Nathaniel Narbonne High School

This was my son first year at narbonne. Over all I think the school is like every other high school as far as the diversity. The magnet program is really good!

Yeah. The counselors don’t help you at all. Senior year and they made it a pain in the ass. What kind of senior gets put into P.E. The counselors are really inefficient, incompetent, inadequate, unfitting, and outrageous. Except Mr. Orozco. He helps so much. Too bad he’s not my counselor. Glad it’s my last year here… I don’t even think this school is worth rating even one star. Lol

On 10−14−14, I was driving on Western Ave and 244^th Streets, when I suddenly saw about 6 – 7 students running across the street on a clearly red light. The car next to me was a bit ahead of me in the next lane but she came about 3 feet from the group of stupid kids and would have hit them had she not stopped. They obviously aren’t blind cuz they knew to run instead of dying on the street, and I also had to abruptly stop. I was so upset at their actions of deliberately putting the lives of drivers in danger let alone themselves, which they don’t think much of.
A warning to students; you are not invincible! This action causes a reaction. Think before you break the law. My distain for this high school is warranted.

Wow, I’m so sad to see all of the bad reviews. I wish you all could have gone to Narbonne back in the 60’s. It was the best! We had the highest academic standards in all of LA. The teachers were great, the campus was clean or we would lose our breaks. It was the best high school around. WHAT HAPPENED?
Class of ’63.

I graduated from this school in 09, and I must say that I did not have a good experience there. It was a total mess all around, and it still is today. The only people I missed were some of the teachers and counselors. There were very few nostalgic moment that I had throughout my high school years, and most of them were with a handful of friends I spent time with.
Like most of the people here said, it’s run-​down, ghetto, overcrowded, and disordered with a bunch of kids who are not serious about their education. It makes it look like a prison. For a low-​income area like Harbor City, there’s no way people can expect a school like Narbonne High to be friendly and educated. For me, it could have been worse. While most (not all) of the students during my time had bad influences, such as smoking, drinking, gang-​violence, doing drugs, and desperation of sex, I didn’t get sucked into them. People thought it was cool by having that type of mindset, but I didn’t. Thank God.
With that said, if you’re looking for a high school that’ll be friendly and educational enough for your kids, this isn’t it. They will not have a great time there. Not a good school to have a good education, and certainly not a good school to associate with those who have good influences. Send them to a school in Torrance, Redondo/​Hermosa/​Manhattan Beach, PV, or any other safe cities, and you won’t regret it. Avoid this school like a plague.

This is the worst school in the whole, wide world!!! I attended this school about 6 or 7 years ago and I felt like I was in a concentration camp the whole time.
The teachers don’t give a rat’s ass about their students and their education, the food is disgusting and decades old, all the clubs and electives are shitty and way too many druggies and gang related, low life, uneducated people who make this place truly horrendous.
Oh, and I remember this counselour I spoke to, I’m not sure if she’s still there, her name is Ms. Guillen, she is a major bitch! She actually made me cry one time because she told me I should just «have a bunch of kids with a bunch of baby daddies cuz I will never make nothing of myself». I kid you not, she actually said this to me!
Looking back, I can’t believe I let it get to me. This mean, cruel person that always seemed to have the wrong shade of foundation on. Find your right shade, bitch!
Anywhoo, parents, please don’t send your kids to this school. Please don’t send them here to have their hopes & dreams shattered. Be smart & send your kids to a good school. Trust me, it’ll be worth it.

I’m only rating this school for the Fleamarket that’s held twice a month. every 1^st and 3^rd Saturday of every month. Come and suport the school and the vendors

Hrmmm… This school was was OK.
The only thing I honestly really miss about this school is some of my old teachers and my counselor. I was in the magnet so whenever I needed assistance, I was helped out really quickly. Now that I’m in college I feel the way the regular kids felt since they had to go through waiting and long lines to get something done.
Anyway, most of the food is disgusting and unedible.
I loved being in the magnet but the school overall was turning somewhat ghetto.

I can’t rate the school, b/​c I did not go to the school. I am only rating the gym since I play basketball here on Mondays and Fridays in a private league. The league rents out the gym for the year.
Being a low income level area, you can’t expect much in a public high school. The gym is run down and needs some new paint. The bathroom gets vandalized each year by students and needs to be repaired.
At night (which is the only time I go) the parking lot and walk way to the gym are filled with roaches. Yes, this place has a bad roach infestation.
I’m glad they put in A/​C into the gym now but too bad they don’t turn it on when we play league ball.

Wow, bitter much? Some people evidently did not have good experiences in high school. In all honesty, I loved the years I spent at Narbonne. Yes, the campus could get pretty grimey and it was definitely overcrowded, but what do you expect from an LA Unified school? You can’t exactly blame the school for things beyond their control. Like anything, it’s what you make of it. For me, I tried to do as many extracurricular activities as possible & suceeded in doing so.
The reason for the 3 star rating? I was definitely not prepared for college as well as other people from more affluent backgrounds/​schools and I did have a couple pretty wack teachers.
Overall, it’s a great school if you utilize the opportunities available… and even if it doesn’t seem like there are any… you just gotta dig a little deeper because these opportunities aren’t necessarily going to be obvious. At any rate, life is what you make it — so make it right.
Sidenote: shout out to c/​o ’06!!! :)

Sending your child to this hell hole is the worst type of child abuse that you could commit. The teachers are scummy lowlife pervs, the classes are overcrowded with illegals and they bus in all the bad kids from Carson, Banning, Gardena, Dorsey and San Pedro. DO NOT EVEN DRIVE BY THIS ROTTING CESSPOOL OF A SCHOOL.

i went here. the school was alright, but the magnet kids made it boo boo. mrs. sprayberry really sucked. coach fox was cool.