Gardena Elementary

Gardena Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Gardena, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Gardena Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Gardena Elementary records that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gardena Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gardena Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.8%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Gardena Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gardena Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gardena Elementary has fell 31%, going from 574 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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