Compton Unified School District

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Compton Unified School District
Address
501 S. Santa Fe Avenue
, California , 90221
United States
Coordinates 33°53′29″N118°13′00″W / 33.89139°N 118.21667°W / 33.89139; -118.21667
District information
Grades K through 12
SuperintendentDarin Brawley
NCES District ID 0609620 [1]
Students and staff
Students20,400 (2019-2020) [1]
Other information
Website compton.k12.ca.us/

Compton Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Compton, California, United States.

Contents

The district serves almost all of Compton, all of East Rancho Dominguez, most of Willowbrook CDP, portions of Carson, Lynwood, West Rancho Dominguez CDP, and a small sliver of Paramount. [2]

History

In 1993 the State of California offered to loan the school district $20 million in exchange for temporary control of the school district; the rationale for wanting to take control included both financial problems and poor academic performance, making Compton USD the only California school district to ever have a takeover for both reasons. The state had complete control over the school district. Test scores had a modest increase as a result. In 1997 Jeff Leeds of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the physical conditions of the campuses had deteriorated since the takeover. Delaine Eastin, the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, decided not to close the school district despite receiving requests to do so. [3] By 1997 Compton USD began to repay the loan. [3]

Schools

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Centennial High School
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Compton High School

Continuation schools

Secondary schools

High schools

Zoned

Alternative

  • Compton Community Day High School (Unincorporated area)

Middle schools

Zoned

  • Ralph J. Bunche Middle School (Unincorporated area)
  • Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Middle School (Compton) [4]
  • Enterprise Middle School (Compton)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School (Compton) [5]
  • Frank L. Walton Middle School (Compton)
  • Franklin S. Whaley Middle School (Unincorporated area)
  • Willowbrook Middle School (Compton)

Alternative

  • Compton Community Day Middle School (Unincorporated area)

Primary schools

Zoned, K-5

Zoned, 3-5

See also

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References

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  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 10 (PDF p. 11/19). Retrieved 2023-11-19. - detail of Willowbrook CDP
  3. 1 2 Leeds, Jeff (1997-01-26). "State Fails to Stop Compton Schools' Slide Into Decay". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
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