Pomona Unified School District or PUSD serves approximately 30,000 Pre-K-12 students and 17,000 adult learners at 44 schools in Pomona and Diamond Bar, California. It is located 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and is the fourth-largest school district in Los Angeles County.
In 1995 the school district bought the former Indian Hill Mall, a failing shopping center built in the 1960s, and redeveloped it into an educational, commercial and retail complex called The Village at Indian Hill.
In November 2008, 75% of voters approved Measure PS, a $235 million school bond measure, to provide for the renovation of schools. The first of the Measure PS projects were completed in summer 2009. Another round of projects was set for summer 2010, at 21 schools.
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Board of education
Adrienne Konigar-Macklin, President
Andrew S. Wong, Vice-President
Dr. Roberta A. Perlman, Member
Lorena Gonzalez, Member
Arturo Jimenez, Member
Board of Education members are elected to a four-year term. The elections are held on a first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years effective with the 2018 election.
Administration
Superintendent: Darren Knowels
Deputy Superintendent, Human Resources: Darren Knowles
Interim Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services: Lilia Fuentes
Interim Assistant Superintendent, Chief Financial Officer: Sandra Garcia
Assistant Superintendent, Pupil & Community Services: Fernando Meza
Public Information Officer: Oliver Unaka
Pomona Unified Schools
All sections in the city are zoned to an elementary, middle, and high school.
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
Emerson Middle School
Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design
Lorbeer Middle School - California Distinguished School, 1999; National Blue Ribbon School, 1999–2000
Marshall Middle School
Palomares Academy of Health Sciences
Simons Middle School
High Schools
Diamond Ranch High School - California Distinguished School, 2003, 2007. One of America's 600 Best High Schools, U.S. News & World Report, 2007, 2008
Ganesha High School a Gold Ribbon School 2015 and Title 1 Academic Achievement School 2015
Garey High School
Park West High School
Pomona High School - California Distinguished School, 1992
Village Academy High School - One of America's 600 Best High Schools, U.S. News & World Report, 2007, 2008; California Distinguished School, 2009; Title I Academic Achievement Award, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Other Schools
School of Extended Educational Options (SEEO) - District-dependent charter school serving grades 7-12
Pomona High School sexual assault
On January 23, 2024, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury ordered for Pomona Unified School District to pay $35 million in damages to a former Pomona High School student who claimed the school district and high school covered up how one their track coaches raped her in 1997. This accuser was one of nine female accusers who alleged they were sexually assaulted by male coaches who served at the high school.