Palisades Charter High School

Palisades Charter High School
Address
Map
15777 Bowdoin Street

,
90272

United States
Coordinates34°02′52″N 118°31′51″W / 34.047720°N 118.530918°W / 34.047720; -118.530918
Information
Other namesPalisades High School
(1961–1993)
TypePublic, charter
Established1961[1]
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
NCES School ID060148804593[2]
PrincipalPamela Magee
Teaching staff127.59 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment2,959 (2022-23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio23.19[2]
Color(s)Royal blue, Columbia blue, and white[3]
     
Athletics conferenceCIF Los Angeles City Section
Western League
NicknameDolphins
Websitepalihigh.org

Palisades Charter High School (usually colloquially known as Pali or Pali High and abbreviated as PCHS) is an independent charter secondary school in Los Angeles, United States. The high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highlands, Kenter Canyon, and portions of Brentwood (including Brentwood Circle). Residents in Topanga, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, may attend Palisades or William Howard Taft Charter High School.[4][5]

The school serves grades 9 through 12. Formerly directly administered by the Los Angeles Unified School District, the school is now an independent charter school. Its current enrollment numbers 2,903 students. Many students travel long distances to attend Palisades Charter High, which is one of the most highly ranked public high schools in the Los Angeles area.

In 2005, Palisades was recognized as a California Distinguished School. In 2015, Palisades was named one of America's Best High Schools by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report.[6]

Paul Revere Charter Middle School students are allowed to attend as a feeder school.

  1. ^ "LAUSD School Profile Page". Retrieved January 21, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Palisades Charter High (060148804593)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "School Description". Campus. Retrieved July 8, 2006. [permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.palihigh.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Max Taves, "Enrollment Demands May Force a Lottery at PaliHi." Palisadian-Post. February 14, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Results + Recognition - Palisades Charter High School". www.palihigh.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.