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Downey Unified

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At a glance

452^ndof 1,530 California districts▲ 58

Better than 70% of California districts

Elementary 14 Middle 4 High 4Grades K-12

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

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 70.5% of districts

Schools

22,405

Students

Top rankedOld River Elementary1260^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Old River Elementary up 709 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Columbus (Christopher) High 16.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

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

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Summary:

Downey Unified has 21 schools serving students from elementary through high school in Downey, California: 13 elementary schools, four middle schools and four high schools. Across schools with reported results, the average was 55% proficient in ELA, 46% in math and 36% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Those averages mask wide differences between schools. The clearest concern is Columbus (Christopher) High, with 18% proficient in ELA, 0% in math and 6% in science, plus 57% chronic absenteeism—compared with 20% districtwide and 18% statewide.

Several schools stand out, though strengths vary by grade and subject. Griffiths (Gordon) Middle leads the middle schools in all-grades math (51%) and science (51%), about 12 and 15 points above state results. Among elementary schools, Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary leads in all-grades ELA (60%) and math (56%), while Price (Maude) Elementary leads in science (52%). Warren (Earl) High leads reported high-school ELA at 72%, but its science result is 17%. Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary reports 69% ELA and 74% math; it serves K–3, so its all-grades figures are not directly comparable with K–5 schools.

School averages improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by about 2 points in ELA, 3 in math and 3 in science; state results also rose, with the school-to-state gaps widening slightly in ELA and math while remaining under a point in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings put Griffiths at the 81st percentile, and Old River Elementary and Warren at the 78th. Context measures don’t neatly track results: free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25 ranged from 53% at Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary to 89% at Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary, while Carpenter’s results were higher. Student-teacher ratios also don’t predict results in these data: Old River reports 30.0 students per teacher and Columbus 16.2. The two large high schools pair strong ELA and graduation results with weaker science: Downey High and Warren graduate 99% and 98% of students, yet both are below the state in eleventh-grade science.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)						Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pace (Lynn L.) Elementary	Public	K-3	9625 Van Ruiten St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 904-3571	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
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%)	57.6	2178^th of 5817 public elementary schools	62.6%		51.4	2530^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.8%	352	37.6					37.6	48.4	48.5	53.2					49.9	52.4	42.9	36.7					44.3	97%	0%	$21,848	$891	$20,957
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%)	67.3	1723^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	70.4%		59.5	2091^st of 5857 public elementary schools	64.3%	368	46.0					46.0	71.0	44.1	59.1					57.3	68.0	34.8	46.9					48.9	≥ 99%		$14,864	$596	$14,268
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%)	11	1887^th of 2135 public high schools	11.6%		10.4	2001^st of 2162 public high schools	7.4%	114				4.0	9.1	5.6							18.4	18.4							0.0	0.0			$31,193	$616	$30,577
Downey High	Public	8-12	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%)	62.8	752^nd of 2135 public high schools	64.8%		67.3	650^th of 2162 public high schools	69.9%	102			28.0	22.0	15.0	27.4							67.7	67.7							34.9	34.9			$18,991	$452	$18,539
Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle	Public	5-8	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%)	65.5	801^st of 2740 public middle schools	70.8%		61	880^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.1%	79		44.5				44.5				54.1	58.5	62.0		58.2				37.7	36.6	40.3		38.2			$19,760	$684	$19,076
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%)	64.9	1827^th of 5817 public elementary schools	68.6%		58.9	2125^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.7%	298	45.6					45.6	48.0	56.2	52.2					52.0	53.0	48.2	45.1					49.1	≥ 99%		$16,413	$480	$15,933
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%)	36.6	3467^th of 5817 public elementary schools	40.4%		38.3	3326^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.2%	141	21.9					21.9	43.0	41.2	33.3					38.8	48.7	36.1	21.9					34.3	94%	0%	$18,614	$562	$18,052
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle	Public	5-8	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%)	76.8	533^rd of 2740 public middle schools	80.5%		76.5	552^nd of 2761 public middle schools	80.0%	19		51.0				51.0				64.1	56.3	58.7		59.6				53.3	47.2	51.5		50.6			$19,897	$481	$19,416
Garcia (John A.) 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)							57.4							57.4	60.1							60.1	96%	0%	$17,407	$857	$16,550
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%)	73.2	1438^th of 5817 public elementary schools	75.3%		73.1	1469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.9%	31	51.9					51.9	45.2	55.9	69.5					57.1	52.4	48.2	64.1					55.3	98%	0%	$18,856	$520	$18,336
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	2119^th of 5817 public elementary schools	63.6%		59.5	2089^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.3%	30	38.0					38.0	42.9	50.0	61.4					51.5	47.5	45.9	39.1					44.2	95%	0%	$16,506	$678	$15,828
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%)	64.2	1866^th of 5817 public elementary schools	67.9%		61.1	2011^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.7%	145	37.0					37.0	67.2	52.1	48.7					56.3	70.2	43.0	31.9					49.1	≥ 99%		$17,909	$504	$17,405
Sussman (Edward A.) Middle	Public	5-8	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%)	59.8	941^st of 2740 public middle schools	65.7%		48.9	1211^th of 2761 public middle schools	56.1%	270		40.2				40.2				54.4	56.5	46.9		52.6				43.8	36.1	34.2		38.1			$19,526	$635	$18,891
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%)	56.6	2231^st of 5817 public elementary schools	61.6%		51.9	2499^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.3%	268	33.7					33.7	56.6	48.8	49.5					51.4	54.0	43.8	34.0					43.1	≥ 99%		$19,944	$684	$19,260
Warren (Earl) High	Public	8-12	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%)	77.1	467^th of 2135 public high schools	78.1%		70.8	582^nd of 2162 public high schools	73.1%	115				18.2	15.0	17.3							72.0	72.0							38.8	38.8			$19,333	$443	$18,890
Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle	Public	5-8	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%)	62.9	854^th of 2740 public middle schools	68.8%		59.4	919^th of 2761 public middle schools	66.7%	65		34.8				34.8				52.6	57.3	51.3		53.8				45.7	43.5	40.5		43.0			$20,733	$547	$20,186
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)							69.4							69.4	74.3							74.3	≥ 99%		$17,448	$622	$16,826
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%)	76	1327^th of 5817 public elementary schools	77.2%		74.3	1409^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.9%	82	44.9					44.9	57.3	56.1	58.5					57.4	69.7	66.0	48.3					60.2	96%	1%	$20,293	$776	$19,517
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%)	77.2	1260^th of 5817 public elementary schools	78.3%		61.9	1969^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.4%	709	44.5					44.5		60.0	66.0					62.9		57.7	51.9					54.9			$16,303	$854	$15,449
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%)	69.2	1616^th of 5817 public elementary schools	72.2%		71.5	1532^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	73.8%	84	32.6					32.6	70.3	58.3	51.8					59.6	78.7	57.3	35.9					56.2	97%	0%	$17,086	$537	$16,549
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)																									$31,193	$616	$30,577

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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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