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Ethnic Distribution of Pupils
By School Districts
Los Angeles County

Education, Children, School

Photo by Michael Anderson, courtesy of National Cancer Institute & Wikimedia Commons.

School Year 2019-2020

Also see:
-- Numbers for School Years 2018-2019 and 2017-2018.
-- Public School Districts - Los Angeles County


The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest school district in the nation (after New York City Dept. of Education). In the 2018-2019 school year, it enrolled 607,723 K-12 students, employed 24,265 K-12 teachers in 1,322 schools, and operated on a budget of $7.49 billion.



District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
All Districts 1,482,488 7.4% 0.2% 7.8% 2.1% 65.2% 0.3% 13.7% 2.6% 0.7%
Los Angeles County Office of Education 11,400 16.4% 0.2% 1.9% 1.2% 68.3% 0.2% 8.3% 1.9% 1.6%
ABC Unified 20,822 8.3% 0.3% 23.3% 11.5% 45.7% 0.6% 5.8% 3.1% 1.6%
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified 18,454 8.5% 0.4% 1.8% 0.7% 57.7% 0.3% 23.8% 4.6% 2.2%
Alhambra Unified 16,804 0.7% 0.2% 49.8% 2.3% 41.3% 0.1% 2.1% 2.7% 0.7%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Antelope Valley Union High 24,156 17.1% 0.3% 1.2% 1.3% 63.7% 0.1% 11.6% 4.7% 0.1%
Arcadia Unified 9,583 2.0% 0.1% 64.8% 3.0% 15.4% * 11.6% 2.3% 0.6%
Azusa Unified 8,094 1.1% 0.2% 1.3% 1.2% 92.0% * 3.2% 0.5% 0.4%
Baldwin Park Unified 23,998 5.5% 0.3% 5.3% 1.5% 66.6% 0.2% 8.5% 1.7% 10.3%
Bassett Unified 3,575 0.8% * 3.7% 1.5% 92.8% * 1.0% * *
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Bellflower Unified 12,040 13.2% 0.4% 3.7% 4.5% 65.3% 0.9% 8.6% 2.7% 0.6%
Beverly Hills Unified 3,675 2.6% * 11.8% 0.8% 8.9% * 68.9% 5.1% 1.6%
Bonita Unified 10,506 3.0% 0.1% 6.3% 2.2% 53.6% 0.1% 25.6% 6.1% 3.0%
Burbank Unified 15,663 2.7% 0.2% 5.4% 3.6% 33.3% 0.1% 47.7% 4.9% 2.1%
Castaic Union 2,098 2.1% * 3.5% 3.7% 45.3% * 40.5% 4.7% *
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Centinela Valley Union High 10,758 17.4% 0.5% 2.3% 0.7% 70.4% 0.9% 5.0% 2.5% 0.4%
Charter Oak Unified 4,800 2.6% 0.6% 5.2% 2.6% 70.1% * 15.8% 3.0% *
Claremont Unified 7,038 4.6% 0.2% 10.7% 1.6% 43.2% 0.2% 32.0% 6.2% 1.5%
Compton Unified 24,776 20.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 76.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 1.4%
Covina-Valley Unified 12,119 2.8% 0.3% 6.6% 3.1% 78.3% 0.2% 7.5% 1.2% 0.2%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Culver City Unified 7,248 12.3% 0.2% 10.5% 1.5% 36.8% 0.3% 26.5% 11.2% 0.7%
Downey Unified 22,942 2.9% 0.1% 1.8% 0.9% 89.0% 0.2% 4.5% 0.6% *
Duarte Unified 8,926 6.7% 0.2% 6.9% 2.5% 69.1% 0.2% 9.5% 2.5% 2.3%
East Whittier City 8,753 0.9% 0.1% 1.3% 1.0% 84.0% 0.2% 10.1% 1.5% 0.9%
