Gardena High School (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 has two magnets and two academies on campus: the Global Business Magnet, the Law and Public Service Magnet, the Creative Arts Academy and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Academy. History 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 (1894–1990) 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. It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD. Attendance boundary The school serves the City of Gardena, portions of Carson, and portions of Los Angeles (including Harbor Gateway and portions of Wilmington). Features The northern end of the campus has LAUSD staff housing, Sage Park Apartments. It takes up of land. It opened in 2015. Its buildings have three and four stories each, and 90 units total are present. Demographics As of the school year 2008–09, there were a total of 3,186 students attending the high school. 59.2% Hispanic (1,885) 1.4% White (46) 33.1% Black (1,053) 0.6% Native American (19) 4.7% Asian (149) 1.1% Pacific Islander (34) Notable alumni Reggie Richardson Played defensive back for Utah Utes and played one season with the Los Angeles Rams Nate Ness Played Defensive Back for Arizona Wildcats, he signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent and also played for the Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers and the Detroit Lions Steven C. Bradford (Class of 1978): California Assemblyman, 2009–2014. Enos Cabell: MLB, 1972–1986, with the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wayne Collett: silver medalist in the 400 meters at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Dock Ellis (Class of 1963): MLB pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and New York Mets. George Farmer: NFL wide receiver, 1982–1984, 1987; attended Southern University,