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Denker Avenue Elementary
1620 West 162nd St.
Gardena, CA 90247

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 5%
  • English learners: 37%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 14%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 67%
  • Special education within past two years: 8%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.61
(based on the 71% who responded)
Graduate School
 6%
College Graduate
 16%
Some College
 30%
High School
Graduate
 28%
Not a High School
Graduate
 19%

State Rank: 7 out of 101
API Score:
(2011)
8392
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 64%
Asian
 18%
African American
 13%
Filipino
 2%
White
 2%
Pacific Islander
 1%
American Indian
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 90247:

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Ambler Avenue Elementary rank: 4 in Carson
Amestoy Elementary rank: 5 in Gardena
Arlington Elementary rank: 9 in Torrance
Avalon Gardens Elementary rank: 2 in Los Angeles
Benjamin Banneker Special Education Center rank: C in Los Angeles
Bud Carson Middle rank: 6 in Hawthorne
Bursch Elementary rank: 9 in Compton
California Academy of Mathematics and Science rank: 10 in Carson
Casimir Middle rank: 8 in Torrance
Chapman Elementary rank: 8 in Gardena
Denker Avenue Elementary rank: 7 in Gardena
Edison Elementary rank: 7 in Torrance
Enterprise Middle rank: 1 in Compton
Environmental Charter High rank: 8 in Lawndale
Evelyn Carr Elementary rank: 7 in Torrance
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary rank: 4 in Lawndale
Gardena Elementary rank: 4 in Gardena
Gardena Senior High rank: 1 in Gardena
Jane Addams Middle rank: 7 in Lawndale
Jefferson rank: 5 in Hawthorne
Kit Carson Elementary rank: 3 in Hawthorne
Kornblum rank: 3 in Hawthorne
Leuzinger High rank: 2 in Lawndale
Lincoln Elementary rank: 9 in Torrance
Mark Twain Elementary rank: 9 in Lawndale
McKinley Elementary rank: 1 in Compton
Moneta Continuation rank: A in Gardena
North High rank: 8 in Torrance
One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary rank: 7 in Gardena
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Street Elementary rank: 9 in Gardena
One Hundred Fifty-Third Street rank: 2 in Gardena
One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary rank: 4 in Gardena
Philip Magruder Middle rank: 7 in Torrance
Prairie Vista Middle rank: 5 in Hawthorne
Purche Avenue Elementary rank: 4 in Gardena
Ralph Bunche Elementary rank: 4 in Carson
Renaissance Community Day rank: A in Hawthorne
Robert E. Peary Middle rank: 3 in Gardena
Towne Avenue Elementary rank: 7 in Carson
Vanguard Learning Center rank: 2 in Los Angeles
West Athens Elementary rank: 1 in Los Angeles
Will Rogers Middle rank: 5 in Lawndale
William Anderson Elementary rank: 4 in Lawndale
William Green Elementary rank: 7 in Lawndale
Yukon Elementary rank: 7 in Torrance
Zela Davis rank: 5 in Hawthorne

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2011.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)