Jordan High: Suspensions are nearly zero. But two in five miss a month of school or more.
Jordan's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 14% | 40% | 85.6% | 68.4% | 47.2% | 0.4% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Jordan High scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 58th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “40% proficient” and call it done. Jordan deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Jordan's low-income kids hit 54.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 58th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 40% of students meet the standard today, above the 31% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 52% | 19% | 31% | 26% | 55% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 9% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 25% |
The story this school is actually telling
suspension rate — versus 3.6% statewide.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 30.2% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
Of 100 students here: 40 are proficient by 11th grade → 86 graduate → 68 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
Jordan's most underrated number
54.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 7 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Jordan High in Los Angeles, 54.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Jordan High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 13.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (25.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (61.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 33.5 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 117 students tested.
5 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$2,498 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 797 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 20% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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3 within ~3 mi · avg 63
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 123 | 21% | 34% | 21% | 24% | 55% | +8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 121 | 7% | 18% | 21% | 55% | 25% | +1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 127 | 1% | 20% | 67% | 13% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 117 | 54.7% | +14 | +16 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 100 | 61.0% | +20 | +22 |
| Students with Disabilities | 23 | 21.7% | +6 | +5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan High ← | — | 48 | 13.9% | 40.0% | — | 0.4% |
| Middle College High | 1.3 mi | 70 | 42.9% | 79.9% | — | 0.5% |
| King/Drew Medical Magnet High | 1.6 mi | 62 | 24.4% | 57.0% | — | 0.3% |
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Huntington Park Ins | 2.7 mi | 58 | 16.6% | 52.0% | — | 0.4% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 47 | 50 | #1015 | 9.4% | 30.6% | 39.3% | 0.8% | — |
| 2022 | 39 | 38 | #1309 | 2.9% | 11.1% | 53.3% | 1.6% | — |
| 2023 | 40 | 42 | #1256 | 3.1% | 17.1% | 46.0% | 0.4% | — |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | #1293 | 2.8% | 16.3% | 44.3% | 0.3% | — |
| 2025 | 48 | 58 | #913 | 13.9% | 40.0% | 47.2% | 0.4% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 42.7% | 53.6% | +10.9pp |
| Male | 40.5% | 45.3% | +4.8pp |
| Black/African American | 45.9% | 62.1% | +16.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 40.6% | 46.0% | +5.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 46.4% | 50.8% | +4.4pp |
| English Learners | 45.7% | 40.9% | -4.8pp |
| Foster Youth | 53.8% | 50.0% | -3.8pp |
| Homeless | 44.8% | 49.4% | +4.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 42.4% | 49.5% | +7.1pp |
| All Students | 41.6% | 49.1% | +7.5pp |
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