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Canoga Park Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2168^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 21% of California middle schools

Summary

Canoga Park Middle is a public school serving 579 students in grades 6-8 in the Los Angeles Unified district, serving a community where over 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English, Math, and Science well below both district and state averages. While it ranks in the bottom quarter of California middle schools, there are signs of modest recent improvement. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and spends more per student than many nearby schools, including higher-performing ones like Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle and Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle. A notable strength is its performance with Special Education students, which ranks significantly higher than its overall performance.

Comparisons with nearby schools reveal that high poverty levels do not necessarily predetermine low achievement. For instance, James Jordan Middle, which serves a similarly high-poverty population, achieves much higher English proficiency rates. The school's chronic absenteeism rate, while still high, has improved dramatically over the last three years, which coincides with its slight academic gains. This suggests that improving daily attendance could be a key pathway to helping more students succeed.

579

Students ?

17.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,863

Per pupil spending ?

91.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

22250 Elkwood St.
Canoga Park, CA 91304-5501

(818) 702-1200

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Canoga Park Middle usually attend:

High:

Canoga Park Senior High

Feeder schools for Canoga Park Middle:

Elementary:	Canoga Park Elementary
	Capistrano Avenue Elementary
	Enadia Way Technology Charter
	Hamlin Charter Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.1%

Asian:

6.4%

White:

5.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 24th percentile in 2013 → 21st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Mathematics scores 22 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg39%

California avg41%

2,168^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

71^st of 83Middle Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.5	2168 of 2761	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	2401 of 2783	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	2340 of 2781	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.8	2504 of 2740	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	2287 of 2715	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	2110 of 2480	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.4	2204 of 2508	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.2	1906 of 2497	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.8	1995 of 2477	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	26.8	1813 of 2379	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	37.8	1419 of 2259	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	30.6	1625 of 2236	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.6	1549 of 2179	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.0	1549 of 2063	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.0	1348 of 2005	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	29.4	1405 of 1999	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	39.1	1038 of 1804	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	37.5	1050 of 1777	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	39.4	1000 of 1769	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	27.5	474 of 643	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	25.1	1257 of 1531	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	1193 of 1491	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	1304 of 1369	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.1	1375 of 1478	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	1370 of 1521	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	1493 of 1540	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	1271 of 1442	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	1282 of 1364	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.7	2046 of 2533	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.6	2236 of 2551	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	2096 of 2531	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.7	2317 of 2509	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	1958 of 2380	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.0	1886 of 2262	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	1870 of 2395	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	2098 of 2388	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	1928 of 2374	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	2160 of 2359	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	1838 of 2213	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	1755 of 2072	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	1860 of 2542	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.8	2149 of 2579	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	1998 of 2531	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.2	2169 of 2458	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	1938 of 2369	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	1804 of 2230	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	1981 of 2534	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	2175 of 2552	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	2178 of 2538	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	2297 of 2527	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	2140 of 2407	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.6	2031 of 2273	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	1204 of 1566	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.9	896 of 1552	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.2	936 of 1531	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	18.9	1272 of 1537	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	1259 of 1543	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	1319 of 1555	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.3	1436 of 1602	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2019)26th percentile+11 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)19th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile+9 vs school

White (2024)17th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)7th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-21 vs state

