Dorsey Senior High

Susan Miller Dorsey High School is a public high school located in the South Los Angeles section of Los Angeles, California and serves Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Village, Leimert Park, and portions of Jefferson Park. A part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Dorsey High offers 9th through 12th grade high school education that started in 1937. It currently enrolls an average of 2,400 students per school year. Dorsey's school colors are green and white, and its mascots are the Dons (male) and Donnas (female). Dorsey High has had some problems with the gang influence around its area (Baldwin Village, more commonly referred to as "the Jungles"). The school is also recognized for doing well in sports specifically in football, basketball and track.

School Statistics

73% of Dorsey High's teachers have full credentials while 14% have emergency credentials. They also average 10 years of teaching experience as a group and an average of 9 years teaching in the district. 15% of the Dorsey High faculty are first year teachers.

The school's average class size for grade 9 is 27, 31 for grade 10, 29 for grade 11, and 27 for grade 12. The student staff ratio is 83 Students per paraprofessional staff, 174 Students per office/clerical staff, and 110 Students per other classified staff.

Dorsey High is one of the few predominantly African-American high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, with 57% of its students African American. The rest of the school's population are Hispanic (42%), White, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Filipino.