We continue to update our list

Please contact us if you know of a school on or adjacent to a closed dump.

Children continue to attend schools on or adjacent to closed dumps (landfills). Most of these old dumpsites contain carcinogenic chemicals and highly flammable, highly explosive landfill gases.

reported cancer clusters are noted after school name 

ALASKA

Sitka
Verstovia School

 ARIZONA

Phoenix
Phoenix Indian School

CALIFORNIA 

Los Angeles County

Alhambra
Martha Baldwin Elementary School, 900 S. Almansor St.
San Gabriel High School, 801 Ramona St.

Avocado Heights
Valley High School, 14162 Lomitas Ave.

 Azusa
Victor F. Hodge Elementary School, 700 W. 11th St.

Bellflower
Ernie Pyle Elementary School, 14500 S. Woodruff Ave.

Brentwood
Brentwood School, 100 S. Barrington Pl.

Carson
Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School, 16223 S. Haskins Ln.
Towne Avenue Elementary School, 18924 Towne Ave. - cancer cluster

Claremont
Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College

Compton
Bunche Middle School, 12338 Mona Blvd.
Caldwell Street Elementary School, 2300 W. Caldwell St.
Clinton Elementary School, 6500 E. Compton Blvd.
Dominguez High School, 15301 San Jose Ave.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 2508 E. 133rd St.
Whaley Middle School, 14401 S. Gibson Ave.

Cudahy
Park Avenue Elementary School, 8020 Park Ave.

Downey
Kirkwood Education Center, 11115 Pangborn Ave.

Glendora
Goddard Middle School, 859 E. Sierra Madre Ave.

Huntington Park
Huntington Park High School, 6020 Miles Ave.

Inglewood
LaTijera Elementary School, 1415 S. LaTijera Blvd.

La Puente
Saint Martha Elementary School, 444 N. Azusa Ave.
Damien High School, 2800 Damien Ave.

Lennox
Felton Elementary School, 10417 S. Felton Ave.

Long Beach
Westerly Elementary School, 2950 E. 29th St.

Los Angeles 90004
Virgil Junior High School, 152 N. Vermont Ave.

Los Angeles 90011
Santee Education Complex, 1921 Maple Ave.

Los Angeles 90012
Ann Street Elementary School, 162 Bloom St.

Los Angeles 90023
Euclid Avenue Elementary School, 806 Euclid Ave.

Los Angeles 90031
Glen Alta Elementary School, 3410 Sierra St.

Los Angeles 90047
St. Francis X. Cabrini Elementary School, 1428 W. Imperial Hwy.
Los Angeles Southwest College, 1600 W. Olympic Blvd.

Los Angeles 90049
Berkeley Hall School, 16000 Mulholland Dr.
The Mirman School, 16180 Mulholland Dr.
Milken Community Middle School, 16190 Mulholland Dr.
Westland School, 16200 Mulholland Dr.

Los Angeles 90061
Vanguard Middle School, 13305 S. San Pedro St.

Los Angeles 90063
Belvedere Junior High School, 312 N. Record Ave.
Marianna Avenue Elementary School, 4215 E. Gleason St.

Los Angeles County
Rio Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Rd.
Saint Martha Elementary School, 420 N. Azusa Ave.

Lynwood
Vista High School, 11300 Wright Rd.

Montebello
Vail High School, 1230 S. Vail Ave.

Monterey Park
Hillcrest Elementary School, 795 Pepper St.

North Hollywood
Fair Avenue Elementary School, 6501 Fair Ave.
Sunshine Preschool, 7567 Laurel Canyon Blvd.

Norwalk
John H. Glenn High School, 13520 Shoemaker Ave.
Cora Hargitt Middle School, 12940 E. Foster Rd.
Norwalk Christian Elementary School, 11129 Pioneer Blvd.

Pacific Palisades
Seven Arrows Elementary School, 15240 La Cruz Dr.
Village School, 780 Swarthmore Ave.
Pacific Palisades Elementary School, 800 Via De La Paz
Corpus Christi School, 890 Toyopa Dr.

Paramount
Keppel Elementary School, 6630 Mark Keppel St.

Pasadena
William L. Blair High School, 1201 S. Marengo Ave.

Pomona
C. Joseph Barfield Elementary School, 2181 N. San Antonio Ave.

Rolling Hills Estates
Rancho Vista Elementary School, 4323 Palos Verdes Dr.
North Rolling Hills Country Day School, 26444 Crenshaw Blvd.

Santa Clarita
Bridgeport Elementary School, 23670 Newhall Ranch Rd.

Santa Fe Springs / Los Nietos
Saint Paul High School, 9635 Greenleaf Ave.

Santa Monica
Hill & Dale Preschool-Kindergarten, 1540 26th St.
Edison Elementary School, 2425 Kansas Ave.

South Gate
Tweedy Elementary School, 9515 Pinehurst Ave.

