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KNOW COMPTON

 

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Know Compton started from a conversation Zoe and Amaris had in the Rancho Dominguez Library. As graduate students, they were assigned to create an Annotated Directory of all the resources in Compton. Most directories they saw were project based and written out, but they wanted something that community members could actually use. They knew that building a website would be more useful and lots more community members would be able to access it. 



We hope that you find this website really useful. We're still in the process of finding the different resources in the community. If you can help us out, contact us! We'd love to hear from you!

QUICK FACTS OF COMPTON:

 

  • Population: 97,156 (Census 2011)
  • Compton was the 7th City to be incorporated in Los Angeles County. The original town was comprised of 2,250 acres.
  • Geographic Area: 10.2 square miles (6,514 acres)
  • The Compton Unified School District is comprised of 24 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 1 adult school. The city also has the El Camino Compton Education Center which is a community college. 
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