School Profile

We are located in the east San Fernando Valley. Surrounding cities are Pacoima and Van Nuys. The population is approximately 70,000. We are an urban based community school with a predominately Hispanic population. Our families reside primarily in multi-family residences, with one-third in single family homes.

 

We serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. We have 1 UTK/CC, and 1 PAL class.

 

Our current enrollment, TK through fifth is approximately 500, with an additional 50 students in our preschool programs (ETK, PCC and PAL).

 

90% of our students are on free or reduced price lunch.

 

The major ethnic groups are Latino, Armenian, Thai, Filipino and White, the predominant languages being Spanish, Armenian, and English.

 

The school provides individual student academic assessment results to parents in core curricular areas. The results are explained and discussed with parents during parent meetings and parent-teacher conferences. Whole school and grade data is presented during committee and council meetings, in newsletters and mailings. All correspondence is translated into Spanish. Progress reports are shared in the parents' home language three times annually. families of those students who are at risk of nor meeting grade level standards are given a warning notice providing information regarding the areas in which the student is deficient.

 

*Title I School-wide Program (SWP)

*Title III English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement

 

We also have our School for Advanced Studies Program and Dual Language Academy.