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Charter schools in Lawndale, CA

1 school in Lawndale, 205 more within 15 miles. Public, and free to attend.

Public charter schools (tuition-free)

Lawndale charter schools at a glance

1 public charter school gives Lawndale as its address in the 2025-26 federal school directory, and 205 more are within 15 miles. The school had about 488 students in 2024-25. Every one is a public school that charges no tuition.

488 students, 2024-25
$0 tuition

Networks and districts with the most of these schools: Los Angeles Unified (10), Inglewood Unified (2). Names as reported to the federal directory.

Charter schools in Lawndale (1)

Largest first. Enrollment and teachers are from 2024-25; schools new in 2025-26 have no count yet.

Charter school Grades Students (2024-25) Per teacher Phone
Environmental Charter High - Lawndale 9-12 488 16 (310) 214-3400

Nearby, within 15 miles (205)

Charter schools in other towns, nearest first. Online schools are left out here because their address is an office.

Charter school Grades Students (2024-25) Per teacher Town Miles Phone
Environmental Charter High - Gardena 9-12 454 16.4 Gardena 2 (424) 295-9898
Family First Charter 9-12 605 39.1 Hawthorne 2 (310) 946-0379
Hawthorne Math and Science Academy 9-12 567 23.1 Hawthorne 2 (310) 973-8184
Da Vinci Connect K-12 923 39 Hawthorne 2 (310) 725-5800
Da Vinci Communications 9-12 550 18.1 El Segundo 3 (310) 725-5800
Da Vinci Design 9-12 536 19.4 El Segundo 3 (310) 725-5800
Da Vinci Science 9-12 552 19.3 El Segundo 3 (310) 725-5800
Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood 6-8 358 20.4 Inglewood 3 (310) 793-0157
Animo Leadership High 9-12 634 20.7 Inglewood 3 (310) 216-3277
Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy 9-12 588 20.3 Lennox 3 (310) 680-5600
Animo Legacy Charter Middle 6-8 887 19.5 Los Angeles 3 (323) 600-6000
New Millennium Secondary 9-12 116 11.8 Gardena 4 (310) 999-6162
Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena 6-8 360 22.4 Gardena 4 (310) 425-1605
Stella High Charter Academy 9-12 555 20.3 Los Angeles 4 (424) 789-8337
Animo South Los Angeles Charter 9-12 585 19.7 Los Angeles 4 (323) 779-0544
TEACH Tech Charter High 9-12 363 18.8 Los Angeles 4 (323) 872-0707
Century Community Charter 6-8 441 21.4 Inglewood 4 (310) 412-2286
TEACH Academy of Technologies 5-8 471 28.7 Los Angeles 5 (323) 872-0809
Animo City of Champions Charter High 9-12 299 15.6 Inglewood 5 (323) 565-1600
ICEF Inglewood Elementary Charter Academy K-5 375 23.4 Inglewood 5 (323) 298-6420
Animo Compton Charter 6-12 372 15.6 Los Angeles 5 (323) 565-1600
Barack Obama Charter K-5 360 20.5 Los Angeles 5 (323) 566-4590
Animo Inglewood Charter High 9-12 592 19.4 Inglewood 5 (323) 565-2100
New Opportunities Charter 9-12 349 26 Inglewood 5 (310) 946-0379
City Honors International Preparatory High 9-12 331 22.7 Inglewood 5 (310) 680-4880
New Designs Charter School-Watts 6-12 194 17 Los Angeles 5 (323) 418-0600
Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle 6-8 441 19.8 Los Angeles 5 (323) 565-4450
Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy 9-12 546 19.4 Los Angeles 5 (323) 756-3930
Grace Hopper STEM Academy 6-8 93 16.4 Inglewood 6 (310) 910-0230
TEACH Prep Mildred S. Cunningham & Edith H. Morris Elem K-5 271 27.1 Los Angeles 6 (323) 872-0708
Open Charter Magnet K-5 390 24.4 Los Angeles 6 (310) 568-0735
Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High 9-12 616 20.9 Los Angeles 6 (323) 920-6125
Ednovate - South LA College Prep 9-12 394 18.4 Los Angeles 6 (213) 377-9377
Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy 9-12 1,159 17.4 Los Angeles 6 (323) 420-2170
Alliance Jack H. Skirball Middle 6-8 390 22.8 Los Angeles 6 (323) 905-1377
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter K-5 426 38.4 Inglewood 6 (310) 671-5578
