Los Angeles Community College District Explained

Los Angeles Community College District
Type:Public
Grades:College
Country:United States
Location:Los Angeles, California
Schools:9

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California, and some of its neighboring cities and certain unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Its headquarters are in Downtown Los Angeles.[1] Over the past seventy-seven years, LACCD has served as educator to more than three million students. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages: over half of all LACCD students are older than 25 years of age, and more than a quarter are 35 or older. LACCD educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty percent of LACCD students are from underserved populations. The Los Angeles Community College District is the largest community college district in the United States and is one of the largest in the world. The nine colleges within the district offer educational opportunities to students in Los Angeles. It serves students located in the Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Culver City, Garvey, Las Virgenes, Los Angeles, Montebello, Palos Verdes and San Gabriel school districts.[2] The district covers the Los Angeles city limits, San Fernando, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills, Burbank, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, Rosemead (southern portion), Montebello, Commerce, Vernon, Huntington Park, Bell, Cudahy, Bell Gardens, South Gate, Gardena, Carson, Lomita, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes, and numerous unincorporated communities, including East Los Angeles, Florence-Firestone, Athens, and Walnut Park. The LACCD consists of nine colleges and covers an area of more than 882sqmi.

Colleges


CampusLocationFounded
East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park1945
Los Angeles City CollegeEast Hollywood, Los Angeles1929
Los Angeles Harbor CollegeHarbor City, Los Angeles1949
Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, Los Angeles1975
Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland Hills, Los Angeles1947
Los Angeles Trade-Technical CollegeHistoric South Central Los Angeles1925
Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, Los Angeles1949
Los Angeles Southwest CollegeWest Athens1967
West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City1969

Board of trustees

The Los Angeles Community College District is governed by an elected Board of Trustees first established in 1969.[3]

References

  1. "Home." Los Angeles Community College District. Retrieved on August 3, 2013. "770 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90017"
  2. Web site: Los Angeles Community College District Map. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.laccd.edu/Board/Documents/LACCD-MAP.pdf . 2022-10-09 . live .
  3. Web site: History of LACC . 2023-01-23 . www.lacitycollege.edu.