Downey Unified

District Summary

11627 Brookshire Ave.
Downey, CA 90241-7017

(562) 469-6500

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SchoolDigger Rank:
566^th of 1512 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 21,888

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)				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	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	611	26	23.5	75.0%	19 (3.1%)	12 (2.0%)	546 (89.4%)	22 (3.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)								(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	443	15	29.5	80.0%	14 (3.2%)	14 (3.2%)	404 (91.2%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	50.9	2580^th of 5772 public elementary schools	55.3%		50.1	2565^th of 5662 public elementary schools	54.7%	15		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	293	21	13.7	67.0%	18 (6.1%)	15 (5.1%)	256 (87.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13.6	1743^rd of 2125 public high schools	18.0%		10.5	1813^th of 2017 public high schools	10.1%	70							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	4,042	170	23.8	63.0%	216 (5.3%)	130 (3.2%)	3,530 (87.3%)	134 (3.3%)	6 (0.1%)	11 (0.3%)	15 (0.4%)	65.4	709^th of 2125 public high schools	66.6%		68.9	619^th of 2017 public high schools	69.3%	90							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	1,376	55	25.1	65.0%	83 (6.0%)	29 (2.1%)	1,206 (87.6%)	49 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.5%)	59.8	918^th of 2623 public middle schools	65.0%		57.6	904^th of 2480 public middle schools	63.5%	14				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	738	27	27.3	56.0%	71 (9.6%)	12 (1.6%)	606 (82.1%)	33 (4.5%)		4 (0.5%)	12 (1.6%)	78.1	1267^th of 5772 public elementary schools	78.0%		70.9	1529^th of 5662 public elementary schools	73.0%	262	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	597	24	24.7	85.0%	19 (3.2%)	23 (3.9%)	537 (89.9%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	34.1	3628^th of 5772 public elementary schools	37.1%		37.1	3333^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	41.1%	295	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	1,254	52	24.2	65.0%	52 (4.1%)	21 (1.7%)	1,131 (90.2%)	37 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	10 (0.8%)	61.9	871^st of 2623 public middle schools	66.8%		63.5	774^th of 2480 public middle schools	68.8%	97				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	543	24	22.6	77.0%	19 (3.5%)	12 (2.2%)	501 (92.3%)	10 (1.8%)		1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)								(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	833	33	25.2	64.0%	25 (3.0%)	12 (1.4%)	772 (92.7%)	18 (2.2%)		1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	74.8	1417^th of 5772 public elementary schools	75.5%		73.9	1404^th of 5662 public elementary schools	75.2%	13	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	801	32	24.7	71.0%	22 (2.7%)	15 (1.9%)	743 (92.8%)	15 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	48	2751^st of 5772 public elementary schools	52.3%		52	2449^th of 5662 public elementary schools	56.7%	302	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	796	31	25.5	59.0%	53 (6.7%)	7 (0.9%)	692 (86.9%)	34 (4.3%)		2 (0.3%)	8 (1.0%)	67.2	1751^st of 5772 public elementary schools	69.7%		71.4	1503^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	73.5%	248	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	1,236	50	24.6	79.0%	45 (3.6%)	52 (4.2%)	1,102 (89.2%)	21 (1.7%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (0.8%)	42	1375^th of 2623 public middle schools	47.6%		33.8	1556^th of 2480 public middle schools	37.3%	181				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	416	18	23.1	82.0%	7 (1.7%)	7 (1.7%)	391 (94.0%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)								(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	3,638	147	24.7	66.0%	175 (4.8%)	98 (2.7%)	3,235 (88.9%)	106 (2.9%)	10 (0.3%)	6 (0.2%)	8 (0.2%)	58.5	884^th of 2125 public high schools	58.4%		65.4	698^th of 2017 public high schools	65.4%	186							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	1,311	57	23.1	74.0%	47 (3.6%)	32 (2.4%)	1,202 (91.7%)	23 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	51	1137^th of 2623 public middle schools	56.7%		50.4	1090^th of 2480 public middle schools	56.0%	47				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	729	29	25.1	70.0%	33 (4.5%)	16 (2.2%)	658 (90.3%)	13 (1.8%)		1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)								(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	694	28	24.7	73.0%	27 (3.9%)	17 (2.4%)	634 (91.4%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)		3 (0.4%)	83.4	1003^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	82.6%		81.6	1045^th of 5662 public elementary schools	81.5%	42	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	711	23	30.9	73.0%	30 (4.2%)	19 (2.7%)	647 (91.0%)	12 (1.7%)		1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	61.3	2023^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	65.0%		58.1	2127^th of 5662 public elementary schools	62.4%	104		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	816	30	26.7	71.0%	27 (3.3%)	34 (4.2%)	711 (87.1%)	34 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.0%)	69.9	1612^th of 5772 public elementary schools	72.1%		70.8	1534^th of 5662 public elementary schools	72.9%	78	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	10	2	5.0	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	9 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	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	1009^th
Bellflower Unified	1.93 mi	15	744^th
Little Lake City Elementary	2.02 mi	9	491^st

Downey Unified

District Summary

Unsworth (Edith) Elementary

Gallatin Elementary

Price (Maude) Elementary

Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary

Rio San Gabriel Elementary

Downey High

Griffiths (Gordon) Middle

Old River Elementary

Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle

Warren (Earl) High

Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle

Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary

Rio Hondo Elementary

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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