Compton Unified School District

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

The district serves Compton, portions of Paramount, portions of Carson, and the unincorporated Los Angeles County neighborhoods of West Compton and East Compton.

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 Superintendent of Public Instruction, decided not to close the school district despite receiving requests to do so.[1] By 1997 Compton USD began to repay the loan.[1]

Schools
Centennial High School
Compton High School

Continuation schools
  • Cesar Chavez Continuation High School (Unincorporated area)

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)[2]
  • Enterprise Middle School (Compton)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School (Compton)[3]
  • 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

  • Augusta A. Mayo Elementary School (Compton)

Closed Schools
  • Frances Willard Elementary School (Closed 2012)
  • Caldwell Street Elementary School (Compton) (Closed 2012)
  • Vanguard Learning Center (Closed 2018)

See also

References
  1. Leeds, Jeff (1997-01-26). "State Fails to Stop Compton Schools' Slide Into Decay". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2008-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-04-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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