Environmental Charter High - Gardena
2818 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Gardena, CA 90249View on map
- Public
- Gardena
- 106 seniors
- 446 students
Environmental Charter High - Gardena is a public high school in Gardena (Los Angeles County Office of Education) with 106 seniors. In fall 2025, 76% of its 46 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA).
UC admit rate
76%
35 of 46 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
33%
35 of 106 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
43%
46 of 106 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
—
— of 25 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
Campus by campus, fall 2025
The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.
University of California
Environmental Charter High - Gardena applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- Riverside20 pts lower
67%
24 of 36 admitted
This school67%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.59 (all applicants 3.47)
- MercedAbout the same
95%
19 of 20 admitted
This school95%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.48 (all applicants 3.44)
too few applicants to report34 applied
too few applicants to report25 applied
too few applicants to report18 applied
too few applicants to report13 applied
too few applicants to report12 applied
too few applicants to report7 applied
too few applicants to report6 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).
California State University
Environmental Charter High - Gardena applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, worse at 3.
- Long Beach12 pts lower
35%
14 of 40 admitted
This school35%Overall47%
- Fullerton11 pts lower
76%
19 of 25 admitted
This school76%Overall87%
- Dominguez Hills7 pts higher
99%
81 of 82 admitted
This school99%Overall91%
- Northridge4 pts higher
97%
29 of 30 admitted
This school97%Overall93%
- San Francisco12 pts lower
85%
11 of 13 admitted
This school85%Overall96%
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.
Advanced Placement
3
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
3
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
15% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
19%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
18 of 94 graduates
A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.
2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Social science: 2 classes
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 64%County median 57%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 20%County median 27%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 17%County median 23%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 11%
- Low-income students 87%County median 86%