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If you had an hour of school board time for Van Nuys Senior High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,969
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003424
Van Nuys Senior High
6535 Cedros Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91411 · (818) 778-6800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,969 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,673 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 441 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 506 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 507 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 515 | 26% |
Student demographics
48%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
56.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.9% | 31.5% | 19.6% | 24.0% |
| Math | 13.6% | 20.8% | 21.9% | 43.7% |
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 | 56.4% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 32.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.6% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 55.3% | 32.2% |
| 2020-21 | 55.8% | 39.5% |
| 2018-19 | 58.4% | 35.9% |
| 2017-18 | 65.8% | 39.2% |
| 2016-17 | 67.8% | 40.7% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Van Nuys Senior High
Van Nuys Senior High's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Nuys Senior High this school | 1,969 | 85.0% | 44.4% |
| Golden Valley High Merced | 1,917 | 85.1% | 29.2% |
| Modesto High Modesto | 2,292 | 83.7% | 29.1% |
| Sweetwater High National City | 2,290 | 89.2% | 28.5% |
| Grace M. Davis High Modesto | 2,083 | 80.2% | 26.3% |
| Buhach Colony High Atwater | 1,704 | 78.5% | 30.8% |
Matched among California high 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 Van Nuys Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #421 of 1,052 | #93 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #356 of 1,056 ▼ 24 | #80 of 229 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #547 of 1,056 ▲ 7 | #123 of 229 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #548 of 1,044 | #161 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,969 | #305 of 2,093 | #64 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #414 of 1,352 | #150 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #724 of 1,351 | #127 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #468 of 1,575 | #207 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #79 of 802 | #42 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,969
-613 (-24%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 2,634
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 1,969 | 103 | 19.1:1 | 85% (1,673) |
| 2023-24 | 2,176 | 113.4 | 19.2:1 | 81% (1,769) |
| 2022-23 | 2,323 | 112.8 | 20.6:1 | 84% (1,951) |
| 2020-21 | 2,582 | 118 | 21.9:1 | 86% (2,218) |
| 2017-18 | 2,712 | 116.5 | 23.3:1 | 80% (2,182) |
| 2015-16 | 2,594 | 110 | 23.6:1 | 77% (2,003) |
| 2010-11 | 2,946 | N/A | N/A | 74% (2,181) |
| 2000-01 | 3,699 | 144 | 25.7:1 | 65% (2,402) |
| 1990-91 | 2,634 | 106 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Nuys Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (2,712 to 1,969); teachers down 12% (116.5 to 103).
About Van Nuys Senior High
Van Nuys Senior High sits in Van Nuys, California, and is classified as a high school. The school reports 1,969 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 135% larger than the 838 average for high schools in California.
The Los Angeles Unified system has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Van Nuys Senior High, at 70%. The remaining students are 12% Asian, 12% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1 at Van Nuys Senior High, with 103 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, high schools in California have 18.2:1, compared with 19.1:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 85% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
allk12 grades Van Nuys Senior High an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Van Nuys Senior High does better than predicted by 14.6 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.4%; the prediction is 29.8%.
Across Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
Will Rogers Continuation is the public school closest to Van Nuys Senior High, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.2%; Van Nuys Senior High's is 44.4%, ranking 1st of 5.
Van Nuys Senior High is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment is down 24% from 2020-21, when Van Nuys Senior High had 2,582 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,969. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 21.9:1 to 19.1:1.
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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
Quick facts
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Other schools in Van Nuys
- Ulysses S. Grant Senior HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Robert Fulton College PreparatoryHigh · 1,229 students
- Kester Avenue ElementaryElementary · 886 students
- Kittridge Street ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Van Nuys MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Valerio Street ElementaryElementary · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Continuation0.1 mi · 136
- Ararat Charter0.4 mi · 333
- Van Nuys Elementary0.4 mi · 459
- CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing0.5 mi · 424
- Columbus Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 382
- Sylvan Park Elementary0.6 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Van Nuys Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Van Nuys Senior High?
Van Nuys Senior High enrolls approximately 1,969 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Van Nuys Senior High serve?
Van Nuys Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Van Nuys Senior High have?
Van Nuys Senior High employs 103 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Van Nuys Senior High?
Student demographics at Van Nuys Senior High are roughly 12% White, 70% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Van Nuys Senior High public or private?
Van Nuys Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.