Louis Armstrong Middle

Located at 5041 Sunnyslope Ave., in Sherman Oaks, California, Louis Armstrong Middle is a roomy middle-grades school that teaches 1,174 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Louis Armstrong Middle sits 78% above that benchmark.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Louis Armstrong Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Louis Armstrong Middle records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Louis Armstrong Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Louis Armstrong Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.4%.

Around the school, 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 Louis Armstrong Middle is one.

High Tech LA Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Louis Armstrong Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.4%.

Louis Armstrong Middle operates from an inner-city location. Louis Armstrong Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Louis Armstrong Middle has declined 36%, going from 1,833 students in 2018 to 1,174 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 28% to 41%. Class-load math has fell: from 29.9:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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