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Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)

Thomas Jefferson High School, usually referred to as Jefferson High School, is a public high school in South Los Angeles, California, United States.

Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)
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The place

Thomas Jefferson High School, usually referred to as Jefferson High School, is a public high school in South Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1916, it is the fourth oldest high school in the school district, and has historically been a center for Black American education in Los Angeles. Jefferson's school colors are kelly green and gold. The sports teams are called the Democrats, or Demos for short.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Southern California

    The University of Southern California is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California and has an enrollment of more than 47,000 students.

    3.4 km · private university in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

    The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 and completed in 1923 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. The stadium currently serves as the home of the University of Southern California Trojans football team, and is located directly adjacent to the school's main University Park campus.

    3.4 km · stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    BMO Stadium

    BMO Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC and the National Women's Soccer League's Angel City FC. Opened on April 18, 2018, it was the first open-air stadium built in the city of Los Angeles since Dodger Stadium in 1962.

    3.2 km · soccer stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Galen Center

    The Galen Center is a multipurpose indoor arena and athletic facility owned and operated by the University of Southern California. Located at the southeast corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles, California, United States, it is right across the street from the campus and near the Shrine Auditorium.

    3 km · Multi-purpose indoor arena in Los Angeles, California, U.S. · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Orpheum Theatre

    The Orpheum Theatre at 842 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. After a $3 million renovation, started in 1989, it is the most restored of the historical movie palaces in the city.

    3.7 km · movie theater and music venue in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    California Science Center

    The California Science Center is a state agency and science museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California. The museum includes many exhibits of aircraft and spacecraft, including Space Shuttle Endeavour, multiple hands-on galleries, special exhibitions, and IMAX movies.

    3.3 km · museum in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Eastern Columbia Building

    The Eastern Columbia Building, also known as the Eastern Columbia Lofts, is a thirteen-story Art Deco building designed by Claud Beelman located at 849 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District of Downtown Los Angeles. It opened on September 12, 1930, after just nine months of construction.

    3.7 km · building in Los Angeles, USA · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    California African American Museum

    The California African American Museum is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States.

    3 km · museum in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Exposition Park

    Exposition Park is a 160-acre urban park in the south region of Los Angeles, California, in the Exposition Park neighborhood. Bounded by Exposition Boulevard to the north, South Figueroa Street to the east, Martin Luther King Jr.

    3.4 km · park in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Dedeaux Field

    Dedeaux Field is a college baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on the west end of the campus of the University of Southern California. The home field of the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference, it has a seating capacity of 2,500.

    3.9 km · college baseball stadium for USC · Wikipedia

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Getting to Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)

Airports
Los Angeles (LAX), 16 km · Long Beach (LGB), 23 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 24 km
Stations
Jefferson/USC, 2.9 km · LATTC/Ortho Institute, 3.1 km · Expo Park/USC, 3.5 km · Washington, 1.4 km · Central Station, 3.8 km
  • Santa Ana → Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)
    3645 km · quickest by air, 13h 22m · $800–1,210
  • Ontario → Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · $5–7
  • San Bernardino → Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)
    89 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · $8–11
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What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAir taxi and air charter companies including Los Angeles Private Jets can access private aircraft at any of L.A.'s private aviation airports, as well as planes in your area for flights to Los Angeles.
  • Get inIf you're thinking of using Metrolink to day trip on the weekend, you'll want to get the $10 weekend day pass, which is good for unlimited travel on Metrolink (and connecting transit) on either Saturday or Sunday.
  • Get inLong Beach also has party boats for large groups such as the Majorca and Ibizza by OnBoat, https://onboat.co/product/long-beach-yacht-charter-115-feet-party-yacht-majorca/ San Pedro has a cruise ship terminal that all of the major cruise ship lines (except Carnival) sail from.

From Wikivoyage: Los Angeles, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)

Jefferson High School (Los Angeles) is 5 km from Los Angeles, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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