Sun Valley
Arminta Street Elementary School, 11530 Strathern St.
Richard Byrd Middle School, 8501 Arleta Ave. (next to Polytechnic High)
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, 12431 Roscoe Bl. - cancer cluster
Robert Lewis High School, 12508 Wicks St. (same campus as Polytechnic High)
Sun Valley Middle School, 7330 Bakman Ave.

Toluca Lake
Rio Vista Elementary School, 4243 Satsuma Ave.

Torrance
Casimir Middle School, 17220 Casimir Ave.
El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd.
Towers Street Elementary School, 5600 Towers St.
Walteria Elementary School, 24456 Madison St.

Van Nuys
Ulysses S. Grant High School, 13000 Oxnard St.
Sylvan Park Elementary School, 6238 Noble Ave.

West Covina
Las Palmas Middle School, 641 N. Lark Ellen Ave.
Rowland Avenue Elementary School, 1355 E. Rowland Ave.
Sunkist Elementary School (closed), 820 N. Phillips Ave.

Whittier
Lake Marie Elementary School, 10001 Carmenita Rd.
South Whittier Intermediate School, 13243 E. Los Nietos Rd.
Whittier College, 13406 E. Philadelphia St.

Wilmington
Los Angeles Harbor College, 1111 Figueroa Pl.
Wilmington Middle School, 1700 Gulf Ave.

Marin County

Corte Madera
Neil Cummins Elementary School

Fairfax
White Hill Junior High School

Larkspur
Children's Cottage Co-Op
Hall Middle School
Redwood High School

Mill Valley
Mill Valley Middle School

Novato
Hamilton Elementary School

Marin Headstart Novato
North Bay Children's Center
Novato Charter School
Saint Vincent's School For Boys

Stinson Beach
Stinson School

Orange County

Anaheim
Mann Elementary School

Huntington Beach
Edison High School

La Palma
John F. Kennedy High School

San Juan Capistrano
Ambuehl Elementary School

Riverside County

Norco
John F. Kennedy Middle College High School
Riverside Community College

San Diego County

San Diego
Bell Junior High School
Del Sur Elementary School
Noah Webster Elementary School
Roosevelt Junior High School

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Junior High School

Ventura County

Simi Valley
Mountain View Elementary School

CONNECTICUT

Hamden
Hamden Middle School - cancer cluster

Storrs
University of Connecticut

Stratford
Wooster Middle School

FLORIDA

Fort Lauderdale
Meadowbrook Elementary School

Jacksonville
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School (closed)

Sarasota
Tuttle Elementary School

IOWA

Des Moines
North High School

KANSAS

Hutchinson
Obee Elementary School

LOUISIANA

New Orleans
Moton Elementary School - cancer cluster

MARYLAND

Baltimore
Patterson Senior High School

Fort Meade
Manor View Elementary School

MASSACHUSETTS

Fairhaven
Hastings Middle School

North Adams
Drury High School

Pittsfield
Allendale Elementary School

MICHIGAN

Utica
Eppler Junior High School

Westland
Cooper Elementary School

MINNESOTA

Anoka
Wilson Elementary School

Fridley
Al-Amal School (formerly Gardena Elementary School)

Mounds View
Edgewood Junior High School

New Brighton
Bel Air Elementary School
Highview Middle School
Irondale High School
Pike Lake Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School

Roseville
Johanna Junior High School

Saint Anthony
Saint Anthony High School

Saint Paul
Battle Creek Middle School

MISSOURI

Maryland Heights
Pattonville High School

NEW JERSEY

Edison
Peppermint Tree Nursery School

Garfield
Garfield Middle School

Manchester
Ridgeway Elementary School

North Brunswick
North Brunswick Township High School

Vineland
Vineland State School

West Milford
Macopin Middle School

NEW YORK

Elmira
Southside High School - cancer cluster

Endicott
Jennie F. Snapp Middle School

Islip
Whippoorwill School

New York City
Adlai Stevenson High School - cancer cluster
Lycee Francais de New York

Love Canal, Niagara Falls
93rd Street School (closed)
99th Street Elementary School (closed)

NORTH CAROLINA

Durham
Duke University - Sarah P Duke Gardens, West Campus

OHIO

Marion
River Valley Middle/High School complex (closed) - cancer cluster

OREGON

Portland
Mill Park School

PENNSYLVANIA

Reading
Muhlenberg High School - cancer cluster

RHODE ISLAND

Providence
Anthony Carnevale Elementary School 
Governor Christopher Del Sesto Middle School

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga
Howard High School

TEXAS

Austin
Anderson High School
Bluebonnet Trail Elementary School
Linder Elementary School
Oak Springs School
St. Joseph Rosewood School
St. Stephen's School
Winn Elementary School

Corpus Christie
Cunningham Junior High School - cancer cluster

Houston
Weber Elementary School

VERMONT

Rutland
Rutland Town Elementary School - cancer cluster

VIRGINIA

Newport News
Booker T. Washington Middle School

WASHINGTON, D.C.

American University
Child Development Center

WEST VIRGINIA

Chafin Hollow
Omar Elementary School - cancer cluster