 In addition, a majority of the school district's students (55.0%) were economically disadvantaged.Public schools include within the DUSD include Alameda Elementary, Carpenter Elementary, Gallatin Elementary, Gauldin Elementary, Imperial Elementary, Lewis Elementary, Old River Elementary, Price Elementary, Rio Hondo Elementary, Rio San Gabriel Elementary, Unsworth Elementary, Ward Elementary, Williams Elementary, Doty Middle, Griffiths Middle, Sussman Middle, Stauffer Middle, Downey High, Warren High, and Columbus Continuation.In 2014, the district signed an agreement with the Department of Education to protect transgender students from abuse, allow them to use their preferred restroom and use their preferred name in school.