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La Merced Elementary, Montebello

Mural on La Merced Elementary School in Montebello. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.

Also see: Ethnic Distribution of Pupils by School District
and Cost of Educating a Pupil, K-12, County-wide & by School District
and Pupil-Teacher Ratio and Average Class Size by School District


The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest school district in the nation, second only to the New York City Dept. of Education. See LAUSD by the Numbers.



School Year for Data is Found in Notes

District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
ABC Unified Cerritos Unified 19,540 1,037 94.4%
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified Acton Unified 12,532 891 94.0%
Alhambra Unified Alhambra Unified 15,747 899 94.2%
Antelope Valley Union High Lancaster High School 22,792 1,284 79.3%
Arcadia Unified Arcadia Unified 8,946 496 96.7%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Azusa Unified Azusa Unified 7,330 513 89.9%
Baldwin Park Unified Baldwin Park Unified 14,730 1,030 92.8%
Bassett Unified La Puente Unified 3,215 205 92.0%
Bellflower Unified Bellflower Unified 10,723 650 94.4%
Beverly Hills Unified Beverly Hills Unified 3,313 298 96.0%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Bonita Unified San Dimas Unified 9,669 509 94.7%
Burbank Unified Burbank Unified 14,704 816 91.6%
Castaic Union Valencia Elmentary 1,860 115 N/A
Centinela Valley Union High Lawndale High School 6,657 424 90.6%
Charter Oak Unified Covina Unified 4,522 246 95.9%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Claremont Unified Claremont Unified 6,744 368 94.4%
Compton Unified Compton Unified 22,117 1,325 86.4%
Covina-Valley Unified Covina Unified 11,332 630 97.5%
Culver City Unified Culver City Unified 7,076 387 94.4%
Downey Unified Downey Unified 22,216 1,150 94.5%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Duarte Unified Duarte Unified 5,317 256 90.3%
East Whittier City Whittier Elmentary 8,230 443 N/A
Eastside Union Lancaster Elmentary 3,167 192 N/A
El Monte City El Monte Elmentary 7,589 461 N/A
El Monte Union High El Monte High School 8,358 494 84.9%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
El Rancho Unified Pico Rivera Unified 7,985 458 94.0%
El Segundo Unified El Segundo Unified 3,448 176 97.7%
Garvey Rosemead Elmentary 4,431 274 N/A
Glendale Unified Glendale Unified 24,924 1,301 89.4%
Glendora Unified Glendora Unified 6,833 384 97.6%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Gorman Joint Gorman Elmentary 1,301 108 N/A
Hacienda La Puente Unified City of Industry Unified 17,329 1,013 96.2%
Hawthorne Hawthorne Elmentary 7,581 497 N/A
Hermosa Beach City Hermosa Beach Elmentary 1,198 71 N/A
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary Lake Hughes Elmentary 178 9 N/A
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Inglewood Unified Inglewood Unified 9,683 673 81.3%
Keppel Union Pearblossom Elmentary 2,846 178 N/A
La Cañada Unified La Cañada Flintridge Unified 3,988 217 97.1%
Lancaster Lancaster Elmentary 14,743 804 N/A
Las Virgenes Unified Calabasas Unified 10,248 605 93.4%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Lawndale Elementary Lawndale Elmentary 5,470 372 N/A
Lennox Lennox Elmentary 6,427 459 N/A
Little Lake City Santa Fe Springs Elmentary 4,079 246 N/A
Long Beach Unified Long Beach Unified 69,708 3,629 89.4%
Los Angeles County Office of Education Downey County Office of Education 8,639 1,067 50.4%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles Unified 574,996 38,472 80.1%
Los Nietos Whittier Elmentary 1,379 90 N/A
Lowell Joint Whittier Elmentary 3,139 150 N/A
Lynwood Unified Lynwood Unified 12,791 714 90.0%
Manhattan Beach Unified Manhattan Beach Unified 6,030 352 97.1%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Monrovia Unified Monrovia Unified 5,247 312 95.5%