Science21%-11 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

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Canoga Park Middle	Public	6-8	22250 Elkwood St.	Canoga Park	91304	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 702-1200	579	34	17.0	91.7%	29 (5.0%)	14 (2.4%)	487 (84.1%)	37 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	21.5	2168^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.5%		16.9	2401^st of 2783 public middle schools	13.7%	233	21.4	21.4	24.5	21.5	34.1	27.4	14.6	10.2	20.0	15.4	$25,863	$4,505	$21,358
John A. Sutter Middle	Public	6-8	7330 Winnetka Ave.	Canoga Park	91306	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 773-5800	763	50	15.2	92.4%	35 (4.6%)	26 (3.4%)	619 (81.1%)	72 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.3%)	22.6	2128^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.9%		21.2	2213^th of 2783 public middle schools	20.5%	85	13.7	13.7	27.5	22.3	32.4	27.5	20.6	17.7	24.9	21.1	$22,818	$4,376	$18,442
Ingenium Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	7330 Winnetka Ave.	Winnetka	91306	Los Angeles County	Ingenium Charter Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 309-2777	179	10	18.6	96.6%	4 (2.2%)	8 (4.5%)	161 (89.9%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	12	2550^th of 2761 public middle schools	7.6%		17.9	2350^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.6%	200	6.7	6.7	10.9	20.6	20.9	17.4	10.7	16.7	11.1	13.2	$24,283	$2,223	$22,060
Ernest Lawrence Middle	Public	6-8	10100 Variel Ave.	Chatsworth	91311	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 678-7900	1,076	52	20.8	69.7%	139 (12.9%)	46 (4.3%)	617 (57.3%)	222 (20.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (4.6%)	58.4	942^nd of 2761 public middle schools	65.9%		50.5	1155^th of 2783 public middle schools	58.5%	213	32.7	32.7	53.1	51.8	49.0	51.3	40.7	37.8	33.2	37.2	$19,209	$3,434	$15,775
George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	23830 Califa St.	Woodland Hills	91367	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 313-7400	1,693	71	23.7	51.0%	645 (38.1%)	88 (5.2%)	560 (33.1%)	280 (16.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	118 (7.0%)	82.3	433^rd of 2761 public middle schools	84.3%		82.2	438^th of 2783 public middle schools	84.3%	5	45.9	45.9	64.1	65.9	65.5	65.2	50.0	51.0	56.7	52.6	$15,940	$1,972	$13,968
Woodland Hills Academy	Public	6-8	20800 Burbank Blvd.	Woodland Hills	91367	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 226-2900	607	33	18.5	82.7%	93 (15.3%)	53 (8.7%)	397 (65.4%)	37 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.3%)	31.1	1795^th of 2761 public middle schools	35.0%		27.3	1932^nd of 2783 public middle schools	30.6%	137	22.4	22.4	39.0	37.0	34.2	36.6	27.5	23.9	15.2	21.8	$21,940	$3,550	$18,390
James Jordan Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	18600 Lanark St.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	James Jordan Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 882-2496	456	18	25.0	87.1%	6 (1.3%)	11 (2.4%)	418 (91.7%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	62.6	839^th of 2761 public middle schools	69.6%		66.4	754^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.9%	85	38.6	38.6	48.4	58.2	57.9	54.7	29.7	43.8	38.6	37.2	$18,733	$1,437	$17,296
Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	9950 Tampa Ave.	Northridge	91324	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 773-4700	1,784	78	22.7	57.1%	400 (22.4%)	86 (4.8%)	847 (47.5%)	353 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	95 (5.3%)	92.4	212^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.3%		93.8	191^st of 2783 public middle schools	93.1%	21	52.2	52.2	72.3	75.0	73.7	73.7	68.5	68.7	61.4	66.2	$18,034	$2,618	$15,416
Alice C. Stelle Middle	Public	6-8	22450 Mulholland Hwy.	Calabasas	91302	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 224-4107	760	31	24.5	22.8%	538 (70.8%)	15 (2.0%)	87 (11.4%)	29 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (11.8%)	83.5	399^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.5%		82.4	430^th of 2783 public middle schools	84.5%	31	50.9	50.9	62.0	60.4	65.4	62.7	48.7	56.9	63.4	56.9	$18,808	$542	$18,266
Gaspar De Portola Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	18720 Linnet St.	Tarzana	91356	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 654-3300	1,461	61	24.0	49.0%	623 (42.6%)	54 (3.7%)	479 (32.8%)	197 (13.5%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	104 (7.1%)	88.1	313^th of 2761 public middle schools	88.7%		88.2	317^th of 2783 public middle schools	88.6%	4	50.0	50.0	72.9	66.2	68.6	69.4	63.7	58.6	54.1	59.2	$18,808	$2,879	$15,929

Frequently Asked Questions about Canoga Park Middle

What district is Canoga Park Middle in?

Los Angeles Unified

How many students attend Canoga Park Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 579 students attended Canoga Park Middle.

What high school do graduates of Canoga Park Middle attend?

Students who attend Canoga Park Middle usually go on to attend Canoga Park Senior High

Is Canoga Park Middle a good school?

Canoga Park Middle ranks in the bottom 21.5% of California middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Canoga Park Middle?

Students at Canoga Park Middle are 84% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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