[2] The district educates residents in:[3][4] Lawndale, and portions of Hawthorne,[5] as well as unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County (including Alondra Park).
[8] In 1985 the district's enrollment had increased to 4,030 students, with 42.9% being Anglo White, 37.3% being Latino or Hispanic, 13.9% being Asians, 5.6% being black, and 0.4% being Native American.
Due to potential complexities, a lawyer from the Centinela district criticized the plan.
[11] Around 1991 the annual growth rate for the student body was 100 as wealthier families were moving to the district.
In 1991 Kim Kowsky of the Los Angeles Times stated that the district, in light of the expansion of the number of racial and ethnic minority students, was "rapidly changing" and that therefore there were "lively" board campaigns for three seats on the district board.