Rowland Unified School District

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]

Rowland Unified School District
Sharon S. Robison Administrative Center, district headquarters
Address
1830 South Nogales Street Rowland Heights , California, 91748 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K–12[1]
Superintendent	Alejandro 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 board	Agnes Gonzalez
NCES District ID	0633750[1]
Students and staff
Students	12,741[1]
Teachers	542.15[1]
Staff	758.94[1]
Student–teacher ratio	23.5[1]
Other information
Website	www.rowlandschools.org

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

• Nogales High School
• Rowland High School

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.