Covina-Valley Unified School District
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Covina-Valley Unified School District or "CVUSD," is a unified school district located in Covina, California
Covina, California
Covina is a small city in Los Angeles County, California about east of downtown Los Angeles, in the San Gabriel Valley region. The population was 47,796 at the 2010 census, up from 46,837 at the 2000 census...

. CVUSD serves most of the cities of Covina and Irwindale
Irwindale, California
Irwindale is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2010 census, down from 1,446 at the 2000 census....

, as well as a large portion of 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...

 and small portions of Glendora
Glendora, California
Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2010 census, the population of Glendora was 50,073....

 and San Dimas
San Dimas, California
San Dimas is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 33,371. The city historically took its name from San Dismas Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains above the northern section of present day San Dimas...

.

Schools

There are 5 high schools (including one continuation and one alternative), 3 middle schools, and 12 elementary schools in the district.

High Schools
  • Covina High School
    Covina High School
    Covina High School, commonly known as Covina High or CHS to the students, is a public high school located in Covina, California, United States. Covina High School is one of three comprehensive high schools within the Covina-Valley Unified School District. Established in 1897, Covina High is...

  • Fairvalley High School (continuation)
  • Northview High School
    Northview High School (Covina, California)
    Northview High School is one of three comprehensive high schools within the Covina-Valley Unified School District. Established in 1959, the school is located on of land that is landscaped attractively with trees, shrubs, and grass...

  • South Hills High School
    South Hills High School (West Covina, California)
    South Hills High School is a public coeducational high school located in the hills in the eastern part of West Covina, California , east of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. South Hills High School is part of the Covina-Valley Unified School District...



Middle Schools
  • Las Palmas Intermediate School
  • Sierra Vista Intermediate School
  • Traweek Intermediate School


Elementary Schools
  • Barranca Elementary School
  • Ben Lomond Elementary School
  • Cypress Elementary School
  • Grovecenter Elementary School
  • Lark Ellen Elementary School
  • Manzanita Elementary School
  • Merwin Elementary School
  • Mesa Elementary School
  • Rowland Avenue Elementary School
  • Workman Avenue Elementary School


Enrollment

Enrollment in the 2006-2007 school year was 15,015. The majority of students are Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...

 with a large white
White people
White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...

 minority and smaller minorities of African Americans and Asian Americans.

District Ethnic breakdown (2006-2007) http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/DistEnr2.asp?TheName=Covina&cSelect=1964436--COVINA-VALLEY+UNIFIED&cChoice=DistEnrEt2&cYear=2006-07&cLevel=District&cTopic=Enrollment&myTimeFrame=S&submit1=Submit
  • 65.4% Hispanic
    Hispanic
    Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...

  • 17.4% White
    White people
    White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...

  • 6.0% Asian
    Asian American
    Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

  • 5.0% African American
    African American
    African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

  • 3.1% Filipino
    Filipino American
    Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...

  • 0.5% Pacific Islander
    Pacific Islander
    Pacific Islander , is a geographic term to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia:...

  • 0.4% Native American
    Native Americans in the United States
    Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

     and Alaska Native
  • 2.1% Multiple or no response
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