Public schools in Gardena, CA

Gardena has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 7,720 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Los Angeles Unified School District runs 12 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Gardena's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in GardenaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Los Angeles Unified School District12427,795$22,606
Environmental Charter High - Gardena District1221$18,312
Environmental Charter Middle District1349$18,037
New Millennium Secondary District1151$18,815

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Gardena, 1,959 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Gardena Senior High1,34317.687.8%Los Angeles Unified
Environmental Charter High - Gardena45416.473.1%Environmental Charter High - Gardena District
New Millennium Secondary11611.869.8%New Millennium Secondary District
Moneta Continuation4615.297.8%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Gardena, 1,442 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Robert E. Peary Middle1,08218.687.5%Los Angeles Unified
Environmental Charter Middle36022.478.6%Environmental Charter Middle District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Gardena, 4,319 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Denker Avenue Elementary67020.971.8%Los Angeles Unified
Amestoy Elementary62320.182.2%Los Angeles Unified
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary57919.382.7%Los Angeles Unified
One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary55420.592.8%Los Angeles Unified
Chapman Elementary40620.355.4%Los Angeles Unified
Gardena Elementary39820.992.7%Los Angeles Unified
Purche Avenue Elementary37317.886.3%Los Angeles Unified
One Hundred Fifty-Third Street36316.584.8%Los Angeles Unified
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary35320.859.5%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Gardena's public schools compare with California's

The median Gardena school has 19.3 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 406 students (state 471).

Gardena against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
GardenaCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.321.6
Median school size (students)406471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)87%74%
Charter schools20%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Gardena schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Gardena

  1. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRuns 12 of Gardena's 15 public schools and spent $22,606 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,606
  2. Gardena Senior High, the largest high school in Gardena1,343 students in 2024-25, 17.6 per teacher.1,343
  3. Compare Los Angeles Unified School District with Environmental Charter High - Gardena DistrictGardena's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Gardena addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Gardena

  1. How many public schools are in Gardena, CA?
    15 public schools with an address in Gardena were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 7,720 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Gardena?
    Gardena Senior High, with 1,343 students in 2024-25 (Los Angeles Unified School District).
  3. Which districts run Gardena's schools?
    Los Angeles Unified School District (12 schools), Environmental Charter High - Gardena District (1 school), Environmental Charter Middle District (1 school), New Millennium Secondary District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .