Environmental Charter Schools

Environmental Charter Schools (ECS) is a network of free public schools in underserved communities of South Los Angeles.

The mission of ECS is to create and deliver vibrant, innovative, interdisciplinary learning opportunities using the environment to engage students and connect them to the wider world.

ECS prepares students for four-year colleges through a unique program that focuses on experiential learning and uses the environment as a way to both engage students and prepare them to become leaders in their communities. The neighborhoods served by ECS have crime rates that are twice that of the national average, low levels of educational attainment, and high levels of poverty. Even so, 98% of ECS High School graduates complete the coursework necessary for admission to a four-year college or university compared to about 35 percent statewide. In addition, ECS has two middle school campuses – ECMS-Gardena and ECMS-Inglewood. For more information, visit http://www.ecsonline.org.