Rowland Unified School District

School district in California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rowland Unified School District (RUSD) is a public pre-K-12 school district in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California. Its headquarters are in Rowland Heights, an unincorporated area in the county. Academic programs include honors, Advanced Placement (AP), Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), International Baccalaureate (IB), Career Pathways, Dual Immersion (Mandarin and Spanish), Music, Arts, and Athletics.[2][3]

TypePublic
GradesPre-K–12[1]
SuperintendentAlejandro Flores
Asst. superintendent(s)
  • Dennis Bixler
  • Brian Huff
  • Rosana McLeod
Quick facts Address, District information ...
Rowland Unified School District
Sharon S. Robison Administrative Center, district headquarters
Address
1830 South Nogales Street
Rowland Heights
, California, 91748
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-K–12[1]
SuperintendentAlejandro Flores
Asst. superintendent(s)
  • Dennis Bixler
  • Brian Huff
  • Rosana McLeod
School board
  • Erik Venegas
  • Ellen Park
  • Agnes Gonzalez
  • Cary Chen
  • Kevin Hayakawa
Chair of the boardAgnes Gonzalez
NCES District ID0633750[1]
Students and staff
Students12,741[1]
Teachers542.15[1]
Staff758.94[1]
Student–teacher ratio23.5[1]
Other information
Websitewww.rowlandschools.org
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RUSD, with 23 schools and over 16,000 students (as of 2011),[4] serves Rowland Heights, small portions of the cities of Industry, La Puente, Walnut, and West Covina and the entire unincorporated community of South San Jose Hills.[5]

Schools

John A. Rowland High School

High schools

Adult school

  • Rowland Adult and Community Education

Alternative schools

  • Community Day School
  • Santana High School
  • Rowland Assistive Technology Academy

K–8 schools

  • Stanley G. Oswalt Academy [K-6/7-8]
  • Ybarra Academy of the Arts and Technology [K-6/7-8]
  • Telesis Academy of Science and Math [K-6/7-8]

Intermediate schools (Middle)

(7–8)

  • Alvarado Intermediate School
  • Giano Intermediate School

Primary schools (Elementary)

(K-6)

Killian Elementary School
  • Blandford
  • Hollingworth
  • Hurley
  • Jellick
  • Killian
  • Northam
  • Rorimer
  • Rowland
  • Shelyn
  • Villacorta
  • Yorbita

On each elementary school campus besides Oswalt, RUSD has preschool programs.[6]

Board of Education

The Rowland Unified School District Board of Education is composed of five members who are elected to serve 4 year terms via a by-trustee area election process. The plurality elections are held in November of even-numbered years.

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