Eastside Union 3,684 25.1% * 0.3% 1.1% 63.4% * 6.6% 3.0% *
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
El Monte City 8,324 0.4% * 17.6% 0.6% 79.9% * 1.1% * *
El Monte Union High 8,803 0.6% * 19.7% 0.5% 77.6% * 1.3% * *
El Rancho Unified 8,571 0.5% * 0.5% 0.4% 97.1% * 1.1% 0.3% *
El Segundo Unified 3,546 4.4% * 7.4% 1.4% 21.9% 0.5% 49.1% 15.2% *
Garvey 4,751 0.4% * 58.4% 1.1% 36.9% * 1.2% 0.9% 0.9%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Glendale Unified 26,213 1.2% 0.1% 11.4% 4.8% 20.3% 0.1% 58.8% 3.2% *
Glendora Unified 7,316 1.4% 0.2% 9.8% 2.1% 45.6% 0.2% 35.5% 5.3% *
Gorman Joint 1,456 9.8% * 2.0% 0.9% 40.2% * 36.6% 6.9% 3.1%
Hacienda La Puente Unified 18,581 0.8% 0.1% 15.4% 1.9% 77.5% 0.2% 2.8% 0.5% 0.8%
Hawthorne 8,326 20.9% 0.4% 2.2% 1.5% 69.8% 1.1% 2.1% 0.7% 1.2%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Hermosa Beach City 1,378 1.2% * 5.2% * 13.3% * 67.5% 11.8% *
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary 196 * * * * 30.1% * 64.8% * *
Inglewood Unified 11,781 40.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 56.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4%
Keppel Union 3,107 4.6% * * * 78.8% * 14.2% 1.4% *
La Cañada Unified 4,174 0.6% * 30.7% 1.7% 11.6% * 45.1% 9.8% 0.4%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Lancaster 17,103 30.0% 0.5% 0.8% 1.2% 52.2% 0.2% 10.5% 4.4% 0.1%
Las Virgenes Unified 11,144 2.1% 0.5% 6.3% 0.9% 12.3% 0.1% 71.7% 5.1% 0.9%
Lawndale Elementary 5,892 9.7% * 4.5% 0.8% 76.5% 0.7% 4.3% 1.8% 1.6%
Lennox 7,021 2.7% * 0.3% * 91.9% 0.2% 0.5% * 4.1%
Little Lake City 4,495 1.5% * 1.8% 1.4% 89.8% * 3.8% 1.1% *
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Long Beach Unified 74,639 13.2% 0.2% 7.3% 3.1% 57.6% 1.3% 12.6% 3.9% 0.9%
Los Angeles Unified 615,648 8.0% 0.2% 3.6% 1.9% 73.8% 0.2% 10.2% 1.6% 0.4%
Los Nietos 1,594 2.1% * 0.7% * 95.1% * 1.7% * *
Lowell Joint 3,335 1.5% * 4.2% 1.3% 67.7% * 21.9% 1.7% 1.4%
Lynwood Unified 13,818 5.0% 0.1% 0.2% * 93.7% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1% *
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Manhattan Beach Unified 6,610 1.1% * 10.1% 1.2% 11.8% * 61.3% 13.3% 0.9%
Monrovia Unified 5,586 5.0% * 5.6% 2.5% 64.3% 0.2% 18.4% 3.8% *
Montebello Unified 25,388 0.3% 0.2% 1.9% 0.3% 95.4% 0.1% 1.1% 0.2% 0.5%
Mountain View 6,473 0.4% * 5.2% 0.2% 93.5% * 0.4% * *
Newhall 6,494 2.2% 0.4% 9.8% 3.5% 47.6% * 30.6% 5.5% 0.3%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified 17,590 2.8% 0.2% 4.1% 2.7% 79.2% 0.4% 7.5% 1.7% 1.3%
Palmdale 24,368 14.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 75.4% 0.3% 5.5% 1.9% 0.3%
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified 11,257 2.2% 0.2% 27.7% 2.1% 13.8% 0.2% 43.6% 9.1% 1.1%
