Port of Los Angeles High
San Pedro · CA · Port of Los Angeles High District · Public charter
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California Academy of Mathematics and Science → Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High → Cabrillo High → Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy → Ernest S. McBride Sr. High → Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High → Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science → Family First Charter →📋 At a glance
- 📚 10 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 10 physics · 14 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 73th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Port of Los Angeles High compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 73th percentile nationally with 10 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: California Academy of Mathematics and Science, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High, Cabrillo High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
73th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 916 students:
≈ 82 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $15,613 per student in district revenue, the 82 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,280,266/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Mathematics and Science Carson |
Public | 8.5 | 673 | +0.9% |
| Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High Harbor City |
Public | 4.6 | 1,549 | -13.7% |
| Cabrillo High Long Beach |
Public | 5.3 | 1,652 | -14.1% |
| Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 13.5 | 1,159 | -9.9% |
| Ernest S. McBride Sr. High Long Beach |
Public | 12.3 | 682 | -9.9% |
| Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High Carson |
Public | 5.7 | 474 | -5.8% |
| Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science Long Beach |
Public | 10.5 | 552 | +18.7% |
| Family First Charter Hawthorne |
Public · charter | 13.1 | 605 | +57.1% |