History
The district was formed on May 2, 1870, with the same boundaries as the city of Los Angeles. In 1890 the Los Angeles City High School District was formed to serve high school students. The Los Angeles City School District and various other feeder elementary school districts served elementary and junior high students.
The elementary school district annexed various elementary school districts during its existence. The annexations include:
- April 17, 1896: Harmony and Rosedale
- February 26, 1906: McKinley
- 1907
- January 22: Green Meadows and Sunnyside
- February 25: Gardena
- April 8: Howard and Moneta
- 1909
- August 7: Lincoln, San Pedro, and Wilmington
- August 27: Dominguez
- November 8: Cahuenga
- 1910
- February 21: Hollywood
- February 28: Los Felis
- March 7: Coldwater-Lankershim and Laurel
- 1912
- February 1: Mt. Washington-Washington Park
- February 9: American and Annandale
- March 25: Belvedere
- July 8: Miramonte
- 1915
- June 1: Chatsworth Park, Pacoima, and Van Nuys
- June 22: Farmdale
- July 12: Morningside and San Fernando
- 1917
- July 30: Cienega
- August 27: Vineland
- 1918
- March 11: National
- April 22: Hansen Height
- 1921
- August 8: Russell
- October 27: Sawtelle
- 1923
- May 17: Eagle Rock
- June 18: Hyde Park
- November 15: Graham
- May 4, 1925: Watts
- 1926
- August 23: Monte Vista and Venice City
- December 6: Bell and Maywood
- 1927
- May 18: San Antonio
- May 23: Playa del Rey
- December 19: Palomar
- January 23, 1928: Vernon City
- February 20, 1929: Tujunga
- August 31, 1931: Tweedy
- January 18, 1932: Huntington Park
The district disappeared on July 1, 1961 when it and the Palos Verdes School District merged and became a unified school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District. The annexation left the Topanga School District and the Las Vergenes Union School District as separate remnants of the high school district, renamed to the West County Union High School District.
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