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Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School
Location
Map
3537 Farmdale Avenue

Los Angeles
,
California
90016

United States

34°01′22″N 118°20′46″W / 34.0228°N 118.3462°W / 34.0228; -118.3462
Information
TypePublic High School
Established1937; 89 years ago (1937)
LocaleCity, Large[1]
School district
Los Angeles Unified School District
NCES District ID
0622710[2]
NCES School ID
062271002965[1]
Principal
Reginald A. Sample
Teaching staff
46.84 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment853 (2024–25)[1]
 • Male451
 • Female402
Student to teacher ratio
18.21[1]
ColorsGreen and White    
Athletics conference
Coliseum League
CIF Los Angeles City Section
MascotDons/Donnas
NewspaperDorsey Gram
Websitedorseyhs.lausd.org

Susan Miller Dorsey High School, commonly referred to as Dorsey High School, is a secondary public high school located in the Baldwin Hills nieghborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

History

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The school opened in 1937 and enrolls an average of 2,400 students. It is located at 3537 Farmdale Avenue and Obama Boulevard in Baldwin Village, near the Farmdale station of the Metro E Line. The school colors are green and white; its mascots are the Dons (male) and Donnas (female). It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).[3]

The school was designed by architect Henry L. Gogerty.[4] The school served as the filming location for the high school scenes in Steven Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans.[5]

Demographics

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Dorsey High is one of the few predominantly African-American high schools in the LAUSD, with 55% of its students African American and 45% Latino.[citation needed]

Namesake

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The school was named after Susan Miller Dorsey, the first female superintendent of the Los Angeles public school system. She was born in 1857 in Penn Yan, New York. She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1877. For a year she taught at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, returning to Vassar to teach Greek and Latin. In 1881, she married Baptist minister Patrick William Dorsey. Also in 1881, they moved to Los Angeles, where Patrick Dorsey became pastor of First Baptist Church at 6th Street and Broadway (then known as Fort Street).

In the early 1890s, her husband abandoned her, taking their son with him. Susan Dorsey taught at Los Angeles High School in 1896 eventually becoming the vice principal. By 1913, she was the assistant superintendent of schools and in 1920, she became superintendent, remaining in the position for nine years.[6]

Athletics

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The school has several athletic teams including wrestling, football, basketball, baseball, track & field, soccer, and tennis.

Football

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Dorsey High School's football teams were Los Angeles City Football Champions in 1976, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1995, and 2001. Susan Miller Dorsey has the distinction of sending the fifth most football players to the National Football League (NFL) in the history of the NFL behind Long Beach Poly in Long Beach, California.[7][8]

Basketball

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In 1975, Dorsey's basketball team went undefeated until they lost in the Los Angeles city semi final game to Fremont (whom they had beaten in two regular season games). They rebounded in 1976 to win the city championship over Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. In 1993, 1994 and 2012 they went to the city finals when they lost to Crenshaw and Taft High School respectively.[9]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public Schools - Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High (062271002965)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Los Angeles Unified School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles City School District". Los Angeles Unified School District. Archived from the original on February 7, 1998. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Susan M. Dorsey High School
  5. ↑ "How 5 Oscar-Nominated Movie Sets Were Made". March 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ Rasmussen, Cecilia (May 13, 2007), "Dorsey devotee the picture of determination", Los Angeles Times, pp. B2
  7. ↑ "Dorsey Wins City Title on Final Play". www.latimes.com. December 8, 2001.
  8. ↑ "NFL Players from Susan Miller Dorsey H.S. (Los Angeles)". superwestsports.com. March 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ "High School Playoffs : BOYS' BASKETBALL". www.latimes.com. March 4, 1994.
  10. ↑ "Circle 1967 "Franklin Ajaye" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1967. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Circle 1953 "George Anderson" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1953. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Sparky Anderson Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  13. ↑ Hess, Rebecca (May 15, 2018). "Sherman Augustus from "Into the Badlands" Talks Film, Football and Acting While Black". Black Nerd Problems. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Circle 1955 "Donald Buford" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1955. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Circle 61 "John Casado" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1961. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Antonio Chatman". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Aaron Cox". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Chili Davis – Society for American Baseball Research".
  19. ↑ "Circle 1953 "Julian Dixon" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1953. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Circle 1947 "Eric Dolphy" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1947. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  21. ↑ "The Circle 1977 "Deborah Garrett" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1977. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  22. ↑ Finkel, Jori (October 25, 2023). "Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  23. ↑ Mike Barnes (June 29, 2022). "Gregory Jein, 'Star Trek' Model Maker and Two-Time Oscar Nominee, Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles. Born in Los Angeles on Oct. 31, 1945, Jein spent most of his life in the Crenshaw district and attended Audubon Junior High, Dorsey High School and Cal State Los Angeles.
  24. ↑ "Keyshawn Johnson, Paul Pierce return to high school roots in 'All Facts No Brakes' special | Fox Sports". amp.foxsports.com. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Circle 61 "Robert Kardashian" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1961. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  26. ↑ "Bill Lachemann, 78, keeps Angels ahead of curve behind the plate". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Circle 1959 "Michael Love" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1959. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  28. ↑ "Circle '60 "Marilyn McCoo" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1960. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  29. ↑ "Noted photographer/educator Patrick Nagatani passes at 72". Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Daily Japanese News. Los Angeles. November 12, 2017. Patrick's art has been displayed internationally and documented in numerous publications and films.
  30. ↑ "Dark Alliance: Library[link removed]." () San Jose Mercury News. April 9, 1997. Retrieved on December 14, 2013. "A few years before Rick Ross got involved with cocaine, he wielded a racquet for his high school tennis team. A college scholarship fizzled when it was learned that he couldn't read."
  31. ↑ "Circle 1967 "Brenda Sykes" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1967. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  32. ↑ "Richard (Dick) A. Teague 1923–1991". Coacbuilt. 2004. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  33. ↑ USA TODAY High School Sports (May 6, 2017). "Kayvon Thibodeaux, No. 1 player in 2019, transfers to Oaks Christian (Calif.)". usatodayhss.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021 – via USA Today.
  34. ↑ "1977 Dorsey High Yearbook". classmates.com. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  35. ↑ "The Circle 1977 "Jody Watley" (Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles)". Ancestry.com. Generations Network. 1977. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
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