[2][3][4] Specifically it is located at the top of the neighborhood referred to as Academy Hill, which is bounded by a canyon, a precipice, Crenshaw Boulevard, and Palos Verdes Drive North.

Sixty-three percent of the faculty members held advanced degrees in the 2014-15 school year.

[9] Later in the process, the school's opening was delayed by Chadwick administrators when they failed to submit paperwork on time.

As of the 2013-14 school year, Chadwick International enrolled 780 students in grades pre-K through 10.

On February 5, 2014, a fossil of a sperm whale skull embedded in a boulder of Middle Miocene Era Altamira Shale located on the grounds of Chadwick School was removed to be studied at the L.A. County Natural History Museum.

They include boys' football, tennis, volleyball, waterpolo, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, and girls' tennis, volleyball, water polo, equestrian, basketball, soccer, golf, lacrosse, softball, and cheerleading.

After these realizations, the school designed a new blue, grey, and white logo featuring a native and more aggressive-looking dolphin.

[30] The team won the Judges' choice award at the 2008 FIRST Robotics competition in Las Vegas, Nevada and was ranked sixth after the qualifying rounds.

In 2011, the school added an optional robotics class to its science curriculum and moved into a larger room previously occupied by the maintenance department.