There are many factors that dictate a student's success in high school: family stability and love, socioeconomic background, potential learning disabilities, and social skills, to name just a few. I understand it's not black and white. However, outside of all those factors just rating the school, I would say PL High is garbage and I will give you concrete examples: 1) When kids ditch or skip class as many do (statistics say that skipping class has increased since COVID,) the staff are so stupid they let their students sit in the quad or library and pay NO attention to the fact that they're not in class. I had to call the school, email the counselor, sports coach, principal to inform them my child was ditching and NO ONE bothered to write me back! I then just had the idiots in the office just transfer me to the library to let them know she was sitting in the library in class time w/ friends socializing. 2) The old black lady at the front desk is the most unwelcoming, difficult, angry, "see" you next Tuesday I have ever met. I should have walked right out of that shithole the minute we went in for orientation in 9th grade. She is MISERABLE with her job. Taking a DMV worker and putting them on steroids is what this lady is like. The ladies who answer the phone are no better. 3) Cally Fallenstein, one of the "counselors," is not only epically useless, but she is super rude and passive-aggressive with her students. They are kids, they ask questions, and she responds in a demeaning, disrespectful, shitty tone. 4) Their long history of garbage Spanish teachers is laughable. A couple years ago, their "Spanish Teacher" would show up about 35% of the time, the kids would sit in the quad hanging out because their flakey teacher was either late or absent. He even said to one student, something to the effect of, " I will do it, but what are you going to do for me?" which has MASSIVE sexual undertones. He got away with this because he is "gay." The next Spanish teacher, while an absolute sweetheart, ran his class like a naive child, he let the kids run the classroom letting them TEXT during class. Thanks to their shitty choice of teachers, my child is now way behind in Spanish, no doubt. 5) There is ZERO implementation of a dress code, so girls dress like they're 24 and go clubbing downtown with outfits that make me gasp regularly (and I am no prude, conservative, believe me!) 6) You will get TONS of texts, emails, and calls from the district about the free lunch program and a bunch of other useless nonsense; however, when you call the school back to find out if and WHY your child missed a class, they cannot tell you ANYTHING. They don't know where your child is or why they are missing. Totally incompetent. 7) There was a child that got PUNCHED (sucker punched at that) SO HARD that he had t have his JAW WIRED SHUT. In my opinion there is NOT enough done to make kids feel included and safe. Kids need support, if they're new in town, it's like walking into a CULT. 8) Speaking of CULTS, the parents are primarily nuts, in my opinion; you have a ton of lame OLDER Gen X ( ppl who got their homes handed down from their parents, no doubt, and they try to RELIVE their lives through their kids at PLH, and are very mental. 9) The teachers are just paper pushers, for the most part, having kids rewrite crap from books and make it into slides. There are a few good teachers, the art teacher, and the physics teacher, to name a few. All the others my child had were mediocre at best. 10) Anytime there is GUN violence or any violence, you get a cryptic, vague email from the school principal, and then you have to research NEXTDOOR.com to find out if your kid will be safe the next day. 11) No more BOOKS all on their crappy tiny screen on their Chromebook, although so idiotic they STILL make the kids take books they don't even use. Do yourself a favor; if you have money, just put your kids in a smaller private school. You don't have to go to LJ Country Day--they have more economical options than that. Even High Tech High is better. One of the best suggestions yet is to move out of dumpy Point Loma and get to a better school. We moved to Temecula Valley School District, and it is NIGHT AND DAY--- even my child says the kids are nicer, more wholesome, and the teachers are more enthusiastic, and it's fun to learn. My only regret is we did not move to Temecula earlier. PS- PLH give kids a TON of homework. The schools in TV, at least the one we're at, have NO HOMEWORK!!! They do EVERYTHING in class and learn there, besides occasional projects or extra studying. Idiots at PLH, just send your kid to Khan Academy and don't even bother. read more

Came for a football game and sat in visitor's section. Stands in visitor section are new and pretty clean and nice. Staff cleans up right after the game. Walked through the school's quad to get to the field, very nice layout. Concessions and snack bar was not very well stocked. They had Chick-Fil-A sandwiches for sale but the candy, chips, sodas, were few. Visitor restrooms were clean and maintained well. Field is very nicely maintained. Staff at front gate was super nice. Overall, it's great to be a visiting team and come here. read more

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Why does this school even have a phone number? No one in any office ever picks up their phone. The front desk, attendance, nurse, even the principal and vice principal. No one answers! read more

