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Bursch, Emerson, and Kelly Elementary Schools Join Verizon Innovative Learning Schools
Verizon Innovative Learning Expands to 15 Schools in Compton Unified for the 2025-26 School Year in Partnership with Digital Promise
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CUSD Welcomes Back Scholars
Award-Winning School District Ready for 2025/26 Year
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Compton Unified Celebrates New Fleet of 25 Electric School Buses
Buses Will Begin Serving Students This Spring
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17 CUSD Scholars Become Vets for a Day
Anderson, Bunche, Bursch, Clinton, CEC, Compton, Kelly, McKinley, Tibby, and Walton Students Explored Field
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Compton Unified is celebrating major recognition at the prestigious Coast Film & Music Festival in Laguna Beach, where student filmmakers from across the district showcased their exceptional talent, creativity, and storytelling skills.
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Dominguez High School is celebrating an extraordinary milestone: a 98% graduation rate and a 96% college acceptance rate for the 2024–25 school year. This achievement marks a dramatic rise from just a decade ago, when fewer than 60% of seniors were enrolling in college.
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![Halloween Celebrated Across Compton Unified Schools]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762203059/comptonk12caus/pzxigoj6udosw1dwxhu4/HalloweenMcNair1-5-5.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762203059/comptonk12caus/pzxigoj6udosw1dwxhu4/HalloweenMcNair1-5-5.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762203059/comptonk12caus/pzxigoj6udosw1dwxhu4/HalloweenMcNair1-5-5.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762203059/comptonk12caus/pzxigoj6udosw1dwxhu4/HalloweenMcNair1-5-5.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1762203059/comptonk12caus/pzxigoj6udosw1dwxhu4/HalloweenMcNair1-5-5.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1762203059/comptonk12caus/pzxigoj6udosw1dwxhu4/HalloweenMcNair1-5-5.jpg","width":2200}])
Across the Compton Unified School District, students, teachers, and families came together this week to celebrate Halloween with creativity, joy, and school pride. From costume parades to classroom celebrations, campuses throughout the district were filled with laughter, colorful outfits, and a sense of community that made the day truly special.
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Compton Unified School District (CUSD) has recorded remarkable achievements on the most recent administration of the California Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBAC), surpassing previous benchmarks in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. This year’s preliminary results demonstrate a significant 8-point increase in ELA and a 6.4-point increase in Mathematics.
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Scholars from Compton Unified School District (CUSD) showcased their STEM excellence at the Aerial Drone Competition in San Diego last week, bringing home multiple championship titles. Sixteen teams representing nine schools demonstrated their skills in coding, teamwork, and drone navigation.
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Compton Unified School District welcomed more than 7,000 scholars, families, partners, and community members to Compton College for the amazing 6th Annual STEAMFest: Surf’s Up! Waves of Innovation on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
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Compton Unified School District (CUSD) is proud to announce a groundbreaking multi-year relationship with The Juilliard School that celebrates and furthers CUSD's work in strengthening student pathways for artistic exploration and subject-specific professional development for teachers.
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Athletes for Life is launching its After-School Elementary Sports Program on Monday, November 18th across Compton Unified elementary schools!