Lennox Elementary School District

For the school district in South Dakota, see Lennox School District 41-4.
Lennox Elementary School District
Address
10319 South Firmona Avenue
Lennox
, California, 90304
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12[1]
NCES District ID0621420 [1]
Students and staff
Students4,731 (2020–2021)[1]
Teachers216.76 (FTE)[1]
Staff279.65 (FTE)[1]
Student–teacher ratio21.83:1[1]
Other information
Websitewww.lennox.k12.ca.us

Lennox Elementary School District is a public school district based in Lennox, an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, United States.[2]

The district serves a few sections of Hawthorne.[3][4]

The district was established in 1910.[5]

History

In 1985 97% of the students in the district were of ethnic groups other than non-Hispanic white. That year, Los Angeles County education superintendent Stuart E. Gothold stated that the district had been "finding innovative ways to adjust to rapidly changing pupil populations".[6] In 1985 Bob Williams of the Los Angeles Times cited employees of the governments of Los Angeles County and the State of California and referred to the district as "one of the gems in California’s school system" based on the testimonies of those employees.[6]

Schools

Lower secondary:

  • Lennox Middle School
    • It opened in 1985 in the former Lennox High School, which was acquired from the Centinela Valley high school district and now with material to reduce the sound volume from jets at Los Angeles International Airport. Unlike the Centinela Valley district, all of the Lennox elementary district schools were, by that time, majority racial minorities. Additionally, the public did not emphasize desegregation as much by the time 1985 occurred. These two factors meant that no legal efforts to stop the use of the school as a middle school has occurred.[7]

Primary:

  • Buford Elementary School
  • Felton Elementary School
  • Dolores Huerta Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Moffett Elementary School

Other:

  • School Readiness Center
  • Lennox State Preschool
  • Lennox Virtual Academy

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Lennox". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. ^ Home. Lennox Elementary School District. Retrieved on April 13, 2019. "10319 Firmona Ave, Lennox, CA 90304"
  3. ^ "Zoning Map" (PDF). City of Hawthorne. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  4. ^ "Boundary map" (PDF). Lennox School District. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  5. ^ "History". Lennox School District. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  6. ^ a b Williams, Bob (1985-08-04). "Lennox School Spirit : 'Little Tijuana' Overcomes Adversity to Become an Educational Gem". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  7. ^ Williams, Bob (1985-06-13). "Campus, Closed by Judge's Decree, Will Reopen : Once Deemed Too Segregated, Noisy, Lennox High to Be Elementary School". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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