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Downey Unified

At a glance

510^thof 1,543 California districts▲ 59

Better than 66% of California districts

Elementary 13 Middle 4 High 4Grades K-12

11627 Brookshire Ave.
Downey, CA 90241-7017·(562) 469-6500·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2016–2025

2025: better than 66.9% of districts

Schools

22,405

Students

Top rankedGriffiths (Gordon) Middle552^nd of 2,761 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary up 580 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Columbus (Christopher) High 16.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Downey Unified school district serves roughly 20,000 students across 21 schools, from elementary through high school, in a community where most families face significant economic need.

Overall, the district performs above the state average, with strong graduation rates and several standout schools. Warren (Earl) High is the top-performing high school, while Griffiths (Gordon) Middle excels in middle school math. Among elementary schools, Price (Maude) Elementary has exceptional science scores, and Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary has shown impressive recent improvement.

However, performance varies widely. Columbus (Christopher) High and Woodruff Academy face severe challenges with student attendance and academic proficiency, despite high per-student funding at Columbus. Parents should note that chronic absenteeism is a district-wide concern, and middle schools generally see a dip in English scores compared to their feeder elementary schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	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	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alameda Elementary	Public	K-5	8613 East Alameda St.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3589	744	31	24.0	84.5%	30 (4.0%)	25 (3.4%)	663 (89.1%)	18 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	51.4	2530^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.8%		56.8	2196^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.6%	334	24.1					24.1	40.6	55.3	47.8					47.6	44.6	48.7	34.8					42.7	95.6			96.8	97.5	96.8	$30,353	$29,462	$891
Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary	Public	K-5	9439 East Foster Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3588	796	29	27.4	53.1%	50 (6.3%)	15 (1.9%)	712 (89.4%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.5%)	59.5	2091^st of 5857 public elementary schools	64.3%		54.4	2323^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	60.4%	232	34.7					34.7	53.2	49.6	53.9					52.2	48.0	44.7	39.2					44.3							$16,680	$16,084	$596
Columbus (Christopher) High	Public	9-12	12330 Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3552	368	23	16.2	89.9%	16 (4.3%)	9 (2.4%)	335 (91.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	10.4	2001^st of 2162 public high schools	7.4%		11.9	1955^th of 2159 public high schools	9.4%	46				3.3		4.6							15.5	15.5							0.8	0.8							$43,004	$42,388	$616
Downey High	Public	9-12	11040 Brookshire Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 869-7301	4,051	170	23.8	79.2%	183 (4.5%)	113 (2.8%)	3,589 (88.6%)	123 (3.0%)	2 (0.0%)	14 (0.3%)	26 (0.6%)	67.3	650^th of 2162 public high schools	69.9%		64.3	670^th of 2159 public high schools	69.0%	20			25.8	36.4	6.1	30.6							64.8	64.8							38.4	38.4							$18,764	$18,312	$452
Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle	Public	6-8	10301 South Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3586	1,304	53	24.6	78.2%	86 (6.6%)	18 (1.4%)	1,152 (88.3%)	32 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	10 (0.8%)	61	880^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.1%		57.9	935^th of 2783 public middle schools	66.4%	55		39.8				39.8				50.4	57.1	58.5		55.4				30.2	31.9	39.6		34.0							$20,250	$19,566	$684
Gallatin Elementary	Public	K-5	9513 Brookshire Ave.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3583	788	31	25.4	66.9%	78 (9.9%)	16 (2.0%)	662 (84.0%)	20 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.3%)	58.9	2125^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.7%		53.6	2369^th of 5869 public elementary schools	59.6%	244	32.4					32.4	54.6	47.3	55.3					52.7	52.3	44.6	35.5					43.9	94.0	94.7	97.7	94.0	95.5	94.0	$19,894	$19,414	$480
Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary	Public	K-5	9724 Spry St.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3582	641	29	22.1	89.4%	46 (7.2%)	23 (3.6%)	554 (86.4%)	10 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	38.3	3326^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.2%		30.3	3903^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	33.5%	577	30.4					30.4	36.9	31.1	45.1					37.7	40.8	29.8	30.7					33.8	90.0	90.9	94.6	90.9	90.9	92.7	$24,214	$23,652	$562
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle	Public	6-8	9633 Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3580	1,264	54	23.2	77.0%	72 (5.7%)	27 (2.1%)	1,120 (88.6%)	30 (2.4%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.6%)	76.5	552^nd of 2761 public middle schools	80.0%		70.1	683^rd of 2783 public middle schools	75.5%	131		41.7				41.7				58.5	64.4	55.0		59.3				52.1	51.8	47.4		50.4							$20,727	$20,246	$481
