📍 647 W. Gardena Blvd., Gardena, Los Angeles County, 90247
Gardena Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gardena, Los Angeles County. The school has 469 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cynthia Diaz. It is part of the Los Angeles Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
Gardena Elementary enrolls 469 students across grades K–5. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
442 of the school's 469 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gardena Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Gardena Elementary is one of 785 schools in Los Angeles Unified, based in Los Angeles, California. The district serves 408,026 students district-wide and employs 21,760 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 469 students, Gardena Elementary is close to the district average of about 520 students per school.