ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

The 'ABC Unified School District' is a school district that is based in Cerritos, California, United States.
ABCUSD serves the cities of Artesia, most of Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, the portion of Lakewood east of the San Gabriel River, as well as tiny portions of Long Beach, Norwalk, and La Mirada (the ABC portion of La Mirada contains only business areas, no residents).
"ABC" stands for Artesia (founded in 1875), Bloomfield (founded in 1885) and Carmenita (founded in 1902), three districts which were unified in 1965 [1].

Contents

List of Schools

Adult Schools

7-12 schools

High Schools

Middle Schools

Elementary Schools

References

See also

External links

List of Schools

Adult Schools

★ ABC Adult School

7-12 schools

(This school admits students based on an entrance exam)

★ Whitney High School (Cerritos)

High Schools

★ Artesia High School (Lakewood)

★ Cerritos High School (Cerritos)

★ Gahr High School (Cerritos)

★ Tracy High School (Cerritos)

Middle Schools

★ Carmenita Middle School (Cerritos)

★ Fedde Middle School (Hawaiian Gardens)

★ Haskell Middle School (Cerritos)

★ Ross Middle School (Artesia)

★ Tetzlaff Middle School (Cerritos)

Elementary Schools

★
'Aloha Elementary School' is located in the city of Lakewood, California. Aloha is a primary school serving students in grades Kindergarten through 6.^[1][2]

'Student population racial makeup (2004)'

Race	Percentage of population
African-American	15.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2
Asian	5.4
Filipino	7.9
Hispanic or Latino	53.3
Pacific Islander	1.3
White (Not Hispanic)	16.0
Multiple or No Response	0.0

The school mascot is the "Aloha Dolphins"—illustrated as a dolphin wearing a lei.

★ Bragg Elementary School (Cerritos) educates students in grades kindergarten through sixth. As of 2006, the school principal is Dr. Scott Wilbur. The school mascot is the Bobcat. The school enrolls approximately 650 students each year. The student-teacher ratio is 23:1. 22.6% of students are eligible for the government-sponsored free and reduced lunch program, compared to 35.1% within the district and 48.5% within the state of California.^{[3][4] [5]}

★ Burbank Elementary School (Artesia)

★ Carver Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ Cerritos Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ Elliott Elementary School (Artesia)

★ Furgeson Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens)

★ Gonsalves Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ Hawaiian Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens)

★ Juarez Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ Kennedy Elementary School (Artesia)

★ Leal Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ 'Melbourne Elementary School' is a co-ed elementary school located in Lakewood, California. It serves students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
As of fall 2006, the school had 32 regular education teachers, one special education teacher, and 25 to 32 classrooms serving 600 to 744 students for an average class size of 20 to 32 students. Thirty-three teachers had full credentials. The school also has a student council comprised of 18 sixth graders appointed by the sixth grade teachers.^[6]

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★ Student population racial makeup (2006)

Race	Percentage of population
African-American (Black)	5.4
American Indian, Alaska Native or Hawaiian	0.1
Asian	4.2
Filipino	2.7
Hispanic or Latino	81.7
Pacific Islander	0.7
(White) (Not Hispanic) Caucasian	5.2
Other	?

★
★ California Standardized Testing Rankings for 2005-2006==
''Data reported are the percent of students achieving at the Proficient or Advanced level (meeting or exceeding the state standards)''

Subject	School	District	State
English-Language Arts	21	45	35
Mathematics	23	49	35
Science	0	41	27
History-Social Science	0	37	28

★ Niemes Elementary School

'Palms Elementary School' is located in Lakewood, California. Palms serves students from grades Kindergarten through six.

'Student population racial makeup (2003)'

Race	Percentage of population
African-American	20.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7
Asian	12.9
Filipino	8.2
Hispanic or Latino	37.5
Pacific Islander	0.3
White (Not Hispanic)	19.2
Multiple or No Response	0.5

'California Standardized Testing Rankings for 2003'

''Data reported are the percent of students achieving at the Proficient or Advanced level (meeting or exceeding the state standards).''

Subject	School	District	State
English-Language Arts	36	45	35
Mathematics	43	49	35
Science	0	41	27
History-Social Science	0	37	28

★ Pat Nixon Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ Stowers Elementary School (Cerritos)

★ Willow Elementary School (Lakewood)

★ Wittmann Elementary School (Cerritos)

References

1. Aloha Elementary School
2. Aloha Elementary School Accountability Report Card for 2003-2004 (PDF)
3.
2005-2006 Bragg Elementary School accountability report card
4. Bragg Elementary School profile provided by schooltree.org
5. Mary E Bragg Elementary School official website
6. Melbourne Elementary School Accountability Report Card for 2006-2007 (PDF)

See also

★ List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California

★ List of elementary schools in California

External links

★ District website