TO LIVE AND LEARN IN L.A. LAUSD'S STUDENT POPULATION IS LARGER THAN MANY CITIES'.Byline: - Daily News With more than 718,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grades, the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. is the biggest public school system in California and the second-largest in the nation, behind only New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with its 1.1 million students. Recognizing the need to prepare for future growth, LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) voters have approved $10 billion in bond money to build new campuses and modernize existing ones. More than 160 new schools will be built in the next eight years. Los Angeles Unified is working to improve student achievement, but it continues to lag behind state averages on many measures. About 52 percent of schools met or exceeded state Academic Performance Index targets. About 42 percent of Los Angeles Unified School District 10th-graders passed both parts of the new California High School Exit Exam The California High School Exit Exam (or CAHSEE) is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school , which is required for graduation. The district made the strongest gains this year on the California English Language Development Test The California English Language Development Test, or CELDT, has been administered since 2001 as a formal assessment of where a student’s proficiency of English stands. The test is administered to any student from grades K-12 who have a home language other than English. . Forty-nine percent of the district's English-language learners scored ``advanced'' or ``early advanced.'' LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent Roy Romer 333 S. Beaudry Ave., Los Angeles (213) 241-1000 www.lausd.net Region served: the city of Los Angeles
Grades: K-12 Total enrollment: 718,334 Total schools: 434 elementary, 78 middle, 56 high, 14 multilevel mul·ti·lev·el adj. Having several levels: a multilevel parking garage. Adj. 1. multilevel - of a building having more than one level , 21 magnet, 45 continuation high schools, 20 special education, six opportunity schools/units, 26 community adult Calendar: Traditional and year-round Average class size: 20 in kindergarten through third grade Mean SAT math score: 455 Mean SAT verbal score: 438 English-language learners: 43 percent Fully credentialed teachers: 89.2 percent Free or reduced lunch: 74 percent of student population qualifies Pupil-teacher ratio: K-3, 20:1, grades 4-12, N/A Two of eight local districts are located in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. : Local District 1 District Superintendent Robert Collins 6621 Balboa Blvd. Lake Balboa, CA 91406 (818) 654-3600 Number of schools: 77 elementary, eight early education centers, 14 middle, 16 high, 12 continuation, two span schools (covering multiple grade levels) Local District 2 District Superintendent Sue Shannon 5200 Lankershim Blvd., Second Floor North Hollywood, CA 91601 (818) 755-5300 Number of schools: 56 elementary, 13 middle, seven high, 22 magnet, seven continuation, one special education, 14 early education BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. Superintendent Gregory Bowman 1900 W. Olive Ave., Burbank (818) 729-4400 www.burbank.k12.ca.us Cities served: Burbank Grades: K-12 Total enrollment: 17,000 Total schools: 20 Average class size: K-3, 19; ninth-grade English and math, 20; 30.5 for the rest of the district Fully credentialed teachers: 92.8 percent English-language learners: 21 percent Students qualifying for free or reduced lunch program: 32 percent One-year dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rate, grades 9-12: 0.95 percent Pupil-teacher ratio: N/A GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. Superintendent Dr. Michael Escalante 223 N. Jackson St., Glendale (818) 241-3111 www.gusd.net Cities served: Glendale Grades: K-12 Total enrollment: 28,500 Total schools: 30 Average class size: K-3, 19; grades 4-6, 33; grades 7-12, 35. Fully credentialed teachers: 96.4 percent English-language learners: 36.1 percent Students qualifying for free or reduced lunch program: 40.5 percent One-year dropout rate, grades 9-12: 1.4 percent Pupil-teacher ratio: 20 (K-3), 31.9 (4-6), 34.8 (7-8), 20 (9 math and English), 35.8 (9-12) CAPTION(S): 3 boxes Box: (1) LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) (2) BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) (3) GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) |
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