Northgate High School

This is one of the largest schools in the district and good leadership is in place.

Terrible! Schools has a HUGE drug problem as well as a vaping problem. They allow bully’s to continually make other students lives miserable and turn a blind eye as the principle is more worried about his reputation. There’s no leadership and school communication is the worst! Especially in dangerous or emergency situations. Again, the principal only give glossed over info and hides or twists the facts of what’s really going on. Only comes clean when the parents finally call him out. I’d avoid this school all together if I were you. Only way to get noticed or anywhere with this school is if you’re a top monetary contributor. Parents aren’t any better. Very cliquey and seem to be still living in high school themselves.

I used to be a parent at this school over 12 years ago. My experience was the teachers want to focus on the "B" and "C" students. They would compliment parents of "A" students, but not do anything in the classroom to keep them motivated. I observed few attempts when they tried to transfer the "D" students to another school in the district, and replace those spots with their better students. Of course all of these transfers were happening during the reign of the previous principal and vice-principal, before the district put a stop to it. I did not like how they assigned teachers to teach advanced classes. Few of them were simultaneously enrolled at the community college to learn the same subject they were supposed to teach in class everyday. I thought that was unfair. That's why my initial comment they didn't care much for their "A" students.

MDUSD's superintendent makes $292k every year, assistant superintendent makes $200k...look it up on Transparent California. California schools aren't lacking funds...they are just wasted on ridiculous salaries instead of going to the students (teacher salaries now average $85k-95k as well). Half of these funds come from property taxes that PARENTS pay. We can demand better for our kids!