Cerritos, California

About Cerritos

Set in the southeastern part of California, Cerritos is a thriving city counting 46,851 people who proudly call it home.

Cerritos holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 8.73 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 5,367 residents per square mile.

📰 Cerritos News Today

• Whitney High School In Cerritos Ranked Among Top 15 High Schools Nationally Patch · Aug 18
• Jeonghyun Yoo Sports Illustrated · Aug 18
• Cerritos High School (CA) Football MaxPreps · Aug 15
• Seniors Helping Seniors® In-Home Care Services Expands in Cerritos, California Yahoo Finance · Aug 12
• Lucille's Bar-B-Que shooting: Man armed with knife shot and killed by customer at Cerritos restaurant, sheriff's department says ABC7 Los Angeles · Jul 19

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Cerritos Unique

• The only place in America named Cerritos — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
• Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 46,851.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cerritos

• 7 Leaves Cafe — coffee shop (café)
• Ave 3 Pizza, Subs & Catering — pizza
• Carrows Restaurant — american
• Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet — mediterranean
• IHOP — breakfast
• Islands — burger
• Niko Niko — sushi
• Ondo Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Roots Cafe — coffee shop (café)
• Solid Coffee Roasters — coffee shop (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cerritos

• Cerritos Park East reviews ★
• Cerritos Sculpture Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Pat Nixon Park reviews ★
• Brookhaven Park reviews ★
• Frontier Park reviews ★
• Heritage Park reviews ★
• Heritage Park Play Island reviews ★
• Jacob Street Park reviews ★
• Joe E. Gonsalves Park reviews ★
• Loma Park reviews ★
• Saddleback Park reviews ★
• Satellite Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Cerritos

• Bragg Elementary
• Carmenita Middle
• Carver (Charles J.) Elementary
• Cerritos Elementary
• Cerritos High
• Gahr (Richard) High
• Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary
• Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle
• Juarez (Benito) Elementary
• Leal (Frank C.) Elementary
• Nixon (Patricia) Elementary
• Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary
• Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle
• Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation)

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• College Hospital · Psychiatric

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Cerritos

🏘️ Nearby Communities