Montebello Unified Montebello Unified 23,092 1,296 84.1%
Mountain View El Monte Elmentary 5,788 354 N/A
Newhall Valencia Elmentary 5,920 349 N/A
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified Norwalk Unified 16,209 970 92.2%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Palmdale Palmdale Elmentary 21,396 1,237 N/A
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified Palos Verdes Estates Unified 10,503 586 98.5%
Paramount Unified Paramount Unified 13,761 867 91.5%
Pasadena Unified Pasadena Unified 16,761 1,022 82.2%
Pomona Unified Pomona Unified 22,388 2,155 83.1%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Redondo Beach Unified Redondo Beach Unified 9,803 502 95.2%
Rosemead Elementary Rosemead Elmentary 2,341 127 N/A
Rowland Unified Rowland Heights Unified 13,801 824 87.5%
San Gabriel Unified San Gabriel Unified 5,366 419 93.3%
San Marino Unified San Marino Unified 2,821 176 95.8%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Santa Monica Unified 9,929 699 94.4%
Saugus Union Santa Clarita Elmentary 9,071 481 N/A
SBE (4) - Academia Avance Charter Highland Park Charter 293 26 N/A
SBE (4) - Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America El Sereno (Los Angeles) Charter N/A 23 N/A
SBE (4) - Barack Obama Charter Willowbrook Charter N/A 22 N/A
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
SBE (4) - Celerity Himalia Southeast Los Angeles Charter 717 24 N/A
SBE (4) - Los Angeles College Prep Academy Northeast Los Angeles Charter 64 N/A N/A
SBE (4) - New West Charter West Los Angeles Charter 1,043 44 N/A
SBE (4) - Prepa Tec Los Angeles High Bell Charter 324 20 N/A
SBE (4) - The School of Arts and Enterprise Pomona Charter 726 43 N/A
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
South Pasadena Unified South Pasadena Unified 4,718 243 0.3%
South Whittier Whittier Elmentary 2,444 150 N/A
Sulphur Springs Union Canyon Country Elmentary 5,069 276 N/A
Temple City Unified Temple City Unified 5,482 304 96.7%
Torrance Unified Torrance Unified 22,490 1,251 94.4%
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Valle Lindo South El Monte Elmentary 1,005 56 N/A
Walnut Valley Unified Walnut Unified 13,493 739 95.8%
West Covina Unified West Covina Unified 14,632 729 92.0%
Westside Union Quartz Hill Elmentary 9,172 445 N/A
Whittier City Whittier Elmentary 5,836 293 N/A
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2) Cohort Graduates (3)
Whittier Union High Whittier High School 11,253 560 90.9%
William S. Hart Union High Santa Clarita High School 23,623 1,340 94.3%
Wilsona Elementary Palmdale Elmentary 1,207 74 N/A
Wiseburn Unified El Segundo Unified 4,754 262 N/A

N/A Data not available.

(1) Enrollment for school year 2020-2021.
(2) CERTIFIED STAFF (for school year 2017-2018): Those certified to be teachers, school administrators, librarians, counselors or school psychologists.
(3) COHORT GRADUATION RATE (for school year 2019-2020): A "cohort" is composed of students who are first-time 9th graders in the fall of a particular school year, plus students who transfer in, minus students who transfer out, during a four-year school period. This percentage is the number of this cohort who graduate from high school in four years with a regular high school diploma. In cases where these cohorts exist in Elmentarys, this is due to adult education or charter schools for secondary-level students.
(4) SBE: State Board of Education Charters. See California Charter Schools for information about charter schools.

Source: California Dept. of Education

Also see: Ethnic Distribution of Pupils by School District - Los Angeles County



Los Nietos School District is the oldest school district in California. It has acted as a school district under the laws of the State of California since August 12, 1861.


School No. 1, the first public school in Los Angeles, opened on March 19, 1855, at the corner of Second and Spring Streets. Girls and boys were taught in separate classrooms.