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ABC Unified


At a glance
415thof 1,543 California districts▼ 10
Better than 73% of California districts
16700 Norwalk Blvd.
Cerritos, CA 90703-1838
·(562) 926-5566·All California district rankings →
Statewide performance 2016–2025
2025: better than 73.1% of districts
30
Schools
17,570
Students
7
5-star schools
Top rankedWhitney (Gretchen) High1st of 2,162 California high schools
Biggest riser
Juarez (Benito) Elementary up 608 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation) 10.7 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The ABC Unified School District consists of 30 public schools serving about 15,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade across Cerritos, Artesia, Lakewood, and Hawaiian Gardens, with performance that ranks in the top quartile statewide.

The district features remarkable extremes, from the state's top-ranked Whitney (Gretchen) High to elementary schools like Willow Elementary and Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary that perform significantly below the district average. Other standout high performers include Cerritos High and elementary schools like Leal (Frank C.) Elementary and Wittmann (Helen) Elementary, which boast exceptional test scores and very low chronic absenteeism.

Overall, the district's graduation and attendance rates are strong, but middle schools like Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle show wider performance gaps, suggesting this may be a key area for support. Interestingly, higher per-student spending does not always correlate with better outcomes, as the highest-achieving schools often operate with more efficient budgets, pointing to the importance of factors like school culture and instructional quality.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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