I would give it 0 stars if I could. I went to pick up my student and they didn't even know where she was at and did nothing to find her, while she was at the school. They are just irresponsible, doing less than the bare minimum. They just don't care about the students and they do nothing to help. Students be ditching classes while still being at school and the staff does NOTHING about it, they just have students walking or hiding around. The security guy was on his phone. Just give up on this school, it sucks. read more

I am absolutely biased when reviewing this school because now 2 generations of my family have been graduates here and the Pointers are near and dear to my heart! Point Loma High School has a long and glorious tradition-it has been around forever! Since at least the early 1900's! Such tradition exists here! It's graduates include many of the big movers-and-shakers in San Diego business and commerce. Other notable athletes and football players walked the halls of Point Loma High and the Pointers Football team has won many a championship-just not lately, unfortunately! This is a high-powered school but it is not snobby at all. The academics at the school are very good. There are plenty of AP classes and the rate of graduates who go on to college is on par with other schools. Their state test scores are not what they should be but the teachers and staff seem excellent. The school is being modernized with some Proposition M funds and a beautiful granite sign: "PLHS" was recently put up in the pickle weed hill at the top of Voltaire Street! It is very noble-looking. Not a bad school at all, but then again, I am alumni! GO POINTERS! read more

Point Loma High School - Middle Schools & High Schools Near Me - San Diego, California

If you want your kid to hang out with other kids that smoke weed and g*d knows what else on Sunset Cliffs, then by all means send your kid here. Your kid will meet all those kids at Pt Loma High, that is on the rare occasion that your kid attends class. My oldest daughter began high school at Pt Loma High. Her middle school, which was Correia, was no great shakes, but we decided to give Pt Loma High a shot because her friends were headed there. After only 3 months, we had seen enough mayhem. We decided to move her to private school, and then over to a charter. read more

This school is a shit hole worst school in San Diego County Teachers here only care about themselves. The counselors here suck they pay them to do absolutely nothing. And Mr. Rodriguez is the worst case manager this school ever had. The students here are on crack. The classrooms are to small and they don't even have enough chairs. Parents are saving a lot of time by not sending their kids here. This school is a joke read more

No action is taken when faced with a bad teacher, a simple try harder is said to students who try their hardest in the class. Even though the student has proved their motivation in the past, they side with bad teachers. read more

Great school, better teachers! Coach hastings is the head football coach there and he is a good man. I can't wait to have my children play for him. If you want to be part of something big come be a Pointer! read more

The people are so nice. There is no better teachers in the whole country. Good sports and very good coaches. Many good classes and counselors read more

Point Loma High School is an okay school. I was a member of the 1960 graduating class. I was a very marginal student and probably should have quit school after completing kindergarten at Loma Portal Elementary School and gotten a job, but I struggled through. The best thing about PLHS is its proximity to Ocean Beach where I spent my summers. Those were good times and I have fond memories of the beach. If I could return to San Diego I'd buy a small place within walking distance of the beach and spend the remaining years of my life in solitude, growing tropical vegetation in my yard and taking morning walks with a cup of coffee at the shore's edge. Ah, the smell of the sea and the sound of the waves keep calling to me. read more

Wish I could give zero stars. Was a student here for 3 years. First year I was there another student was following me home, threatening me, and harassing me on campus and social media. When I went to the school with screenshots and filled a witness report, nothing happened. I went back a few weeks later to ask the vice principal (mr.lowery) why no action was taken, and he told me "there was disciplinary action but I cannot share the details with you. The year after, when that same student apologized to me, I asked what the school did in response and she told me they called her into her councilor and told her not to talk to me and that was it. No suspension, no mediation for the two of us. throughout sophomore year the same student that was harassing me moved onto other people, and they as well filed witness reports but the student continued to come to school every day. So much for a zero tolerance policy!!!! But this was only the beginning, this year (junior year) after school one of my ex friends came up yelling at me trying to incite a fight. This was a few moments after the bell rang, so all the students were out and around us chanting fight, fight! I was just standing there as this student was yelling at me, until mr.brown came up and asked what was going on. I told him she was yelling at me, and took the opportunity to get out of there. From here, knowing the school wouldn't do anything, I decided it was safer to stay at home. When my father later called the school to discuss this, mr.brown claimed he couldn't recall the incident (...bs...). They also told me they "took disciplinary" but when I had my best friend ask about it she had no clue what she was talking about it. (They probably just told me that so I would stop inquiring about it). Due to their inaction regarding bullying situations I decided to leave the school. If you are planning on sending your kid here, know their zero tolerance policy is all talk and they will let kids get away with harassment. Its very sad to me that i was pushed to the point of leaving the school due to this, as some of the teachers were trying to help me with the situation. (not the admins though!) read more