Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle

Set in Northridge, California, Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle is a mid-tier middle school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified. It instructs 870 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 32% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Within Los Angeles Unified, which oversees 784 schools and 406,887 students, Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 12% White, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 55.5%, a residual of +20.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle is one.

Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 34%: 1,310 students in 2018 compared to 870 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.8:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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