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Purche Avenue Elementary
13210 Purche Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 5%
  • English learners: 8%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 7%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 72%
  • Special education within past two years: 13%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.70
(based on the 26% who responded)
Graduate School
 3%
College Graduate
 17%
Some College
 35%
High School
Graduate
 38%
Not a High School
Graduate
 8%

State Rank: 4 out of 101
API Score:
(2011)
7742
Student Ethnicity:
African American
 72%
Hispanic/Latino
 25%
Asian
 1%
Filipino
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 90249:

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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.)