The current administration and faculty are predominantly lay women and men. Their dedication to the Catholic philosophy of education and values of the
Gospel serves as an example for today's youth.[2]
In addition to Gardena, the school also serves
Carson,
Compton,
Hawthorne,
Inglewood,
Lawndale,
Lennox, Los Angeles,
Manhattan Beach, and
Torrance.[2] The students from the above places brings a diverse cultural and ethnic background which continues to enrich the traditions which begun in 1950.[2]
Athletics
CIF and State Championships
Serra athletic programs have earned numerous California State and CIF-Southern Section titles. In the spring of 2013 the boys' track and field team set a record with 148 team points en route to winning their 20th CIF Southern Section title, taking twelve out of the last fourteen. After narrowly missing the title in 2010 and 2012, the boys' track & field team finished a historic season by capturing the California Division 1 State Championship. The team finished with several individual state champions, making it their team second California Division 1 State Championship. In the Spring of 2012 the girls won the California Division 1 State Championship and their 4th consecutive CIF-Southern Section title.[citation needed]
Serra placed five top-20 records in California State High School Track & Field history in the 4 × 100-meter relay according to DyestatCal and ESPN,[4] along with all-time marks in the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter sprints, 300 intermediate hurdles, discus, and 4X400 relay. The track program has also produced three (Division 1) State Coaches of the Year since the year 2000, and 19 individual (Division 1) State Champions in recent school history.[5]
In December 2012, the Serra Cavaliers football team won the Division 2 California State title. They also won a Division 3 California State title in 2009, making that a total of two titles in four years.[6][7]
This victory adds to the three
CIF- Southern Section Championship titles that the Serra Cavaliers earned in football during the same four-year period.[8] In the 2011–2012 academic year, Serra won four CIF Southern Section-Ford championships.[9]
In 2010, Serra Basketball claimed the
CIF-Southern Section and California State Boys' Basketball titles.[10] The Boys' Basketball team has earned 2 California State titles in all-time school history. In 2014–2015, Serra competed in their first-ever CIF-Southern Section Swimming Championships meet and in the 2015-2016 swim season, Serra Swimming competed in their very first CIF-Southern Section State Championship meet. The Serra Cavalier Swim Team has been competing at CIF-Southern Section Swimming Championships since 13-14 swim season.[citation needed]
Since 1980, the school has won numerous state and CIF Championships, in addition to dozens and dozens of league titles:[11]
1980: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1981: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1982: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1989: CIF-SS Football
1993: State Champs Boys' Basketball, CIF-SS Boys' Basketball
1994: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1996: State Champs Boys' Track & Field (4x100), CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1997: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1998: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
1999: CIF-SS Boys' Basketball, CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2000: Division 1 State Champs Boys' Track & Field, State Champs Boys' Track & Field (100-meter dash, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay), CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field, CIF Regional Boys' Basketball, CIF-SS Boys' Basketball
2002: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2003: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field, CIF-SS Girls' Track & Field (first CIF Title for girls; was all-boys school until 1991)
2004: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2005: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2006: CIF-SS 'Basketball
2007: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2008: CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2009: State Champs Football (Division III), State Champs Girls' Track & Field (4x400 relay) (400-meter sprint), State Champs Boys' Track (4x100 relay) CIF-SS Football (Northwest Division), CIF-SS Girls' Track & Field, CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field
2010: State Champs Boys' Basketball, State Champs Girls' Track & Field (400-meter dash), State Champs Boys' Track and Field (Boys' 4x400 relay), CIF-SS Boys' Track & Field, CIF-SS Girls' Track & Field, CIF-SS Boys' Basketball, CIF-SS Girls' Basketball, CIF-SS Football (Western Division),
2011: State Champs Girls' Track (4x400 relay), CIF-SS Boys' Track and Field, CIF-SS Girls' Track and Field, CIF-SS Boys' Basketball, CIF-SS Girls' Basketball,
2012: State Champs Girls' Track, State Champs Girls' Track (4x100 relay, 4x400 relay, 400-meter dash, Long Jump), State Champs Boys' Track and Field (110-meter hurdles, Long Jump), State Champs Football (Division II), CIF-SS Football (Western Division), CIF-SS Girls' Track, CIF-SS Boys' Track
2013: Division 1 State Champs Boys' Track, State Champs Boys' Track & Field:(Boys' 4x100 relay, Boys' 300 hurdles, Boys' 4x400 relay), State Champs Girls' Basketball, CIF-SS Boys' Track, CIF-SS Boys' Baseball
In the 2009–2010 academic year, the Serra Cavaliers, who compete in the
California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), became the first school in
California history to win state football and basketball titles in the same academic year. For this achievement, Serra was named "2009–2010 State School of the Year" by Cal-Hi Sports. Based on school enrollment, Serra is the smallest school to ever receive this honor and the first State School of the Year recipient from the
South Bay region of Los Angeles in 44 years.[12][13][14]
This list is incomplete. Italics: Gardena High School is in the Los Angeles city limits but serves Gardena. Harbor Gateway Transit Center is near Gardena and has a Gardena postal address.