Rowland Unified School District
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Rowland Unified School District is a school district in the San Gabriel Valley
, Los Angeles County, California
. Its headquarters are in Rowland Heights
, an unincorporated area
in the county.
RUSD, with 23 schools and over 16,000 students, serves Rowland Heights, Industry
, La Puente
, Walnut
, and West Covina
.
On each elementary school campus sans Oswalt, RUSD has preschool programs.
San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, United States. It lies to the east of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire. It derives its name from the San Gabriel River that flows...
, Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
. Its headquarters are in Rowland Heights
Rowland Heights, California
Rowland Heights is an unincorporated community of , located in and below the Puente Hills in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. The population of the census-designated place was 48,993 at the 2010 census, up from 48,553 at the 2000 census...
, an unincorporated area
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in the county.
RUSD, with 23 schools and over 16,000 students, serves Rowland Heights, Industry
Industry, California
Industry is an industrial suburb of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County. Home to over 2,500 businesses and 80,000 jobs, but only 219 residents at the 2010 census - down from 777 residents as of the 2000 United States census - the city is almost entirely industrial...
, La Puente
La Puente, California
La Puente is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 39,816 at the 2010 census.* City flower: The Golden Hibiscus* City colors: Green and White.-History:...
, Walnut
Walnut, California
Walnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 29,172 at the 2010 census and its current mayor is Tom King, a former Detective from the Los Angeles Police Department....
, and West Covina
West Covina, California
West Covina is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. Located some east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, it is a mostly middle class suburb of Los Angeles...
.
High schools
- Nogales High School
- Rowland High School
Alternative schools
- Community Day School
- Santana High School
- Rowland Assistive Technology Academy
K-8 schools
- Stanley G. Oswalt Academy
- Ybarra Academy of the Arts and Technology
- Telsis Academy of Math and Science
Primary schools
- Blandford
- Hollingworth
- Hurley
- Jellick
- Killian
- Northam
- Rorimer
- Rowland
- Shelyn
- Villacorta
- Yorbita
On each elementary school campus sans Oswalt, RUSD has preschool programs.