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Compton Unified Schools
Compton Unified is a public school district in California, based in Los Angeles County (Compton). SchoolGrade grades 35 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Compton Unified on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Compton Unified
1 of 35 schools in Compton Unified carry a SchoolGrade (34 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
C: 1
Every school in Compton Unified
High schools (5)
- Centennial High, Compton
- Cesar Chavez Continuation High, Compton
- Compton Early College High, Compton
- Compton High, Compton
- Dominguez High, Compton
Middle and junior high schools (6)
- Bunche Middle, Compton
- Davis Middle, Compton
- Enterprise Middle, Compton
- Walton Middle, Compton
- Whaley Middle, Compton
- Willowbrook Middle, Compton
Elementary and primary schools (20)
- Anderson Elementary, Compton
- Bursch Elementary, Compton
- Carver Elementary, Los Angeles
- Dickison Elementary, Compton
- Emerson Elementary, Compton
- Foster Elementary, Compton
- Jefferson Elementary, Compton
- Kelly Elementary, Compton
- Laurel Street Elementary, Compton
- Longfellow Elementary, Compton
- Martin Luther King Elementary, Compton
- Mayo Elementary, Compton
- Mckinley Elementary, Compton
- Ralph Bunche Elementary, Carson
- Robert F Kennedy Elementary, Compton
- Ronald E Mcnair Elementary, Compton
- Roosevelt Elementary, Compton
- Rosecrans Elementary, Compton
- Tibby Elementary, Compton
- Washington Elementary, Compton
Other schools and academies (4)
- Clinton William Jefferson, Compton
- C- Compton Step, Compton
- Compton Virtual Academy, Compton
- Thurgood Marshall, Compton
Where Compton Unified schools are
Cities and towns served (3)
- Compton (33)
- Carson (1)
- Los Angeles (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: Los Angeles County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 16,738 students with 696 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,758 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0609620
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Lynwood Unified (18 schools, 3 mi)
- Paramount Unified (19 schools, 4 mi)
- Los Angeles Unified (776 schools, 5 mi)
- Bellflower Unified (15 schools, 6 mi)
- Downey Unified (22 schools, 6 mi)
- Lawndale Elementary (8 schools, 7 mi)
- Hawthorne (11 schools, 7 mi)
- Centinela Valley Union High (5 schools, 7 mi)
Questions about Compton Unified
How many schools are in Compton Unified?
SchoolGrade grades 35 public schools in Compton Unified, across 3 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Compton Unified serve?
The largest by graded schools: Compton, Carson, Los Angeles.
How good are the schools in Compton Unified?
Across the 1 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C-, with 25% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 16%. 100% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Compton Unified?
16,738 students were enrolled in Compton Unified in the 2023-24 school year, about 24.0 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Compton Unified?
Compton Unified is in California, based in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Compton. Its boundary covers about 17.7 sq mi.