The Lawndale Elementary School District located in the heart of the South Bay in Lawndale California, consists of eight school sites, providing a public school education to approximately 6,150 students. Six elementary schools provide kindergarten through sixth grade classes, one provides kindergarten through third grade classes, and another provides fourth through sixth grade classes. One middle school serves the seventh and eight grades. The District also serves approximately 500 preschool students residing in the community.
Centinela Valley Union High School District
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14901 South Inglewood Avenue
Lawndale, California 90260
310-263-3200
The Centinela Valley Union High School District is located in Los Angeles County, close to the Los Angles International Airport. It serves an ethnically diverse population in the cities of Hawthorne, Lawndale, and Lennox, and is near to the famous beach recreation areas of Redondo, Hermosa, and Manhattan Beach.
CVUHSD has a student population of approximately 7,800. They attend either Hawthorne, Lawndale, or Leuzinger High School for the comprehensive secondary programs, or Lloyde High School for the continuation program. In addition, CVUHSD maintains an extensive adult education program. The feeder school districts of the Centinela Valley are Hawthorne, Lawndale, Lennox, and Wiseburn.
Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach Unified School District
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14901 South Inglewood Avenue
Lawndale, California 90260
310-263-3200
The school district consists of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, one continuation school, and one adult school. RBUSD was created on July, 1993. Unification merged the former Redondo Beach City School District with the South Bay Union High School District, (the former district had served the community for more than 100 years) bringing to the students of the city a comprehensive educational program rich in tradition, covering preschool through 12th grade and beyond.
The District currently serves a total of 7,800 students and employs approximately 369 classified personnel, 496 certificated employees (including CDC teachers, nurses, psychologists, etc., as well as 27 Certificated managers. The RBUSD Certificated employees are members of the California Teacher's Association and the RBUSD Classified Employees are members of The California State Employees Association.
Hawthorne
Hawthorne Unified School District
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14120 S. Hawthorne Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
310-676-2276
Hawthorne School District consists of eight elementary schools, three middle schools and one charter high school. All of the schools now operate on a traditional calendar. Hawthorne School District is dedicated to educational excellence and the continuous academic growth of all students. The District's enrollment is approximately 10,000 students.
Hawthorne School District provides a safe learning environment with high expectations that promotes excellence and success for all students. We are committed to building a team effort among families, district, and community that prepares our culturally diverse students to achieve academically and socially in an ever-changing world.
Gardena
Los Angeles Unified School District
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1330 West Pico Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA. 90015
213-625-6631
Academic excellence and community education are high priorities in Gardena. In addition to nine public and five private Elementary schools, the City has eight Preschools, one City-operated Family Child Care program and three Japanese Language schools. The elementary schools offer a Tri-Lingual Magnet in Japanese-Spanish-English and a Bi-Lingual Korean-English Program. Peary Middle School has a Math-Science Magnet, and Gardena High School is the home of Southern California International Business Academy and a Foreign Language Magnet in French-Spanish-Japanese. Gardena is also very proud of the highly respected private Serra High School, the Selery School for Special Education, and the Gardena Community, an adult School which offers over 200 community-based classes. As part of the Los Angeles Unified School District you can find a full list of Gardena schools by clicking here.
Torrance
Torrance Unified School District
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2335 Plaza Del Amo
Torrance, CA 90501
310-972-6500
Torrance Unified School District (the "District") was established as a school district in 1947 and unified in 1948. The District is located in the western side of Los Angeles County, bordered by the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the south, the Cities of Redondo Beach and Gardena on the north, the City of Carson on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The District encompasses all of the City of Torrance. The District's jurisdiction includes approximately 21 square miles, and it operates 17 elementary schools, eight middle schools, five high schools (one of which is a continuation school), three adult education centers, and a child development center.
The Torrance Unified School District strives to ensure that each and every student is educated and prepared to succeed in life. We are dedicated to maximizing individual potential and developing lifelong learners who will be contributing members in a global society.
Long Beach
Long Beach Unified School District
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1515 Hughes Way
Long Beach, CA 90810
562-997-8000
The Long Beach Unified School District has earned a reputation as one of America’s finest school systems, winning many awards as a national model of excellence. The school district was named the 2003-04 national winner of the $500,000 Broad Prize for Urban Education, recognizing America's best urban school system for increasing student achievement.
Established in 1885 with fewer than a dozen students meeting in a borrowed tent, LBUSD now educates more than 92,000 students in 95 public schools in the cities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, and Avalon on Catalina Island. The third largest school district in California, it serves the most diverse large city in the United States, according to Census 2000, with 46 different languages spoken by local students. The district employs more than 8,000 people, making it the largest employer in Long Beach.
The school district has won widespread recognition for establishing high standards of dress, behavior and achievement. Its successes have been featured on “Good Morning America,” NBC’s “Today Show,” CBS’s “This Morning,” “CNN Headline News” and other national news media.
These are the hallmarks of one of America’s finest school systems. A total commitment to continuous improvement is what makes the Long Beach Unified School District a national leader in preparing young men and women for success.
Inglewood
Inglewood Unified School District
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401 South Inglewood Avenue
Inglewood, CA 90301
310-419-2700
Located in Los Angeles County, California, the Inglewood Unified School District serves approximately 17,750 students (in kindergarten through 12th grade) from the cities of Inglewood and Ladera Heights. In total, there are thirteen elementary schools and six secondary schools, many of which are on a year-round schedule. In addition, there is one preschool center with approximately 300 students and a community adult school with approximately 8,000 students.
The Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) serves a diverse population of students in an urban setting, with 58% Hispanic, 41% African American, and 1% other ethnicities, according to demographic information from the California Department of Education (CDE) for the 2002-2003 school year.
The Inglewood Unified School District's strengths are demonstrated in its support from various partners, including local businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher learning. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is one major partner, assisting the school district at the middle and high school levels in preparing students to enter and succeed at colleges and universities. Local businesses and organizations generously donate tens of thousands of dollars in funds and services annually to help expand opportunities for IUSD students.
The Inglewood Unified School District currently employs 110 administrators/pupil services personnel, 824 teachers, and 643 support staff (as reported by the 2002-2003 CDE demographic data). The district is currently accepting applications for the following positions: (click here to review vacancies).
El Segundo
El Segundo Unified School District
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641 Sheldon Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 615-2650
FAX: (310) 640-8272
The El Segundo Unified School District, with a current enrollment of approximately 3,500 students, serves students at five school sites: Center Street Elementary School (K-5); Richmond Street Elementary School (K-5); El Segundo Middle School (6-8); El Segundo High School (9-12); and Arena Continuation High School. The District has a preschool program, in addition to a fee-based before and after school child care program, The Learning Connection (TLC), that is on both elementary school campuses to serve K-5 students enrolled in the District.
In 2005, the El Segundo Unified School District was recognized as an “academic out-performer,” one of only 29 California school districts to earn this distinction from Standard & Poor's, the prestigious credit and financial services company. Out of more than 1000 school districts in California, Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services division considered academic out-performer candidacy for the 351 k-12 districts that had sufficient data for the analysis. To qualify for the distinction, school districts had to report significantly higher percentages of students who scored proficient or above on state reading and math tests over two school years, in comparison to other school districts with similar demographics.
Class sizes of twenty students or less are available in Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 at the elementary level, and in grade 9 math, and 9th & 10th grade English classes.
District staff consists of eleven administrative employees, 151 certificated and 110 classified employees, with over 50 being considered full-time.
The ethnic composition of the student body is: African American 4.4%; Asian 7.4%; Caucasian 69%; Hispanic 16.4%; Pacific Islander 1.1%; Filipino 1.5%.
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