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Enrollment
933
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002878
Richard E. Byrd Middle
8501 Arleta Ave., Sun Valley, CA 91352 · (818) 394-4300 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL933 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
831 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 289 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 288 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 356 | 38% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.6pp since 2014
Math
26.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.3% | 28.4% | 26.9% | 34.5% |
| Math | 14.7% | 12.0% | 20.4% | 52.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.5% | 23.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.9% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 33.3% | 22.3% |
| 2017-18 | 28.5% | 19.7% |
| 2016-17 | 29.3% | 19.3% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 →
Schools most like Richard E. Byrd Middle
Richard E. Byrd Middle's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard E. Byrd Middle this school | 933 | 89.1% | 31.9% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Madera | 948 | 87.7% | 24.3% |
| Harry S. Truman Middle Fontana | 883 | 89.2% | 24.8% |
| Kerman Middle Kerman | 810 | 89.0% | 28.6% |
| R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering Oxnard | 1,027 | 89.1% | 28.8% |
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior High Santa Maria | 912 | 87.5% | 25.8% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Richard E. Byrd Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #692 of 1,224 | #149 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #679 of 1,227 ▼ 64 | #149 of 248 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #754 of 1,227 ▲ 18 | #165 of 248 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #451 of 1,214 | #137 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 933 | #271 of 1,377 | #69 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #495 of 1,279 | #114 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #1,033 of 1,278 | #199 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #313 of 1,329 | #127 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.9% | #53 of 930 | #19 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
933
-324 (-26%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,113
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 933 | 46.2 | 20.2:1 | 89% (831) |
| 2023-24 | 968 | 55.6 | 17.4:1 | 86% (833) |
| 2022-23 | 1,105 | 53.6 | 20.6:1 | 93% (1,030) |
| 2020-21 | 1,257 | 58 | 21.7:1 | 91% (1,141) |
| 2017-18 | 1,455 | 59 | 24.7:1 | 92% (1,334) |
| 2015-16 | 1,602 | 61 | 26.3:1 | 87% (1,398) |
| 2010-11 | 1,756 | N/A | N/A | 89% (1,566) |
| 2000-01 | 1,834 | 82 | 22.4:1 | 72% (1,315) |
| 1990-91 | 1,113 | 52 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard E. Byrd Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (1,455 to 933); teachers down 22% (59 to 46.2).
About Richard E. Byrd Middle
Sun Valley, California, is home to Richard E. Byrd Middle, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reported 933 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
Los Angeles Unified is the district for Richard E. Byrd Middle. It has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Richard E. Byrd Middle is 88% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 6% Asian and 4% White. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
With 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.2:1. It is about the same as the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Richard E. Byrd Middle, 89% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Richard E. Byrd Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of California public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.4% for Richard E. Byrd Middle. The school posts 31.9%, 4.5 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Richard E. Byrd Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
John H. Francis Polytechnic sits about 0.2 miles from Richard E. Byrd Middle. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Richard E. Byrd Middle is 3rd among 5 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Richard E. Byrd Middle is City: Large.
The school shrank from 1,257 students in 2020-21 to 933 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.2:1) than in 2020-21 (21.7:1).
The allk12 page for Richard E. Byrd Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Richard E. Byrd MiddleHow large is Richard E. Byrd Middle?
Richard E. Byrd Middle enrolls approximately 933 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Richard E. Byrd Middle serve?
Richard E. Byrd Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Richard E. Byrd Middle?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Richard E. Byrd Middle.
How diverse is Richard E. Byrd Middle?
Richard E. Byrd Middle reports a student body of 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard E. Byrd Middle?
Richard E. Byrd Middle 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.