Downey Unified

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District Summary

11627 Brookshire Ave.
Downey, CA 90241-7017

(562) 469-6500

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SchoolDigger Rank:
339^th of 826 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 21,995

Primary Schools: 13
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 0

This graph shows how well Downey Unified is performing compared to other districts in California. 100% is the best performing district in the state, 0% is the worst.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				CAST Science (2019)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% Completely Immunized (2019)	% Polio (2019)	% Hepatitis B (2019)	% Varicella (2019)	% DTP (2019)	% MMR (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG
Alameda Elementary	Public	K-3	8613 E. Alameda St.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3589	632	27	23.4	76.7%	21 (3.3%)	17 (2.7%)	562 (88.9%)	21 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.1%)								(n/a)					50.7							53.5							88.0	94.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	94.0	91.0
Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary	Public	4-5	9439 E. Foster Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3588	414	14	29.5	81.2%	12 (2.9%)	14 (3.4%)	375 (90.6%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	44.7	2640^th of 5288 public elementary schools	50.1%		50.1	2565^th of 5662 public elementary schools	54.7%	75	15.8					45.6	49.8						46.7	39.4
Columbus (Christopher) High	Public	9-12	12330 Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3552	299	20	14.8	58.9%	18 (6.0%)	11 (3.7%)	264 (88.3%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12.4	1505^th of 1727 public high schools	12.9%		10.5	1813^th of 2017 public high schools	10.1%	308			1.6	0.0							18.0							0.8
Downey High	Public	9-12	11040 Brookshire Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	No	(562) 869-7301	4,117	170	24.2	63.7%	207 (5.0%)	132 (3.2%)	3,609 (87.7%)	135 (3.3%)	5 (0.1%)	9 (0.2%)	20 (0.5%)	54	691^st of 1727 public high schools	60.0%		68.9	619^th of 2017 public high schools	69.3%	72			24.5	13.3							60.4							28.7
Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle	Public	6-8	10301 S. Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3586	1,401	57	24.7	66.5%	86 (6.1%)	26 (1.9%)	1,243 (88.7%)	39 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	61.5	720^th of 2155 public middle schools	66.6%		57.6	904^th of 2480 public middle schools	63.5%	184		39.0						52.8	57.2	55.8					38.8	35.1	41.9
Gallatin Elementary	Public	K-5	9513 Brookshire Ave.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3583	754	27	27.9	59.0%	62 (8.2%)	16 (2.1%)	625 (82.9%)	36 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	11 (1.5%)	72.6	1389^th of 5288 public elementary schools	73.7%		70.9	1529^th of 5662 public elementary schools	73.0%	140	27.0				60.8	64.8	67.2					62.0	58.3	59.3					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary	Public	K-5	9724 Spry St.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3582	549	21	26.1	86.9%	20 (3.6%)	18 (3.3%)	496 (90.3%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	33.4	3332^nd of 5288 public elementary schools	37.0%		37.1	3333^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	41.1%	1	20.4				30.8	45.3	45.9					26.4	38.2	35.4					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle	Public	6-8	9633 Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3580	1,318	51	25.6	67.5%	47 (3.6%)	30 (2.3%)	1,190 (90.3%)	37 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (0.8%)	63.1	688^th of 2155 public middle schools	68.1%		63.5	774^th of 2480 public middle schools	68.8%	86		37.6						53.0	47.2	59.2					39.6	43.5	45.2
Imperial Elementary	Public	K-3	8133 Imperial Hwy.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3578	524	21	24.9	73.5%	16 (3.1%)	16 (3.1%)	483 (92.2%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					56.1							59.4							96.0	97.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	97.0	97.0
Price (Maude) Elementary	Public	K-5	9525 S. Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3575	851	34	25.0	64.2%	32 (3.8%)	12 (1.4%)	780 (91.7%)	21 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	70	1504^th of 5288 public elementary schools	71.6%		73.9	1404^th of 5662 public elementary schools	75.2%	100	28.0				59.3	65.9	59.5					62.2	61.6	51.5					92.0	92.0	97.0	97.0	92.0	92.0
Rio Hondo Elementary	Public	K-5	7731 E. Muller St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3568	785	31	25.3	69.7%	34 (4.3%)	11 (1.4%)	718 (91.5%)	14 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	44.4	2666^th of 5288 public elementary schools	49.6%		52	2449^th of 5662 public elementary schools	56.7%	217	17.9				44.4	47.1	44.6					45.3	52.4	38.9					91.0	95.0	98.0	≥99.0	93.0	94.0
