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Walter Reed Middle

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Walter Reed Middle ranks 363 rd of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

363^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 87% of California middle schools

Summary

Walter Reed Middle is a large, high-performing public school serving 1,580 students in grades 6-8 within the Los Angeles Unified district in North Hollywood, consistently ranking in the top 15% of all California middle schools.

The school stands out for its strong and consistent academic results, where student proficiency in English and Math significantly exceeds both state and district averages. What makes Walter Reed Middle particularly impressive is that it achieves this excellence while serving a student population with significant economic need, and it supports all student groups effectively, from Special Education to English Learners, helping them perform well above typical expectations. The school also maintains a lower rate of chronic absenteeism than most nearby schools, which contributes to its success.

Compared to other local options, Walter Reed's performance is striking. It dramatically outperforms neighboring Van Nuys Middle, Roy Romer Middle, and James Madison Middle—all in the same district with similar demographics—and rivals the performance of schools in the higher-performing Burbank Unified district, like Luther Burbank Middle. Furthermore, it delivers these top-tier results more efficiently, spending considerably less per student than many surrounding schools while showing steady, decade-long improvement.

1,580

Students ?

24.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,583

Per pupil spending ?

57.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4525 Irvine Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91602-1915

(818) 487-7600

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend Walter Reed Middle usually attend:

High:

North Hollywood Senior High

Feeder schools for Walter Reed Middle:

Elementary:	Carpenter Community Charter
	Colfax Charter Elementary
	Lankershim Elementary
	Rio Vista Elementary
	More...
	Toluca Lake Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

41.3%

White:

34.7%

Asian:

12.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 73rd percentile in 2013 → 87th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (59% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 13% of California middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school59%

District avg39%

California avg41%

363^rd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 13%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From top 23% (2015) to top 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th 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	85.4	363 of 2761	86.9%	★★★★☆
2024	82.3	435 of 2783	84.4%	★★★★☆
2023	79.7	491 of 2781	82.3%	★★★★☆
2022	76.6	552 of 2740	79.9%	★★★★☆
2019	76.5	569 of 2715	79.0%	★★★★☆
2018	75.5	527 of 2480	78.8%	★★★★☆
2017	74.1	582 of 2508	76.8%	★★★★☆
2016	73.3	589 of 2497	76.4%	★★★★☆
2015	73.1	573 of 2477	76.9%	★★★★☆
2013	68.0	653 of 2379	72.6%	★★★★☆
2012	61.5	786 of 2259	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	60.0	823 of 2236	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	58.7	821 of 2179	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2009	60.1	746 of 2063	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	51.6	889 of 2005	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	52.2	857 of 1999	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	44.1	920 of 1804	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2005	47.7	843 of 1777	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2004	39.7	993 of 1769	43.9%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.0	86 of 609	85.9%	★★★★☆
2024	74.9	116 of 627	81.5%	★★★★☆
2023	78.3	89 of 613	85.5%	★★★★☆
2022	70.1	153 of 637	76.0%	★★★★☆
2019	75.1	119 of 643	81.5%	★★★★☆
2018	69.9	141 of 600	76.5%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	54 of 739	92.7%	★★★★★
2024	82.1	85 of 743	88.6%	★★★★☆
2023	77.5	133 of 715	81.4%	★★★★☆
2022	78.9	130 of 733	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	76.3	171 of 745	77.0%	★★★★☆
2018	76.3	153 of 700	78.1%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	65.2	328 of 1531	78.6%	★★★★☆
2019	48.7	570 of 1491	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.8	484 of 1369	64.6%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	47.5	503 of 1478	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.3	602 of 1521	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	30.5	1219 of 1540	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.4	775 of 1442	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.1	1097 of 1364	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.5	348 of 2533	86.3%	★★★★☆
2024	81.8	408 of 2551	84.0%	★★★★☆
2023	80.8	418 of 2531	83.5%	★★★★☆
2022	77.4	480 of 2509	80.9%	★★★★☆
2019	78.4	457 of 2380	80.8%	★★★★☆
2018	74.8	502 of 2262	77.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.6	562 of 2395	76.5%	★★★★☆
2024	63.4	650 of 2388	72.8%	★★★★☆
2023	56.6	800 of 2374	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	53.9	887 of 2359	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.0	779 of 2213	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.2	723 of 2072	65.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	79.1	361 of 2542	85.8%	★★★★☆
2024	68.6	559 of 2579	78.3%	★★★★☆
2023	70.6	502 of 2531	80.2%	★★★★☆
2022	68.1	551 of 2458	77.6%	★★★★☆
2019	64.1	631 of 2369	73.4%	★★★★☆
2018	64.5	597 of 2230	73.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.0	366 of 2534	85.6%	★★★★☆
2024	80.6	418 of 2552	83.6%	★★★★☆
2023	76.4	507 of 2538	80.0%	★★★★☆
2022	74.2	548 of 2527	78.3%	★★★★☆
2019	71.6	587 of 2407	75.6%	★★★★☆
2018	73.8	525 of 2273	76.9%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.2	229 of 726	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.1	241 of 701	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.8	210 of 677	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.6	330 of 665	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.6	187 of 554	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.6	136 of 462	70.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.0	339 of 1566	78.4%	★★★★☆
2024	72.9	252 of 1552	83.8%	★★★★☆
2023	86.7	122 of 1531	92.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.4	139 of 1520	90.9%	★★★★★
2024	81.8	202 of 1537	86.9%	★★★★☆
2023	83.4	180 of 1543	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	78.3	277 of 1555	82.2%	★★★★☆
2019	81.8	226 of 1602	85.9%	★★★★☆
2018	81.7	220 of 1496	85.3%	★★★★☆