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter Middle 6-8 208 52.3 Inglewood 6 (310) 671-5578
Vox Collegiate of Los Angeles 6-10 224 24.7 Los Angeles 6 (323) 570-2915
Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy 9-12 433 17.8 Los Angeles 6 (323) 972-9010
Watts Learning Center K-5 368 28.3 Los Angeles 6 (323) 754-9900
KIPP Compton Community K-8 783 24.8 Compton 6 (323) 607-8811
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 6-8 486 26.6 Los Angeles 6 (323) 451-3009
The SEED School of Los Angeles County 9-12 206 10.7 Los Angeles 6 (323) 843-6700
Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle 6-8 464 18.8 Los Angeles 6 (323) 568-8613
WISH Community K-8 860 Los Angeles 6 (310) 642-9474
Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High 9-12 525 17.8 Los Angeles 6 (323) 905-1210
Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy 6-8 399 20.7 Los Angeles 6 (323) 920-4388
Learning by Design Charter K-5 114 22.8 Los Angeles 6 (323) 903-5712
KIPP Academy of Opportunity 5-8 466 23.7 Los Angeles 6 (323) 778-0125
Magnolia Science Academy 3 6-12 411 22.6 Carson 6 (310) 637-3806
La Tijera Academy of Excellence Charter K-8 552 23 Inglewood 6 (310) 680-5260
KIPP Empower Academy K-4 588 21.8 Los Angeles 7 (323) 750-2279
WISH Academy High 9-12 283 17.3 Los Angeles 7 (310) 743-6990
Watts Learning Center Charter Middle 6-8 400 25.1 Los Angeles 7 (323) 565-4800
ICEF View Park Preparatory High 9-12 313 18.3 Los Angeles 7 (323) 290-6975
KIPP Ignite Academy K-4 448 21.3 Los Angeles 7 (323) 486-6402
Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High 9-12 474 19.6 Los Angeles 7 (323) 744-2122
ICEF View Park Preparatory Elementary K-5 411 28.3 Los Angeles 7 (323) 290-6960
ICEF View Park Preparatory Middle 6-8 256 31.6 Los Angeles 7 (323) 290-6970
Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Complex 6-12 998 21.5 Los Angeles 7 (323) 596-2290
KIPP Scholar Academy 5-8 434 23 Los Angeles 8 (323) 292-2272
KIPP Philosophers Academy 5-8 398 21 Los Angeles 8 (323) 584-6664
ISANA Achernar Academy K-8 407 21.3 Compton 8 (310) 764-1234
Goethe International Charter K-8 479 20.7 Los Angeles 8 (310) 306-3484
Lifeline Education Charter K-12 698 23 Compton 8 (310) 885-1872
Ocean Charter K-8 563 25.6 Los Angeles 8 (310) 827-5511
Libertas College Preparatory Charter 4-8 301 25.1 Los Angeles 8 (323) 400-6149
Bridges Preparatory Academy 6-8 151 29 Compton 8 (866) 201-3890
Today's Fresh Start-Compton K-8 374 16.7 Los Angeles 8 (323) 293-9826
Scholarship Prep - South Bay K-8 421 24.8 Wilmington 8 (424) 251-9089
Invictus Leadership Academy K-8 161 20.1 Los Angeles 8 (323) 792-4403
Aspire Inskeep Academy Charter K-6 308 20.3 Los Angeles 8 (323) 235-8400
Aspire Juanita Tate Academy Charter K-6 323 21.4 Los Angeles 8 (323) 235-8400
Aspire Slauson Academy Charter K-6 303 23.1 Los Angeles 8 (323) 235-8400
Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle 6-8 437 20.5 Los Angeles 8 (323) 565-3280
Animo Pat Brown 9-12 617 20.3 Los Angeles 8 (323) 585-3312
ICEF Vista Elementary Academy K-5 270 20.8 Los Angeles 8 (323) 298-6400
ICEF Vista Middle Academy 6-8 194 18.1 Los Angeles 8 (323) 298-6405
ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter K-5 237 23.7 Los Angeles 8 (323) 290-6997
CATCH Prep Charter High 9-12 125 15.5 Los Angeles 8 (323) 293-3917
Westbrook Academy 6-12 409 17 South Gate 8 (213) 745-4928
KIPP Vida Preparatory Academy K-4 562 22.5 Los Angeles 9 (323) 406-8007
New Heights Charter K-8 394 19.7 Los Angeles 9 (323) 508-0155
Synergy Quantum Academy 9-12 564 16.5 Los Angeles 9 (323) 510-4171
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 12 6-8 496 25.6 Los Angeles 9 (323) 238-7270
Soleil Academy Charter K-5 385 27.5 Lynwood 9 (323) 409-0801
PREPA TEC - Los Angeles 6-8 319 19.5 Walnut Park 9 (323) 800-2739
Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield Technology Academy High 9-12 565 24.5 Huntington Park 9 (323) 537-2060
