Brentwood, Los Angeles, California

:This article is about the neighborhood in Los Angeles. For the Contra Costa County town, see Brentwood, California.

Education

In addition to Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary, the area is served by Kenter Canyon Elementary School and Brockton Elementary School, all three of which are part of Los Angeles Unified School District. Locals attending public school usually go to either Emerson Middle School or Paul Revere Middle School; the local public high schools are University High School (named for nearby UCLA, formerly Warren G. Harding High), just outside the neighborhood's boundaries in [[West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California|West Los Angeles and often thought to be located in Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades High School, in the nearby neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California|Pacific Palisades.

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Los Angeles Unified School District - University High School

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Brentwood is also home to several private schools, including Brentwood School, St. Martin of Tours Catholic School, and the Archer School for Girls, located in what was once the historic Eastern Star Home. The old Eastern Star Home can be seen as the setting of the "Mar Vista Rest Home" in the movie Chinatown (1974).

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Brentwood School - St. Martin of Tours Catholic School - Archer School for Girls - Movie - Chinatown

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One of the two campuses of Mount St. Mary's College, a Roman Catholic liberal arts college for women, is located in the hills above Brentwood (the other is located in downtown Los Angeles, near USC).

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Mount St. Mary's College - Roman Catholic - Downtown Los Angeles - USC

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