Northridge Middle

Northridge Middle is a moderately sized middle-grades school in Northridge, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. The school instructs 670 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, Northridge Middle reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Asian, 6% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Northridge Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.0%; this one delivers 19.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Northridge Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cantara Street Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northridge Middle. On composite proficiency, Northridge Middle comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 822 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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