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ABC Unified

Cerritos, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

17,612
Students enrolled
31
Public schools
779
Classroom teachers (FTE)
22.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,530
  • Grade 1 1,044
  • Grade 2 1,193
  • Grade 3 1,241
  • Grade 4 1,263
  • Grade 5 1,294
  • Grade 6 1,391
  • Grade 7 1,379
  • Grade 8 1,356
  • Grade 9 1,472
  • Grade 10 1,379
  • Grade 11 1,455
  • Grade 12 1,615

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 46%
  • Asian 35%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Black or African American 7%
  • White 4%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,295 of 17,570 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 46%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,140 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,697
  • Support services $6,810
  • Other (food service, etc.) $633

Where the money comes from

  • Local 25%
  • State 66%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $402.9 milliontotal spending $427.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

1,613

District office

16700 Norwalk Blvd., Cerritos CA 90703

County

Los Angeles County

Official website

NCES District ID

601620

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About ABC Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The ABC Unified School District is known throughout the State of California as a leader in educational planning and innovation. The District has received county, state, and national recognition for outstanding programs in counseling, alternative education, staff development, and labor relations.
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Public Schools in ABC Unified (32)

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Cerritos High

Cerritos, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,996 students · High

Gahr (Richard) High

Cerritos, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,631 students · High

Artesia High

Lakewood, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,384 students · High

Whitney (Gretchen) High

Cerritos, CA · Grades 07–12 · 1,024 students · High

Leal (Frank C.) Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 774 students · Elementary

Nixon (Patricia) Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 681 students · Elementary

Carmenita Middle

Cerritos, CA · Grades 07–08 · 639 students · Middle

Niemes (John H.) Elementary

Artesia, CA · Grades KG–06 · 631 students · Elementary

Cerritos Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 612 students · Elementary

Bragg Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 602 students · Elementary

Wittmann (Helen) Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 561 students · Elementary

Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 547 students · Elementary

Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle

Cerritos, CA · Grades 07–08 · 542 students · Middle

Ross (Faye) Middle

Artesia, CA · Grades 07–08 · 528 students · Middle

Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 516 students · Elementary

Palms Elementary

Lakewood, CA · Grades KG–06 · 463 students · Elementary

Carver (Charles J.) Elementary

Cerritos, CA · Grades KG–06 · 444 students · Elementary

Elliott (William F) Elementary

Artesia, CA · Grades KG–06 · 425 students · Elementary

Burbank (Luther) Elementary

Artesia, CA · Grades KG–06 · 421 students · Elementary

Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle

Cerritos, CA · Grades 07–08 · 403 students · Middle

Kennedy (John F.) Elementary

Artesia, CA · Grades KG–06 · 398 students · Elementary

Willow Elementary

Lakewood, CA · Grades KG–06 · 346 students · Elementary

Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary

Lakewood, CA · Grades KG–06 · 338 students · Elementary

Aloha Elementary

Lakewood, CA · Grades KG–06 · 302 students · Elementary