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La Merced Elementary, Montebello

Mural on La Merced Elementary School in Montebello. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.


Also see:
-- Ethnic Distribution of Pupils by School District
-- Cost of Educating a Pupil, K-12, County-wide & by School District
-- Pupil-Teacher Ratio and Average Class Size by School District


The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest school district in the nation, second only to the New York City Dept. of Education. See LAUSD by the Numbers.



School Year for Data is Found in Notes

District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
ABC Unified Cerritos Unified School District 18,354 1,072
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified Acton Unified School District 11,897 1,408
Alhambra Unified Alhambra Unified School District 14,922 944
Antelope Valley Union High Lancaster High School District 22,777 1,183
Arcadia Unified Arcadia Unified School District 8,818 505
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Azusa Unified Azusa Unified School District 6,754 498
Baldwin Park Unified Baldwin Park Unified School District 10,771 948
Bassett Unified La Puente Unified School District 2,946 198
Bellflower Unified Bellflower Unified School District 9,989 616
Beverly Hills Unified Beverly Hills Unified School District 3,140 297
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Bonita Unified San Dimas Unified School District 9,943 545
Burbank Unified Burbank Unified School District 14,432 817
Castaic Union Valencia Elementary School District 1,896 113
Centinela Valley Union High Lawndale High School District 6,707 453
Charter Oak Unified Covina Unified School District 4,283 249
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Claremont Unified Claremont Unified School District 6,386 378
Compton Unified Compton Unified School District 20,457 1,361
Covina-Valley Unified Covina Unified School District 11,130 670
Culver City Unified Culver City Unified School District 6,826 398
Downey Unified Downey Unified School District 22,359 1,148
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Duarte Unified Duarte Unified School District 6,425 282
East Whittier City Whittier Elementary School District 7,717 463
Eastside Union Lancaster Elementary School District 3,126 188
El Monte City El Monte Elementary School District 7,045 449
El Monte Union High El Monte High School District 7,882 488
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
El Rancho Unified Pico Rivera Unified School District 7,255 465
El Segundo Unified El Segundo Unified School District 3,508 189
Garvey Rosemead Elementary School District 4,279 275
Glendale Unified Glendale Unified School District 24,456 1,296
Glendora Unified Glendora Unified School District 6,525 388
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Gorman Joint Gorman Elementary School District 1,271 105
Hacienda La Puente Unified City of Industry Unified School District 16,206 1,005
Hawthorne Hawthorne Elementary School District 7,093 474
Hermosa Beach City Hermosa Beach Elementary School District 1,277 72
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary Lake Hughes Elementary School District 158 9
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Inglewood Unified Inglewood Unified School District 9,011 666
Keppel Union Pearblossom Elementary School District 2,986 199
La Cañada Unified La Cañada Flintridge Unified School District 3,877 228
Lancaster Lancaster Elementary School District 15,018 822
Las Virgenes Unified Calabasas Unified School District 9,732 628
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Lawndale Elementary Lawndale Elementary School District 5,065 399
Lennox Lennox Elementary School District 5,818 440
Little Lake City Santa Fe Springs Elementary School District 3,779 252
Long Beach Unified Long Beach Unified School District 65,826 3,810
Los Angeles County Office of Education Downey County Office of Education 9,076 1,401
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles Unified School District 538,295 38,549
Los Nietos Whittier Elementary School District 1,253 89
Lowell Joint Whittier Elementary School District 3,014 159
Lynwood Unified Lynwood Unified School District 11,967 704
Manhattan Beach Unified Manhattan Beach Unified School District 5,895 368
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Monrovia Unified Monrovia Unified School District 5,047 304
Montebello Unified Montebello Unified School District 20,446 1,253
Mountain View El Monte Elementary School District 4,944 353
Newhall Valencia Elementary School District 5,927 377
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified Norwalk Unified School District 15,406 1,004
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Palmdale Palmdale Elementary School District 21,079 1,315
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified Palos Verdes Estates Unified School District 10,457 606
Paramount Unified Paramount Unified School District 12,730 885
Pasadena Unified Pasadena Unified School District 15,410 958
Pomona Unified Pomona Unified School District 22,058 1,974
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Redondo Beach Unified Redondo Beach Unified School District 9,541 523
Rosemead Elementary Rosemead Elementary School District 2,334 127
Rowland Unified Rowland Heights Unified School District 13,193 812
San Gabriel Unified San Gabriel Unified School District 4,936 364
San Marino Unified San Marino Unified School District 2,751 187
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Santa Monica Unified School District 8,820 678
Saugus Union Santa Clarita Elementary School District 9,097 495
SBE (3) - Academia Avance Charter Highland Park State Board of Education Charter 256 25
SBE (3) - SBE - Academia Anawakalmekak El Sereno (Los Angeles) State Board of Education Charter N/A 23 (4)
SBE (3) - Barack Obama Charter Willowbrook State Board of Education Charter N/A 25
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
SBE (3) - Los Angeles College Prep Academy Northeast Los Angeles State Board of Education Charter 41 20
SBE (3) - New West Charter West Los Angeles State Board of Education Charter 997 45
SBE (4) - Prepa Tec Los Angeles High Bell State Board of Education Charter 324 (5) 11
SBE (4) - The School of Arts and Enterprise Pomona State Board of Education Charter 726 (5) 58
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
South Pasadena Unified South Pasadena Unified School District 4,651 249
South Whittier Whittier Elementary School District 2,317 156
Sulphur Springs Union Canyon Country Elementary School District 5,210 289
Temple City Unified Temple City Unified School District 5,227 299
Torrance Unified Torrance Unified School District 21,776 1,317
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Valle Lindo South El Monte Elementary School District 892 55
Walnut Valley Unified Walnut Unified School District 13,494 740
West Covina Unified West Covina Unified School District 14,630 988
Westside Union Quartz Hill Elementary School District 8,911 466
Whittier City Whittier Elementary School District 5,495 281
District District Office District Type Enrollment (1) Certified Staff (2)
Whittier Union High Whittier High School District 10,614 563
William S. Hart Union High Santa Clarita High School District 22,469 1,351
Wilsona Elementary Palmdale Elementary School District 1,230 70
Wiseburn Unified El Segundo Unified School District 4,941 274

N/A Data not available.

(1) Enrollment for school year 2022-20231.
(2) CERTIFIED STAFF (for school year 2018-2019): Those certified to be teachers, school administrators, librarians, counselors or school psychologists.
(3) SBE: State Board of Education Charters. See California Charter Schools for information about charter schools.
(4) Last numbered certified staff count for for this charter school was for school year 2017-2018.
(5) Last numbered enrollment count for this charter school was for school year 2020-2021.

Source: California Dept. of Education

Also see: Ethnic Distribution of Pupils by School District - Los Angeles County


Los Nietos School District is the oldest school district in California. It has acted as a school district under the laws of the State of California since August 12, 1861.


School No. 1 was the first public school in Los Angeles, opened on March 19, 1855, at the corner of Second and Spring Streets. Girls and boys were taught in separate classrooms.