Half a million Los Angeles Unified School District students went back to school Monday – marking the 169th back-to-school week in LAUSD history.
As Evan Lovett tells us on “L.A. In a Minute,” the first public school in L.A. opened its doors way back in 1855.
The Spring Street School was originally built at 2nd and Spring Streets in downtown L.A. By 1873, it served 130 students and employed exactly two teachers.
Eventually, the city built a new school a few blocks down, and the old brick schoolhouse on 2nd and Spring was sold off. The old Los Angeles Times Building now stands on the school’s former campus.
Of the 63 public schools in the city of L.A. built before 1900, just 31 are still standing, and none of the original buildings are still in use as schools.
The longest-surviving school is San Pedro Elementary, founded in 1866 with three buildings, 240 children, and three teachers. Today, it serves 460 students.
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