Compton Unified School District is a

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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 ''

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'' wrote that the physical conditions of the campuses had deteriorated since the takeover. Delaine Eastin, the

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, decided not to close the school district despite receiving requests to do so. By 1997 Compton USD began to repay the loan.

Schools

Continuation schools

* Cesar Chavez Continuation High School (''Unincorporated area'')

Secondary schools

High schools

Zoned * Centennial High School (

) *

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(Compton) *

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(''Unincorporated area'') * Compton Early College High School (Compton) 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) *Enterprise Middle School (Compton) *Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School (Compton) *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 *

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Elementary School (

) *Charles W. Bursch Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') *

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Elementary School (

) *Clarence A. Dickison Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (Compton) * Stephen C. Foster Elementary School (Compton) *Jefferson Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Colin P. Kelly Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') *Laurel Street Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (Compton) *Augusta A. Mayo Elementary School (Compton) *McKinley Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Ronald E. McNair Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (Compton) *General Rosecrans Elementary School (Compton) *Ardella B. Tibby Elementary School (Compton) *

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Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') Zoned, 3-5 *Augusta A. Mayo Elementary School (Compton)

References

External links

* {{Education in Los Angeles County, California School districts in Los Angeles County, California Compton, California