United States Academic Decathlon
The following LAUSD schools have won the United States Academic Decathlon:
- John Marshall High School, 1987, 1995
- William H. Taft High School, 1989, 1994, 2006
- El Camino Real High School, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
- Granada Hills Charter High School, 2011, 2012
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