Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Vernon’s public schools
Los Angeles Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vernon. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Vernon’s schools, in brief
School by school
44 of Vernon’s 94 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy places highest (better than 99%); Horace Mann UCLA Community lowest (3%). See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Vernon, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
1st grade in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
2nd grade in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
3rd grade in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
4th grade in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
5th grade in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
6th grade in Vernon
Vernon City Elementary
Grades K–6 · 134 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Los Angeles
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Vernon vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Vernon’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Vernon | — | Los Angeles Unified |
| Los Angeles | B− | Los Angeles Unified |
| Huntington Park | B− | Los Angeles Unified |
| Maywood | B− | Los Angeles Unified |
| Bell | B− | Los Angeles Unified K–12 · Montebello Unified K–12 |
| Commerce | C | Montebello Unified |
4 of the 5 neighbors share Los Angeles Unified with Vernon, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Vernon
181 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Vernon’s schools
Are Vernon’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Vernon. Los Angeles Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vernon. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 44 of its 94 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Vernon in?
Los Angeles Unified School District.
Where do Vernon kids go to high school?
One of 95 high schools, depending on your address: North Hollywood Senior High, Phineas Banning Senior High, San Pedro Senior High, Venice Senior High, James A. Garfield Senior High, John F. Kennedy High, John H. Francis Polytechnic, Bell Senior High, Alexander Hamilton Senior High, Eagle Rock High, South East High, Van Nuys Senior High, James Monroe High, John C. Fremont Senior High, John Marshall Senior High, Ulysses S. Grant Senior High, South Gate Senior High, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High, San Fernando Senior High, Santee Education Complex, Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High, Foshay Learning Center, Fairfax Senior High, Huntington Park Senior High, Carson Senior High, Canoga Park Senior High, Gardena Senior High, Panorama High, Benjamin Franklin Senior High, Woodrow Wilson Senior High, Elizabeth Learning Center, Robert Fulton College Preparatory, Verdugo Hills Senior High, Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, Augustus Hawkins High, Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, Arleta High, Hollywood Senior High, Maywood Academy High, Manual Arts Senior High, Los Angeles Senior High, Dr. Maya Angelou Community High, West Adams Preparatory High, Abraham Lincoln Senior High, New Open World Academy K-12, UCLA Community K-12, International Studies Lrng Center at Legacy High Sch Complex, Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High, Northridge Academy High, Jordan High, Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences, George Washington Preparatory High, Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Hntngtn Park Inst of Appl Med, Girls Academic Leadership Acad Dr. Michelle King Sch STEM, Helen Bernstein High, Rancho Dominguez Preparatory, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High, Mervyn M. Dymally High, Linda Esperanza Marquez High B LIBRA Academy, Belmont Senior High, STEM Academy at Bernstein High, Nava College Preparatory Academy, Thomas Jefferson Senior High, East Valley Senior High, Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School of Social Justice, Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex, School for the Visual Arts and Humanities, Communication and Tech at Diego Rivera Lrng Complex, Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy, Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High, Ambassador-Global Leadership, Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex, Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy, Horace Mann UCLA Community, Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High, Los Angeles High School of the Arts, Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Acad of Scientific Explr (ASE), Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Soc Just Humanitas Acad, Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex, Humanitas Acad of Art and Tech at Esteban E. Torres High #4, Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community, School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex, Berenece Carlson Home Hospital, Middle College High, E. Los Angeles Renaiss Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #2, Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice, Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Tech Prep Acad, Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies, Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles, Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy, Early College Academy-LA Trade Tech College, Engr and Tech Acad at Esteban E. Torres High #3, University Pathways Public Service Academy and Boys Academic Leadership Academy.
Parents talk
What Vernon families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.