Jordan High School (Long Beach, California)

Jordan High School is a public high school in Long Beach, California. It is part of the Long Beach Unified School District.

Jordan High School
Address
6500 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach , California 90805 United States
Coordinates	33.872505°N 118.185955°W / 33.872505; -118.185955
Information
School type	Public
Established	1934; 91 years ago (1934)
School district	Long Beach Unified School District
CEEB code	051465
Principal	Keisha Irving
Teaching staff	105.85 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,207 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.85[1]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Moore League
Team name	Panthers
Accreditation	WASC[citation needed]
Publication	Stylus Magazine
Yearbook	Trailblazer
Website	lbjordan.schoolloop.com

Ethnic composition as of 2020–21

Race and ethnicity[2]	Total
Hispanic or Latino	76.2%	76.2
African American	13.7%	13.7
Asian	5.3%	5.3
Pacific Islander	2.1%	2.1
Non-Hispanic White/Anglo	1.4%	1.4
Other	1.1%	1.1
Native American	0.2%	0.2

The school is named in honor of David Starr Jordan, the founding president of Stanford University, a noted educator and a leader in field of eugenics who had died just two years before the school first opened in 1934.^[3][4] A century later, there has been many calls for the school to break its association with Dr. Jordan by having the school be renamed.^[5][6]

Overview

Jordan High School comprises two campuses. The main campus serves students from grades 10-12 and select 9th graders in special programs. The second campus, known as the Jordan Freshman Academy, was constructed in 2001 and serves the incoming 9th grade students. Referred to as "The Freshman Academy" or "Baby Jordan" by students, it is located at the site of the former Dominguez Mercy Hospital at 171 W. Bort Street, Long Beach, California. Jordan Freshmen Academy then had its final year for the group of 2011–2012. Starting from late 2012, Jordan Freshmen Academy became known as, "J Plus[+] or Jordan Plus[+]". Jordan Plus became the campus available to failing students, or students with a low GPA.

Major Renovation

Jordan High School had a major renovation from late 2014 to late 2018. It took three and a half years to remodel the school.

Smaller Learning Communities

Jordan is divided into smaller learning communities:

• Jordan's Media and Communication (JMAC)
• International Baccalaureate Magnet (IB)
• Academy of Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE)
• Aspiration in Medical Services (AIMS)
• Law, Emergency and Public Service (LEAPS)

College admissions

The Class of 2021 spans throughout California within the California State University and University of California system, although alumni especially committed to universities in Southern California. The most popular destinations within both systems are Long Beach State (47 alumni), Cal State Dominguez Hills (20 alumni), UCLA (4 alumni), Cal State LA (3 alumni), UC San Diego (3 alumni), and UC Santa Barbara (3 alumni).^[7][8] Long Beach Jordan graduates are granted two years of free tuition at Long Beach City College, which has a dedicated Transfer Admission Guarantee resource center for transferring to the majority of UC and CSU Campuses.^[9][10] Admissions at private universities and out of state public universities are sparse, but enrollments have occurred at Lane College, Washington, and Arizona State.^[11][12] Below are admissions tables derived from the University of California and California State University for the Class of 2021:

University of California[7] Institution Applied Admitted Enrolled Berkeley 0 0 0 Davis 0 0 0 Irvine 0 0 0 Los Angeles 52 5 4 Merced 12 8 0 Riverside 33 14 0 San Diego 31 12 3 Santa Barbara 18 15 3 Santa Cruz 0 0 0

California State University (SoCal)[8] Institution Applied Admitted Enrolled Bakersfield 29 22 1 Channel Islands 3 3 0 Dominguez Hills 130 117 20 Fullerton 116 37 1 Long Beach 173 109 47 Los Angeles 104 93 3 Northridge 19 16 2 Pomona 20 9 1 San Bernardino 18 15 0 San Diego 23 5 0 San Luis Obispo 5 1 0 San Marcos 2 1 1

California State University (NorCal)[8] Institution Applied Admitted Enrolled Chico 7 5 0 East Bay 5 3 0 Fresno 11 11 0 Humboldt 4 4 0 Maritime 0 0 0 Monterey Bay 5 3 0 Sacramento 9 9 0 San Francisco 10 10 0 San Jose 3 2 1 Sonoma 0 0 0 Stanislaus 0 0 0

Athletics

Jordan belongs in CIF-SS Div I.

Notable alumni

• Andrew Lane - Multi Platinum Record Producer/songwriter - "High School Musical 1 Sold Over 7 Million Copies Worldwide" "Hannah Montana soundtrack" Sold Over 3 Million Copies" Keith Sweat "Didn't See Me Coming" Sold Over 500k Copies. "Disneymania 4 " Sold Over 500k Copies. His Client List has Sold Well Over 50 Million Records...
• Bob Denver - Actor, played Gilligan in "Gilligan's Island" TV Show (1964)^[13]
• Jeff Hanneman - Guitarist and co-founder of heavy metal band SLAYER
• Kathy Young - singer, recording of "A Thousand Stars" sold a million copies; follow-up "Happy Birthday Blues", released in January 1961, made it into Top 30.
• Bob Humphreys - football player, former kicker for Denver Broncos
• Dennis Brown - former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL; played in and won Super Bowl XXIX.^[14]
• James Q. Wilson - academic, Professor of political science and leading authority on public administration at Boston College.^[15]
• John Ross III - football wide receiver for the New York Giants Unofficially ran the fastest 40 time at the Combine with a time of 4.22
• John Timu - football linebacker for the Chicago Bears
• Johnny Nansen, college football coach
• Leon Hooten - former baseball player for Oakland Athletics.^[16]
• Manny Montana, actor
• Marcus Turner - football player for the Phoenix Cardinals and the New York Jets.
• Richard A. Smith - alias RAS-1 singer/songwriter/guitarist Long Beach Dub Allstars
• Ron Fairly - former Major League Baseball player and broadcaster.^[17]
• Travon Bryant - former forward-center for the University of Missouri and perennial Euroleague player.^[18]
• Vince Staples - rapper/songwriter
• Gail Hopkins - former professional baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers)^[19]