The Los Angeles City School District was a school district that served Los Angeles, California, and some adjoining areas between 1870 and 1961.
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.
