Downey Unified
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Kindergarten 2,030
- Grade 1 1,286
- Grade 2 1,434
- Grade 3 1,524
- Grade 4 1,484
- Grade 5 1,477
- Grade 6 1,681
- Grade 7 1,748
- Grade 8 1,717
- Grade 9 2,060
- Grade 10 1,921
- Grade 11 2,031
- Grade 12 2,069
By race/ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latino 89%
- White 5%
- Black or African American 3%
- Asian 2%
- Two or more races <1%
- 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
- Free lunch 64%
- Reduced-price lunch 14%
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
Spending per student
- Instruction $12,675
- Support services $5,903
- Other (food service, etc.) $934
Where the money comes from
- Local 23%
- State 67%
- Federal 10%
Total revenue $550.3 milliontotal spending $508.2 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)
2,201
District office
11627 Brookshire Ave., Downey CA 90241
Phone
County
Los Angeles County
Official website
NCES District ID
611460
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About Downey Unified
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