Schools · Compton
Compton, CA schools
Compton’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 24.5% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Clinton William Jefferson or Bursch Elementary.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Compton’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Compton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
CGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (537)Better than 56%
Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 1,339. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Compton kids go to school
Grades K–8
Clinton William Jefferson or Bursch Elementary
Depends on your address Compton Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–8, Compton Unified)24.5%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,339
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #512 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
The district serving Compton
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 41 schools in Compton
Showing 1–30 of 41 schools
KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · Grades K–8 · 783 students
CharterClinton William JeffersonElementary · Grades K–8 · 692 students
PublicKelly ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 685 students
PublicDickison ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 681 students
PublicRobert F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 610 students
PublicTibby ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 554 students
PublicEmerson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 544 students
PublicRoosevelt ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 534 students
PublicRosecrans ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 459 students
PublicLongfellow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 450 students
PublicMayo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 440 students
PublicISANA Achernar AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 407 students
CharterFoster ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 398 students
PublicLaurel Street ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 377 students
PublicBursch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 370 students
PublicRonald E. McNair ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 358 students
PublicWashington ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 268 students
PublicDavis MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 520 students
PublicWhaley MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 429 students
PublicWillowbrook MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 304 students
PublicBunche MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 286 students
PublicEnterprise MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 182 students
PublicBridges Preparatory AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 151 students
CharterWalton MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 72 students
PublicCompton Community Day MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 2 students
PublicManuel Dominguez HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,582 students
PublicCompton HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,438 students
PublicCentennial HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 908 students
PublicCompton Early College HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 556 students
PublicCesar Chavez Continuation HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 263 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.