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Gardena, California - 1 schools
117
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kipp Lea 17 District operates 1 public schools serving 117 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Los Angeles County.
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Its largest campus is Kipp Generations Academy, enrolling 117 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Kipp Generations Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Kipp Lea 17 District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kipp Lea 17 District a distant remainder — means Kipp Lea 17 District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Kipp Lea 17 District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 71.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.