Green Dot Public Schools operates 19 charter schools in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California. Green Dot’s schools serve the areas of Lennox (an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County near Los Angeles International Airport), Inglewood, Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, Venice, South Los Angeles, and Watts. Future growth will be concentrated in these and other economically disadvantaged areas.

In fall 2008, Green Dot took over administration of Locke High School in Watts and restructured it into six high-performing small schools based on its successful model. This marked the first time that an outside organization had been granted permission by the Los Angeles School Board to run a traditional public high school.

Also in fall 2008, Green Dot opened a charter school in the South Bronx in New York City as part of a joint venture with the New York City teachers union, highlighting Green Dot’s innovative union contract that provides for higher pay, professional development, and accountability.