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Glendale Unified Schools
Glendale Unified is a public school district in California, based in Los Angeles County (Glendale). SchoolGrade grades 32 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Glendale 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 Glendale Unified
30 of 32 schools in Glendale Unified carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 13B: 12C: 4D: 1
Best schools in Glendale Unified
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Monte Vista Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A+ Anderson W Clark Magnet High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Valley View Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Dunsmore Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Benjamin Franklin Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Rosemont Middle (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Crescenta Valley High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- A Abraham Lincoln Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A Mountain Avenue Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A Horace Mann Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
Every school in Glendale Unified
High schools (5)
- A+ Anderson W Clark Magnet High, La Crescenta
- A+ Crescenta Valley High, La Crescenta
- D Daily Allan F High Continuation, Glendale
- C Glendale High, Glendale
- B Herbert Hoover High, Glendale
Middle and junior high schools (4)
- B Eleanor J Toll Middle, Glendale
- A+ Rosemont Middle, La Crescenta
- B- Theodore Roosevelt Middle, Glendale
- B Woodrow Wilson Middle, Glendale
Elementary and primary schools (20)
- A Abraham Lincoln Elementary, La Crescenta
- B Balboa Elementary, Glendale
- A+ Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Glendale
- C Cerritos Elementary, Glendale
- C- Columbus Elementary, Glendale
- A+ Dunsmore Elementary, La Crescenta
- B+ Glenoaks Elementary, Glendale
- A Horace Mann Elementary, Glendale
- A John C Fremont Elementary, Glendale
- C- John Marshall Elementary, Glendale
- B John Muir Elementary, Glendale
- B+ La Crescenta Elementary, La Crescenta
- B+ Mark Keppel Elementary, Glendale
- A+ Monte Vista Elementary, La Crescenta
- A Mountain Avenue Elementary, La Crescenta
- B R D White Elementary, Glendale
- B Thomas Edison Elementary, Glendale
- B Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Glendale
- A+ Valley View Elementary, La Crescenta
- A Verdugo Woodlands Elementary, Glendale
Other schools and academies (3)
- College View, Glendale
- Jewel City Community Day, Glendale
- A Verdugo Academy, La Crescenta
Where Glendale Unified schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Glendale (22)
- La Crescenta (10)
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: Los Angeles County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 25,049 students with 1,088 full-time-equivalent teachers and 2,204 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0615240
- 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
- Burbank Unified (20 schools, 4 mi)
- South Pasadena Unified (5 schools, 9 mi)
- Pasadena Unified (23 schools, 9 mi)
- San Marino Unified (4 schools, 10 mi)
- Alhambra Unified (17 schools, 11 mi)
- San Gabriel Unified (8 schools, 11 mi)
- Beverly Hills Unified (5 schools, 12 mi)
- Temple City Unified (8 schools, 13 mi)
Questions about Glendale Unified
How many schools are in Glendale Unified?
SchoolGrade grades 32 public schools in Glendale Unified, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Glendale Unified serve?
The largest by graded schools: Glendale, La Crescenta.
How good are the schools in Glendale Unified?
Across the 30 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B+, with 51.9% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 51%. 50% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Glendale Unified?
25,049 students were enrolled in Glendale Unified in the 2023-24 school year, about 23.0 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Glendale Unified?
Glendale Unified is in California, based in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Glendale. Its boundary covers about 37.5 sq mi.