Editing Carson, California (section)

== Education ==

=== Primary and secondary schools ===
Most of Carson is served by the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]]. A portion of Carson is in the [[Compton Unified School District]].<ref name=LACountycensusSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|pages=10, 12 (PDF pp. 11, 13/19)|access-date=November 23, 2023|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121194221/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

High schools serving LAUSD portions of Carson include [[Carson High School (Carson, California)|Carson High School]] in Carson, [[Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School]] in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], and [[Phineas Banning High School|Banning High School]] in the [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]] area of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20140427043845/http://laschools.org/documents/download/mpd/school_year_2011-2012/school_year_2011-2012/Project01.pdf Proposed Changes to Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School Area Schools]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140427043845/http://laschools.org/documents/download/mpd/school_year_2011-2012/school_year_2011-2012/Project01.pdf Archive]). [[Los Angeles Unified School District]]. Retrieved on April 27, 2014.</ref> The area is within Board District 8.<ref>[http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/board/secretary/BoardDistrictMaps/2007-08%20Board%20District%207.pdf Board District 7 Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218161627/http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/board/secretary/BoardDistrictMaps/2007-08%20Board%20District%207.pdf |date=December 18, 2008 }}. ''[[Los Angeles Unified School District]]''. Retrieved on November 24, 2008.</ref>

[https://www.msa3.magnoliapublicschools.org Magnolia Science Academy-3], a public span school (serving grades 6–12) in Carson, is a [https://www.magnoliapublicschools.org Magnolia Public Schools] campus.

Circa 2019 there were plans to open a campus of the charter school Ganas Academy on the campus of the LAUSD public school Catskill Avenue Elementary School, but there was opposition to this move.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/03/29/new-charter-schools-possible-campus-sharing-with-carson-elementary-school-causes-rising-tension-between-lausd-charter-opponents/|title=New charter school's possible campus-sharing with Carson elementary school causes rising tension between LAUSD, charter opponents|newspaper=[[Daily Breeze]]|date=March 29, 2019|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413104440/https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/03/29/new-charter-schools-possible-campus-sharing-with-carson-elementary-school-causes-rising-tension-between-lausd-charter-opponents/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although the [[California Academy of Mathematics and Science]] is located in Carson on the campus of [[California State University, Dominguez Hills]], it is actually a part of the [[Long Beach Unified School District]]. The school accepts residents of LBUSD, Compton USD, portions of LAUSD (including sections serving Carson), and other districts.

===Public libraries===
[[File:Carson branch Los Angeles County Library 151 E Carson St - Feb 2024.jpg|thumb|Carson Branch Library]]
[[LA County Library]] operates the Carson Branch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lacountylibrary.org/location/carson-library/|title=Carson Library|publisher=[[LA County Library]]|access-date=February 8, 2024|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301151640/https://lacountylibrary.org/location/carson-library/|url-status=live}}</ref>