El Camino Real Charter High School

El Camino Real Charter High School (also known locally as "ECR" or "Elco") is an independent charter secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The school, founded in 1969, was designed to emulate a small college campus, with a large central "quad" and an open campus policy.

El Camino Real Charter High School
Address
5440 Valley Circle Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Coordinates34°10′14″N 118°38′35″W
Information
School typeCharter
OpenedFebruary 3, 1969
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
PrincipalDavid Hussey
Grades9–12
Enrolment3,660 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)Light blue, dark blue, and camel    
NicknameConquistadores
NewspaperThe King's Courier
YearbookEl Corazón
Websitewww.ecrchs.net

ECR serves portions of Woodland Hills and West Hills and also maintains a sizable "traveling" student population from other areas of the district.

ECR's Academic Performance Index was 832 out of 1,000 in 2012.[2]

On March 31, 2009, El Camino Real High School became a California Distinguished School. In December 2010, the teachers and staff at the school voted for it to become a charter school. This change took effect in the fall of 2011.

Demographics

In 1998 the school had 3,315 students enrolled.[3] 7% were African American, 1% American Indian, 25% Asian, 33% White, 65% Latino, 5% English learners, 7% special education students, 43% gifted and talented, 22% economically disadvantaged, and 15% students moving in and out of this school during the year. Over 1,000 of them, as of 1998, were classified as "gifted and talented". Several area parents disliked the LAUSD magnet program points admission system, so they chose to instead move to the ECR attendance zone and enroll their gifted-classified children there.[3]

As of 1998, 70% of ECR graduates went on to colleges and universities, compared to 52% overall for LAUSD.[3]

Academic competitions

Academic Decathlon team

The school's Academic Decathlon team won national titles in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, and 2018.[4]

Junior Engineering Technical Society

The Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) promotes interest in engineering, science, math and technology in high school students and provides them with real-world engineering teamwork and problem-solving experiences. The team participates in the TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) Competition that occurs annually in March and is hosted and sponsored by the Viterbi[5] School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC).

  • In 2006, the ECR JETS Team won second place at the Southern California Regional Varsity Competition, losing first place to Beverly Hills High School by one point.
  • In 2007, the ECR JETS Team again won second place at the Southern California Regional Varsity Competition, increasing their score significantly by 7 points but once again losing first place to Beverly Hills High School by only one point.
  • In 2008, the ECR JETS Team won first place at the Southern California Regional Varsity Competition, defeating rival Beverly Hills High School. El Camino Real also placed second in the state of California, and advanced to the nationals.
  • In 2009, the ECR JETS Team tied second place with another high school at their division. However, the team only received the trophy of the third place because of a random tiebreaker.
  • In 2010, the ECR JETS Team placed first in Regionals and progressed to Nationals.[6]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "El Camino Real Charter High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  2. El Camino Real Senior High in WOODLAND HILLS, CA | Best High Schools | US News
  3. Hardy, Terry. "Top of the Class" (education section). Los Angeles Magazine. Emmis Communications, October 1998. Vol. 43, No. 10. ISSN 1522-9149. Start: p. 52. CITED: p. 68.
  4. Academic Decathlon National Champions Archived March 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Viterbi". Archived from the original on May 3, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
  6. JETS 2010 National Rankings, for the 11th/12th grade category.
  7. "1998 All-NFL Team". infoplease.com.
  8. Elling, Steve (October 22, 1989). "El Camino Real Fullback Anderson Raised by Protective Father". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  9. Chu, Henry (March 9, 1992). "El Camino Real High Team Wins State Academic Decathlon and a Spot in Nationals". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  10. "Fire signs forward Barouch, midfielder Videira". WFMY. March 10, 2011. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  11. "America Ferrera – Biography – Movies & TV – NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. April 18, 1984. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  12. Sondheimer, Eric (April 14, 2013). "Ex-ECR standout Conor Jackson announces his retirement". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  13. Bolch, Ben (August 18, 2011). "Boston Red Sox call up El Camino Real's Ryan Lavarnway". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  14. Ryan Finley Arizona Daily Star. "Glove affair: Dad helps Mejia become big-play shortstop". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  15. Farmer, Sam (May 6, 1990). "El Camino Real Baseball Team Strikingly Similar to '78 Version". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  16. Elling, Steve (April 21, 1993). "Competitiveness Feeds El Camino Real's Wolf". Los Angeles Times.
  17. Fletcher, Jeff (March 3, 1994). "After Banner Junior Season, El Camino Real's Ace Pitcher Hasn't Changed His Prioritie". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
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