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About Cerritos
City in California, United StatesCerritos (; Spanish for "Little hills") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956. As of 2020, the population was 49,578. It is part of the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, California Metropolitan Statistical Area designated by the Office of Management and Budget.
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Housing in Cerritos
The typical Cerritos home is worth about $1,089,000, up 3.5% in a year, 42% above the California typical home.
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Safety in Cerritos
Safety Grade D
Cerritos reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 93% report less.
Schools in Cerritos
All Cerritos schools →School Grade A+
The public schools Cerritos’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 96% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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