# Gahr (Richard) High *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `060162000014` - **School name**: Gahr (Richard) High - **Location**: Cerritos, CA 90703 - **Address**: 11111 Artesia Blvd. - **District**: ABC Unified (LEAID `0601620`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 33.87360, -118.09440 - **Phone**: (562)229-7730 - **Website**: https://www.gahrhs.us - **Wikidata QID**: Q5516947 — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gahr_High_School - **Founded**: 1965 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 1,631 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 72 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.7:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 61.2% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Green - **Indicators**: - elpi: Yellow - math: Green - college_career: Green - ela: Blue - graduation: Blue ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 66.0% proficient — 375 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 80.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 66.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 97.6% (cohort of 379) - **2021**: N/A (cohort of 435) ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 7.2% (136 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.6% (10 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.1% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 51.3% - **Black/African American**: 24.2% - **Asian**: 14.3% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 6.7% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.4% - **Two or more races**: 3.1% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 63.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 11.0% — 175 students - **English Learners**: 11.9% — 190 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 96 students - **Autism**: 21 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 14 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 12 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 4 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 3 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students - **Visual Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $19,784 - **Federal share**: $2,041 - **State + local share**: $17,743 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 1,590 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $17,956,800 - **Federal share**: 9.7% - **State share**: 68.2% - **Local share**: 22.1% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,513,526 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $121,313 - **Poverty rate**: 3.2% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 50.8% - **Unemployment**: 6.8% - **Median gross rent**: $2,439 - **Foreign-born residents**: 31.9% - **Single-parent households**: 12.6% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.7 miles (WASTE DISPOSAL INC) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 4 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 149 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.82 miles (CAF CAMELLIA) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: CERRITOS - CITY, WATER DEPT. - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-12-17 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.6589 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 6.2 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### ela proficiency - **Wittmann (Helen) Elementary** — 2.1 mi away, 76.35% (this school: 73%) - **Whitney (Gretchen) High** — 2.3 mi away, 85.4% (this school: 73%) - **Carmenita Middle** — 2.8 mi away, 74.2% (this school: 73%) - **Ernest S. McBride Sr. High** — 3.0 mi away, 73.5% (this school: 73%) - **Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary** — 3.0 mi away, 75.1% (this school: 73%) ### graduation rate - **Cerritos High** — 1.8 mi away, 97.8% (this school: 97.6%) - **Whitney (Gretchen) High** — 2.3 mi away, 99.4% (this school: 97.6%) - **Odyssey STEM Academy** — 3.3 mi away, 100% (this school: 97.6%) - **John F. Kennedy High** — 4.0 mi away, 97.8% (this school: 97.6%) - **Oxford Academy** — 4.6 mi away, 99% (this school: 97.6%) ### math proficiency - **Carver (Charles J.) Elementary** — 1.9 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%) - **Wittmann (Helen) Elementary** — 2.1 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%) - **Whitney (Gretchen) High** — 2.3 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%) - **Carmenita Middle** — 2.8 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%) - **Ernest S. McBride Sr. High** — 3.0 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/gahr-richard-high-cerritos/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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