John A. Sutter Middle

Located at 7330 Winnetka Ave., in Canoga Park, California, John A. Sutter Middle is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus that enrolls 763 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Los Angeles Unified.

John A. Sutter Middle is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that hosts 406,887 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John A. Sutter Middle logs that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Asian, 5% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, John A. Sutter Middle has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John A. Sutter Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 20.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. John A. Sutter Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Ingenium Charter Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John A. Sutter Middle at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 746 students in 2018 compared to 763 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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