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Enrollment
572
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271012896
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy
1420 East Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90011 · (323) 846-2200 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
564 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
CA avg 47.1% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
10.5%
CA avg 35.6% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
572
+140 (+32%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 22.7:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
95%
was 95%
% Black
5%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, with 572 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.8%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -1.6 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is one.
Synergy Kinetic Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 30.6%.
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy operates from a downtown location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy has grew 32%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Julian Nava Learning AcademyHow large is Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy?
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy enrolls approximately 572 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy serve?
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy.
What is the student diversity at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy?
Student demographics at Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy are roughly 0% White, 95% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy?
Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.