Editing Compton, California (section)

==Education==
[[File:Centennial High School.jpg|thumb|left|[[Centennial High School (Compton, California)|Centennial High School]]]]
The city is served by [[Compton Unified School District]].<ref name="education">{{cite web |url=http://www.comptoncity.org/index.php/About-Compton/education-system.htm |title=Education System &#124; About Compton |publisher=Comptoncity.org |access-date=August 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831003724/http://www.comptoncity.org/index.php/About-Compton/education-system.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2010 }}</ref> All of Compton is in CUSD, except for a small sliver of land<!--See the hook--> in the [[Paramount 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]]|page=10 (PDF p. 11/19)|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> The CUSD district is a participant of the FOCUS program conducted by the [[University of California, Irvine]]. The goals of the program are to improve mathematics and science achievement by uniting the efforts of mathematics, science, education and research library faculty and staff with educators of the school district.<ref>[http://focus.web.uci.edu/smarts/participants.php FOCUS Program Participants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914085418/http://focus.web.uci.edu/smarts/participants.php |date=September 14, 2006 }}. FOCUS at UCI</ref>

The CUSD provides public education for grades K–12. The district operates 24 elementary schools, eight middle schools, three high schools, and one adult school, which also serves as an alternative school. The district maintains five alternative learning schools.<ref name="education"/>

The four high schools of the CUSD are [[Centennial High School (Compton, California)|Centennial High School]], Compton Early College High School,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cechs-compton-ca.schoolloop.com/ |title=Compton Early College High School: Home Page |website=cechs-compton-ca.schoolloop.com |language=en |access-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141238/https://cechs-compton-ca.schoolloop.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dominguez High School]], and [[Compton High School]].<ref name="education"/>

The city is also served by [[Compton College]], which offers community college courses for those planning to enter a four-year degree program, as well as those seeking further education in specific trade fields.<ref name="education"/>

The Compton Library offers adult, children's and Spanish language materials; reference services; a Literacy Center and a Homework Center; public computers with Internet access and word processing capabilities; public typewriters; and a bilingual story time every Saturday at 12:00 noon.<ref name="education"/>

Occidental's Center for Food and Justice and its Compton Farm-to-School project were featured in a segment of ''Life and Times'', a half-hour news program on [[PBS]] member television station [[KCET]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxy.edu/x2948.xml |title=Occidental College :: Oxy in the News |publisher=Oxy.edu |date=June 22, 2005 |access-date=February 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310202324/http://www.oxy.edu/x2948.xml |archive-date=March 10, 2011 }}</ref>

Barack Obama Charter School is a kindergarten through sixth grade public charter school.<ref name=LAMag>{{cite news |url=http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/15-other-things-straight-outta-compton/ |title=15 Other Things Straight Outta Compton |work=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |date=August 7, 2015 |first=Kyle |last=Fitzpatrick |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001143000/http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/15-other-things-straight-outta-compton/ |url-status=live}}</ref>