Paramount Unified 15,017 8.5% 0.1% 0.8% 0.4% 87.5% 0.6% 1.1% 1.0% 0.1%
Pasadena Unified 18,292 12.1% 0.2% 5.2% 1.8% 57.9% 0.1% 18.7% 3.5% 0.5%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Pomona Unified 24,279 4.5% 0.3% 3.6% 1.1% 85.8% 0.2% 3.0% 1.0% 0.6%
Redondo Beach Unified 10,334 3.4% 0.3% 10.2% 1.8% 23.7% 0.2% 45.3% 14.6% 0.5%
Rosemead Elementary 2,489 * * 53.8% 1.2% 38.0% * 1.6% 0.4% 4.6%
Rowland Unified 14,822 2.9% 0.2% 20.0% 6.5% 64.2% 0.3% 3.8% 1.5% 0.7%
San Gabriel Unified 7,062 1.7% 0.2% 42.2% 1.8% 41.1% 0.3% 7.5% 2.6% 2.6%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
San Marino Unified 2,999 0.9% * 58.5% 1.8% 4.8% * 22.7% 10.6% 0.5%
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 10,582 6.4% 0.2% 6.2% 0.6% 29.1% 0.2% 50.0% 6.5% 0.7%
Saugus Union 10,095 3.4% 0.1% 8.9% 6.2% 33.9% 0.2% 42.4% 4.6% 0.1%
SBE - Academia Avance Charter 347 * * * * 92.8% * * * 4.3%
SBE - Celerity Himalia 728 * * * * 94.2% * * * 5.1%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
SBE - Los Angeles College Prep Academy 123 * * * * 80.5% * * * *
SBE - New West Charter 1,010 5.8% * 7.0% * 23.4% * 53.8% 7.9% *
SBE - Prepa Tec Los Angeles High 383 * * * * 98.4% * * * *
SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise 846 4.8% * * * 81.0% * 8.6% 2.8% *
South Pasadena Unified 5,059 1.6% * 33.8% 2.2% 22.8% * 26.0% 11.5% 1.9%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
South Whittier 2,720 0.8% * * 0.9% 94.9% * 2.5% * *
Sulphur Springs Union 5,560 5.9% 0.3% 4.0% 5.4% 55.7% * 23.5% 4.3% 0.7%
Temple City Unified 5,767 0.6% * 64.3% 1.6% 22.1% * 7.2% 3.5% 0.3%
Torrance Unified 23,699 4.1% 0.2% 29.1% 4.9% 31.3% 0.5% 20.7% 8.6% 0.6%
Valle Lindo 1,107 * * 7.2% * 90.9% * * * *
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
Walnut Valley Unified 14,166 1.6% * 59.3% 5.7% 23.0% 0.4% 6.0% 3.8% *
West Covina Unified 15,343 8.4% 0.3% 8.7% 3.0% 67.1% 0.5% 10.1% 1.5% 0.3%
Westside Union 10,296 11.4% 0.2% 2.2% 1.3% 48.5% * 30.6% 5.6% *
Whittier City 6,284 1.2% 0.2% 0.8% 0.5% 90.0% * 3.6% 0.7% 2.9%
Whittier Union High 11,642 1.2% 0.2% 1.4% 1.3% 88.9% 0.2% 6.2% 0.2% 0.4%
District Total Enrolled African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Filipino Hispanic or Latino Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Race Not Reported
William S. Hart Union High 25,088 4.0% 0.1% 7.1% 4.9% 41.5% 0.1% 37.0% 5.0% 0.4%
Wilsona Elementary 1,366 8.1% 1.2% * * 74.2% * 12.6% 3.6% *
Wiseburn Unified 4,697 12.6% * 4.0% 1.1% 49.7% 0.4% 15.7% 7.0% 9.4%

* To protect student privacy, cumulative enrollment data are suppressed here, where the cumulative enrollment data is 10 or less.

† See California Charter Schools.

Source: California Dept. of Education