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Environmental Charter High - Gardena

Gardena · CA · Environmental Charter High - Gardena District · Public charter

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Environmental Charter High - Gardena compares for families

What families should know about Environmental Charter High - Gardena.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Junipero Serra High School, Renaissance County Community, Leuzinger High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

87.2%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 114 in 2021 to 454 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+298.2%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +58.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 454 students:

2025
720
2027
1,808
2029
4,543

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Junipero Serra High School
Gardena
Private 0.8 345
Renaissance County Community
Hawthorne
Public 0.9 122 -7.6%
Leuzinger High
Lawndale
Public 1.6 1,981 +7.9%
Da Vinci RISE High
El Segundo
Public · charter 1.7 167 -20.1%
North High
Torrance
Public 1.7 1,812 +3.7%
Environmental Charter High - Lawndale
Lawndale
Public · charter 1.7 488 -5.2%
New Millennium Secondary
Gardena
Public · charter 2.2 116 -37.6%
Gardena Senior High
Gardena
Public 2.2 1,343 -9.4%

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