Culver City Unified School District

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Culver City Unified School District
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CCUSD district administration building, 4034 Irving Place
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District information
Type Public
GradesPre K-12

Culver City Unified School District, abbreviated CCUSD, is a school district located in Culver City, California that serves approximately 6,500 pupils in a variety of schools.

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The Culver City Unified School District primarily consists of five K-5 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. It also includes an alternative high school, an independent study school, an adult school and a preschool program.

The current district superintendent is Dr. Brian Lucas as of January 2024. [1]

One elementary school, El Marino Language School, has both a Spanish and Japanese language immersion program. It is a blue-ribbon school in the US, with top students coming from it every year. Unlike the other four elementary schools in the district, El Marino does not have a neighborhood attendance area. Instead, admission is based on a lottery system in compliance with the California Education Code. [2]

The district includes Culver City and a portion of Los Angeles, California

Schools

Online school

Preschool

Elementary schools

Middle school

High schools

Adult school

Former Superintendents

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References

  1. "Superintendent's Message". www.ccusd.org. Retrieved 2024-09-20. Official CCUSD.org website
  2. El Marino Language School web site
  3. Observer, Culver City. "Leslie Lockhart Named New School Superintendent". Culver City Observer. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  4. "Culver City school board hires new superintendent - Wave Newspapers". Wave Newspapers. 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  5. Observer, Culver City. "Culver City Unified Chooses Joshua Arnold As New Superintendent". Culver City Observer. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  6. "New Superintendent for CCUSD - Meet David LaRose". Culver City Crossroads. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  7. "An Interview with David LaRose, Culver City's New Superintendent". Culver City, CA Patch. 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2018-03-29.