COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | 4,252 followers on LinkedIn. The Compton Unified School District is located in the south central region of Los Angeles County, California, and encompasses the city of Compton and portions of the cities of Carson and Los Angeles. The district currently serves nearly 16,000 students at 36 sites: twenty-one elementary schools, eight middle schools, five comprehensive high schools and five alternative schools. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Compton Unified School District is to empower leaders to lead, teachers to teach and students to learn by fostering an environment that encourages leaders and teachers to be visionary, innovative and accountable for the achievement of all students.