Rio San Gabriel Elementary	Public	K-5	9338 Gotham St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3567	825	31	26.6	57.6%	50 (6.1%)	17 (2.1%)	711 (86.2%)	35 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (1.2%)	62.8	1790^th of 5288 public elementary schools	66.1%		71.4	1503^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	73.5%	287	23.9				56.8	55.4	53.7					70.1	49.6	47.8					98.0	98.0	98.0	98.0	98.0	98.0
Sussman (Edward A.) Middle	Public	6-8	12500 Birchdale Ave.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3572	1,156	47	24.7	77.9%	32 (2.8%)	44 (3.8%)	1,036 (89.6%)	27 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	11 (1.0%)	41.5	1134^th of 2155 public middle schools	47.4%		33.8	1556^th of 2480 public middle schools	37.3%	422		23.1						46.9	45.4	36.8					36.3	33.4	28.0
Ward (E. W.) Elementary	Public	K-3	8851 E. Adoree St.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3591	458	20	22.9	77.9%	6 (1.3%)	7 (1.5%)	434 (94.8%)	9 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)					63.6							61.7							≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Warren (Earl) High	Public	9-12	8141 De Palma St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	No	(562) 869-7306	3,592	147	24.4	67.1%	159 (4.4%)	105 (2.9%)	3,204 (89.2%)	93 (2.6%)	9 (0.3%)	7 (0.2%)	15 (0.4%)	42.5	910^th of 1727 public high schools	47.3%		65.4	698^th of 2017 public high schools	65.4%	212			20.7	0.0							52.8							27.2
Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle	Public	6-8	11985 Old River Sch Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3565	1,299	56	23.2	71.6%	52 (4.0%)	27 (2.1%)	1,196 (92.1%)	18 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	51	917^th of 2155 public middle schools	57.4%		50.4	1090^th of 2480 public middle schools	56.0%	173		28.6						48.7	51.8	45.1					38.5	38.2	31.6
Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary	Public	K-3	7530 E. Arnett St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3564	784	29	27.0	72.1%	43 (5.5%)	13 (1.7%)	704 (89.8%)	16 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)								(n/a)					51.3							49.0							95.0	95.0	97.0	98.0	95.0	98.0
Unsworth (Edith) Elementary	Public	K-5	9001 Lindsey Ave.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3576	705	29	24.1	70.5%	29 (4.1%)	20 (2.8%)	636 (90.2%)	14 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	78.8	1159^th of 5288 public elementary schools	78.1%		81.6	1045^th of 5662 public elementary schools	81.5%	114	32.0				66.4	68.8	61.4					76.3	73.6	55.0					96.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Old River Elementary	Public	4-5	11995 Old River Sch Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3561	662	22	30.0	73.1%	25 (3.8%)	18 (2.7%)	608 (91.8%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	57.7	2020^th of 5288 public elementary schools	61.8%		58.1	2127^th of 5662 public elementary schools	62.4%	107	28.2					51.2	59.9						40.5	50.3
Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary	Public	K-5	13220 S. Bellflower Blvd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3590	849	32	26.5	73.0%	31 (3.7%)	33 (3.9%)	746 (87.9%)	29 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.8%)	65.7	1687^th of 5288 public elementary schools	68.1%		70.8	1534^th of 5662 public elementary schools	72.9%	153	25.7				56.3	52.9	65.0					63.8	54.3	49.6					98.0	98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	98.0	98.0
Woodruff Academy	Public	7-12	12330 Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles	Downey Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(562) 904-3552	21	2	10.5	81.0%	1 (4.8%)	1 (4.8%)	18 (85.7%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program	0.74 mi	1
Los Angeles County Office of Education	0.74 mi	35
Paramount Unified	1.57 mi	19	561^st
Bellflower Unified	1.93 mi	15	411^th
Little Lake City Elementary	2.02 mi	9	261^st

Downey Unified

District Summary

Unsworth (Edith) Elementary

Gallatin Elementary

Price (Maude) Elementary

Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary

Griffiths (Gordon) Middle

Rio San Gabriel Elementary

Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle

Old River Elementary

Downey High

Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle

Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary

Rio Hondo Elementary

Warren (Earl) High

Sussman (Edward A.) Middle

Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary

Columbus (Christopher) High

Alameda Elementary

Imperial Elementary

Ward (E. W.) Elementary

Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary

Woodruff Academy

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