San Fernando Institute of Applied Media

Located at 130 North Brand Blvd., in San Fernando, California, San Fernando Institute of Applied Media is an intimate junior high that serves 384 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Los Angeles Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so San Fernando Institute of Applied Media sits 42% below that benchmark.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), San Fernando Institute of Applied Media accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, San Fernando Institute of Applied Media reports that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting San Fernando Institute of Applied Media tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, San Fernando Institute of Applied Media performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 24.4%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. San Fernando Institute of Applied Media is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is San Fernando Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts San Fernando Institute of Applied Media at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 27.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. San Fernando Institute of Applied Media's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 384).

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