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Environmental Charter High - Gardena

Gardena · Los Angeles County · Los Angeles County Office of Education · Public

Public Los Angeles County Los Angeles County Office of Education → CDS 1910199…

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Top 25% ELA · SBAC (CA)

A parent's read

Almost all graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 97% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
About 2 in 3 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 71% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — the top quarter of California high schools (statewide: 54%).

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

How Environmental Charter High - Gardena compares for families

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College readiness

Getting ready for college

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A-G Completion ⓘ

Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — almost all finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.

97%

102 of 105 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · +41.2 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 69.7%.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 2 in 3 students read and write at grade level — the top quarter of California high schools.

About 1 in 4 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 93

71.0%

incl. 23.7% exceeded

+11.9 pts above Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 94

25.5%

incl. 7.5% exceeded

On the Los Angeles County median (25.4%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 80% +2.4

Black / African Am. 16% -1.0

Asian 2%

Two or more 2%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 87%

Students w/ disabilities 13% -2.5

English learners 2% -5.2

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

22% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.

Chronic absent

22.2%

103 of 463 students

Absenteeism is up 11.7 pp since 2021-22. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median

25.1% · school is better than 58% of 407 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

114 (2022) → 446 (2026)

+291.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

106 (2025) → 92 (2026)

-13.2%

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Your similar-school group includes

Morningside High School · Environmental Charter High - Lawndale · New Opportunities Charter · Academy of Medical Arts at Carson · Academies Education/Empowermnt · South LA College Prep · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

91% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Healthy

Holding share of a shrinking market.

Environmental Charter High - Gardena's enrollment is tracking Los Angeles County's baseline (-13.2% vs. -11.3%), and 91.1% stability is elite. The demographic tide is the headwind; you're holding your share. Chronic absenteeism is rising (22.2%, +11.7 pts since 2021-22) — a watch signal worth monitoring as a leading indicator.

-13.2% senior class, grade 12 (2025–2026)

-11.3% Los Angeles County baseline

-1.9pp gap vs. county

91.1% retention (county median 87.7%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2025

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

91.1%

430 of 472 students

42 of 472 students who enrolled at Environmental Charter High - Gardena this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

87.7% · school is in the 68th percentile of 413 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 71st percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (414) 91.5%

Hispanic / Latino (355) 94.1%

Black / African Am. (85) 85.9%

Students w/ disabilities (77) 92.2%

English learners (42) 92.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Morningside High School 72.5% Environmental Charter High - Lawndale 95.2% New Opportunities Charter 9.1% Academy of Medical Arts at Carson 91.8% Academies Education/Empowermnt 91.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Los Angeles County Office of Education (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$678.1M

-8.8% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$403,854

1,679 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 20.9%
Local: 39.1%
Federal: 40.0%

Instruction share

16.4%

of current spending · $26,469/pupil

Long-term debt

$16.1M

-16.0% since FY2017

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Los Angeles County Office of Education as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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