Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle

Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle is one of the big 6-8 campuss in Northridge, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, with 1,784 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle sits 171% above that benchmark.

Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 22% White, 20% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.5%; Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle posts 69.0%, +23.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Topeka Charter School for Advanced Studies, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 58.3%.

Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle operates from a downtown location. Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 2,409 students in 2018 compared to 1,784 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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