proactive. The best programs are probably the Magnet program and the regular classes can be a little rowdy but anyone who wants to succeed and is driven can be great in this school. But there only a few people with those characteristics and the rest are more difficult to deal with. But im sure jordan will continue to grow in the coming years.
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Posted December 15, 2008

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I was a student at Jordan from 2004-2007. Jordan has very good programs if you are able to be involved in them. Meaning, if you have high enough grades and test scores. If you are just an average student, it is not so great. There are some wonderful teachers who try their best to teach the children. Two of the best teachers are there; Ms. Gibson and Mr. Bruna. They are both amazing in their teaching skills. What makes this school bad is because of the students: disrespectful, rude, and out of control. If someone doesn't look like them or enjoy the same things, they are automatically looked down upon and harrassed. I was one of the victims. There is a fight every single day. Most of the issues are race related. I'm sure you remember the 'riots' in 2005 or 2006, I was there and it was racially morivated.
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Posted October 20, 2006

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David Starr Jordan is a great High School. I would not be in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame if it was not for what I learned at Jordan about never giving up and setting my goals high.
—Submitted by Michael Douglass, a former student

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Posted October 8, 2005

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Education has to be about what students and parents make it. With that said, everyone talks about how bad of an academic environment Jordan is, but I graduated from there at the top of my class and am now a Sophmore at UC Santa Barbara, and I do feel that Jordan High prepared me for higher education. Because my mom and I were very involved in my education we made sure that I had good teachers, AP classes, and all of the other things that would assure my success. If parents and students considered school to be less of a 'chore' then maybe we wouldn't have this problem. You can't expect teachers to be able to teach students with an apathetic state of mind. I cannot speak for all of the teachers there, but all of the ones I had really cared about my success in life.
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Posted August 28, 2005

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David starr jordan is not a very good academic institution. Many of the classes are out of control, so it makes the learning process very difficult if not impossible. The current principal lacks interpersonal skills and is unable to get support from the teachers. Parentsl involvement is almost none existant, they only get involved when there is a problem.
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Posted January 16, 2005

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The level of parent involvement is minimal. After an incident several were visible but once their interest soon wained. There are plenty of extra curricular activities.
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Posted December 13, 2004

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With parental involvement, a difference can be made at this school.
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Posted November 24, 2004

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This school has been a very disappointment for myself and my children.I am now 45yr's old and not much has changed there is very little authority.
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Breaking down the GreatSchools Rating

GreatSchools Ratings are based on the most recent standardized test results for schools. Use the breakdown ratings below to compare types of students at this school. Learn more »

	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	Hispanic or Latino	77%	49%
African American	22%	7%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%	1%
Asian	0%	8%
Filipino	0%	3%
Multiple or No Response	0%	3%
Pacific Islander	0%	1%
White	0%	28%

	This school	District average	State average
English language learners ¹	34%	N/A	24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ²	82%	N/A	52%

		Language	This school	State average
		Spanish	100%	85%

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	7	N/A	11
Average years teaching	8	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	94%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	1%	N/A	2%

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