Imperial Elementary	Public	K-3	8133 Imperial Hwy.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3578	653	28	23.3	75.7%	40 (6.1%)	9 (1.4%)	581 (89.0%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)								(n/a)							47.2							47.2	54.8							54.8	95.2	95.9		97.2	96.6	97.2	$21,505	$20,648	$857
Price (Maude) Elementary	Public	K-5	9525 South Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3575	757	31	24.4	71.6%	49 (6.5%)	11 (1.5%)	664 (87.7%)	28 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	73.1	1469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.9%		75.7	1347^th of 5869 public elementary schools	77.0%	122	57.3					57.3	45.0	62.7	65.0					58.1	42.3	55.6	54.5					51.1	98.4						$24,740	$24,220	$520
Rio Hondo Elementary	Public	K-5	7731 East Muller St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3568	838	36	23.2	82.6%	50 (6.0%)	15 (1.8%)	759 (90.6%)	11 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	59.5	2089^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.3%		58.2	2137^th of 5869 public elementary schools	63.6%	48	35.8					35.8	42.0	58.2	55.5					51.4	42.3	57.9	37.2					45.5	93.9	97.0	98.5	96.2	93.9	96.2	$19,882	$19,204	$678
Rio San Gabriel Elementary	Public	K-5	9338 Gotham St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3567	747	29	25.7	72.7%	60 (8.0%)	13 (1.7%)	637 (85.3%)	22 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	9 (1.2%)	61.1	2011^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.7%		57.7	2163^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	63.1%	152	29.9					29.9	59.0	53.9	53.2					55.3	57.6	41.4	37.8					45.4	91.2	94.7	97.4	95.6	92.9	96.5	$22,862	$22,358	$504
Sussman (Edward A.) Middle	Public	6-8	12500 Birchdale Ave.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3572	1,240	59	20.9	84.7%	34 (2.7%)	39 (3.1%)	1,130 (91.1%)	25 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.6%)	48.9	1211^th of 2761 public middle schools	56.1%		46.8	1255^th of 2783 public middle schools	54.9%	44		25.7				25.7				51.4	52.6	35.5		46.9				37.5	36.5	22.6		32.5							$19,831	$19,196	$635
Ward (E. W.) Elementary	Public	K-5	8851 East Adoree St.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3591	543	24	22.6	87.3%	35 (6.4%)	8 (1.5%)	475 (87.5%)	15 (2.8%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.7%)	51.9	2499^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.3%		41.8	3075^th of 5869 public elementary schools	47.6%	576	39.3					39.3	27.5	56.4	55.8					47.6	35.0	38.2	39.1					37.6	98.1	98.1			98.1		$26,752	$26,068	$684
Warren (Earl) High	Public	9-12	8141 De Palma St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 869-7306	3,609	148	24.3	79.8%	140 (3.9%)	148 (4.1%)	3,212 (89.0%)	68 (1.9%)	2 (0.1%)	9 (0.2%)	26 (0.7%)	70.8	582^nd of 2162 public high schools	73.1%		66.8	619^th of 2159 public high schools	71.3%	37			30.0	35.1	11.8	32.3							72.7	72.7							36.3	36.3							$19,457	$19,014	$443
Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle	Public	6-8	11985 Old River School Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3565	1,329	56	23.6	83.0%	45 (3.4%)	27 (2.0%)	1,217 (91.6%)	25 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (0.8%)	59.4	919^th of 2761 public middle schools	66.7%		62.6	824^th of 2783 public middle schools	70.4%	95		35.2				35.2				53.8	49.1	49.3		50.6				41.6	40.8	32.3		38.2							$22,333	$21,786	$547
Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary	Public	K-3	7530 East Arnett St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3564	736	32	22.9	76.2%	27 (3.7%)	16 (2.2%)	659 (89.5%)	26 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)								(n/a)							63.8							63.8	75.2							75.2	97.9	98.4		98.4	97.9		$21,822	$21,200	$622
Unsworth (Edith) Elementary	Public	K-5	9001 Lindsey Ave.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3576	633	29	21.8	75.0%	37 (5.8%)	16 (2.5%)	544 (85.9%)	27 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	74.3	1409^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.9%		74.1	1408^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.0%	1	34.6					34.6	63.6	63.2	55.5					60.7	72.0	57.9	45.5					58.0	94.4	96.3	98.2	94.4	95.4	94.4	$27,358	$26,582	$776
Old River Elementary	Public	4-5	11995 Old River School Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3561	540	18	30.0	80.7%	33 (6.1%)	12 (2.2%)	484 (89.6%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61.9	1969^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.4%		63.6	1900^th of 5869 public elementary schools	67.6%	69	30.1					30.1		58.7	54.3					56.5		51.0	40.0					45.3							$19,300	$18,446	$854
Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary	Public	K-5	13220 South Bellflower Blvd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3590	810	35	23.1	76.5%	44 (5.4%)	37 (4.6%)	679 (83.8%)	38 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.4%)	71.5	1532^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	73.8%		58.9	2112^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.0%	580	33.1					33.1	65.6	55.3	58.6					59.6	76.6	51.1	43.6					56.3	94.3	95.1	95.9	94.3	94.3	95.1	$21,183	$20,646	$537
Woodruff Academy	Public	7-12	12330 Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3552	14	2	7.8	78.6%	1 (7.1%)	1 (7.1%)	12 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						0.0																							$43,004	$42,388	$616

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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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