Academia Moderna K-5 408 20.4 Walnut Park 9 (323) 923-0383
Stella Middle Charter Academy 5-8 474 26 Los Angeles 9 (323) 406-7155
KIPP Corazon Academy K-8 1,070 24.3 South Gate 9 (323) 457-5051
Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth Leadership Academy 9-12 603 19.9 Los Angeles 9 (213) 342-2874
Alliance Kory Hunter Middle 6-8 470 18.3 Los Angeles 9 (323) 484-0450
Alliance Collins Family College-Ready High 9-12 633 19.7 Huntington Park 9 (323) 923-1588
Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy 6-8 527 27.3 Huntington Park 9 (323) 826-9616
Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy K-5 327 28.3 Huntington Park 9 (323) 583-5421
Aspire Titan Academy K-5 333 24.9 Huntington Park 9 (323) 583-5421
Global Education Academy K-8 358 19.9 Los Angeles 9 (323) 232-9588
New Los Angeles Charter Elementary K-5 160 21.3 Los Angeles 9 (323) 556-9500
Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep 9-12 521 23.4 Los Angeles 9 (213) 929-1046
ISANA Nascent Academy K-8 488 20.3 Los Angeles 10 (323) 732-6613
ISANA Himalia Academy K-8 655 22.9 Los Angeles 10 (323) 231-7005
Accelerated K-8 729 19.8 Los Angeles 10 (323) 235-6343
Wallis Annenberg High 9-12 484 18.1 Los Angeles 10 (323) 235-6343
Accelerated Charter Elementary K-6 526 32.9 Los Angeles 10 (323) 846-6694
Lashon Academy City K-6 127 20.7 Los Angeles 10 (818) 514-4566
Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center K-5 616 22 Los Angeles 10 (213) 746-1995
Animo Venice Charter High 9-12 335 15 Venice 10 (310) 392-8751
KIPP Comienza Community Prep K-8 1,075 23.6 Huntington Park 10 (323) 886-2355
Gabriella Charter 2 K-8 383 18.8 Los Angeles 10 (213) 413-5828
STEM Preparatory Elementary K-5 303 23.3 Los Angeles 10 (323) 998-0950
Stella Elementary Charter Academy K-4 258 21.5 Los Angeles 10 (213) 340-6700
Animo Jackie Robinson High 9-12 607 19.4 Los Angeles 10 (323) 846-5800
Aspire Ollin University Preparatory Academy 6-12 554 27.2 Huntington Park 10 (323) 277-2901
Center for Advanced Learning K-5 237 18.2 Los Angeles 10 (323) 232-0245
Math and Science College Preparatory 9-12 557 18.8 Los Angeles 10 (323) 821-1393
Aspire Pacific Academy 6-12 562 37.1 Huntington Park 10 (323) 589-2800
Matrix for Success Academy 9-12 259 19.3 Los Angeles 10 (323) 897-5971
Synergy Charter Academy K-5 318 24.5 Los Angeles 10 (323) 235-7960
Aspire Firestone Academy Charter K-5 330 19.4 South Gate 10 (323) 249-5740

Showing the 120 nearest of 205. Every charter school in California.

Charter schools: how they work

  • Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
  • Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
  • Its own rules, its own accountability. The charter frees the school from some state or local rules; in return it must meet the standards written in its charter. It is nonsectarian.
  • No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.

Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.

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Questions parents ask

How many charter schools are in Lawndale?

1 public charter school in the 2025-26 federal directory is in Lawndale, and 205 more are within 15 miles. Environmental Charter High - Lawndale.

Do charter schools in Lawndale charge tuition?

No. Charter schools are public schools, and the federal definition of a charter school says it does not charge tuition. Ask each school about fees for extras.

How do I enroll in a Lawndale charter school?

Apply to each school directly. Under the federal definition, a charter school admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for, so check each school’s application dates. Each state writes its own charter law.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education, Common Core of Data (2025-26 directory, 2024-25 enrollment and staff). Where our data comes from.

See charter schools How enrollment works