Gardena High School


Gardena High School, known as GHS, is a public high school in Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California, United States, adjacent to the City of Gardena. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Small Learning Communities

Gardena High School comprises seven Small Learning Communities : The Green House also known as The Ninth Grade Academy, Architecture, Construction, Computers, Engineering, and Robotics, Arts, Media, and Entertainment,Southern California International Business Academy,Global Leadership Academy, Sports, Health and Public Service, and the Foreign Language/International Studies Magnet center.

Student activities

GHS opened in 1907. In Spring 1956, the junior high school classes stayed at the old Gardena High School while the high school classes moved into a new building designed by architects Henry L. Gogerty and D. Stewart Kerr. Up until the opening of the new Gardena High School, high school students held morning shifts, while junior high school students held afternoon shifts. The junior high is now known as Peary Middle School.
In the 1980s, rival gangs clashed with each other in the high school hallways. It was once known as a "Crip School" before Hispanic gangs formed in the late 80s. In 1977 a gang fight between the Shotgun Crips and the 135 Prius occurred in the school. At least 20 to 30 students were involved. No one was seriously injured.
On January 18, 2011, two students were wounded when a gun brought to the school by a student accidentally discharged when the backpack containing the firearm was dropped on the ground, with a single bullet wounding both victims. State prosecutors intended to try the 17-year-old who possessed the gun as an adult.

Attendance boundary

The school serves the City of Gardena, portions of Carson, and portions of Los Angeles.

Demographics

As of the school year 2008-09, there were a total of 3,186 students attending the high school.