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)

Asian (2025)93rd percentile+6 vs school

White (2025)91st percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)86th percentile~ school

African American (2025)86th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)86th percentile~ school

Male (2025)86th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)79th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)77th percentile-10 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)68th percentile-18 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)66th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy67%+18 vs state

Mathematics55%+18 vs state

Science51%+18 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Poor facilities, high student/teacher ratio. SLC Lead and Principal are both new. Staff stability is also questionable. Just another big school in LAUSD; impersonal, bureaucratic, and mechanical. If you have a good student, they don't even want to talk to you for parent teacher conferences! I'm sure the IHP program is great, but the rest of the school is really not that nice. In hindsight, I regret putting my kid in Walter Reed. Close Quote

by a student on FaceBook
Thursday, January 5, 2012

I love the school and the teachers and the janitors and everyone that works there even though some teachers might be strict its still a fun school :-] Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Walter Reed Middle	Public	6-8	4525 Irvine Ave.	North Hollywood	91602	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 487-7600	1,580	65	24.4	57.5%	548 (34.7%)	68 (4.3%)	652 (41.3%)	196 (12.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	113 (7.2%)	85.4	363^rd of 2761 public middle schools	86.9%		82.3	435^th of 2783 public middle schools	84.4%	72	50.9	50.9	65.6	67.0	67.2	66.5	55.7	54.7	54.9	55.1	$16,583	$2,630	$13,953
Louis Armstrong Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	5041 Sunnyslope Ave.	Sherman Oaks	91423	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 528-1600	1,174	54	21.7	62.5%	488 (41.6%)	83 (7.1%)	478 (40.7%)	50 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (6.4%)	65.4	776^th of 2761 public middle schools	71.9%		68.3	717^th of 2783 public middle schools	74.2%	59	40.8	40.8	51.8	56.1	55.8	54.6	40.1	40.7	37.9	39.5	$17,850	$2,711	$15,139
High Technical LA Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	5041 Sunnyslope Ave.	Sherman Oaks	91423	Los Angeles County	High Technical LA Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 583-6229	250	11	22.6	77.2%	215 (86.0%)	4 (1.6%)	22 (8.8%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	36.2	1608^th of 2761 public middle schools	41.8%		32.1	1727^th of 2783 public middle schools	37.9%	119	27.1	27.1	33.3	33.7	52.9	39.0	25.3	23.3	25.7	24.7	$12,912	$673	$12,239
Roy Romer Middle	Public	6-8	6501 Laurel Canyon Blvd.	North Hollywood	91606	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 505-2200	707	38	18.8	94.1%	37 (5.2%)	11 (1.6%)	637 (90.1%)	13 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (1.0%)	27.8	1904^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.0%		25.3	2020^th of 2783 public middle schools	27.4%	116	11.8	11.8	35.1	35.4	36.2	35.6	24.6	21.0	22.0	22.4	$22,554	$3,985	$18,569
Luther Burbank Middle	Public	6-8	3700 West Jeffries Ave.	Burbank	91505	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-3700	1,030	43	23.8	29.9%	390 (37.9%)	21 (2.0%)	441 (42.8%)	69 (6.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	104 (10.1%)	69.5	687^th of 2761 public middle schools	75.1%		65.8	774^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.2%	87	46.2	46.2	58.7	54.7	56.0	56.3	41.5	44.2	39.2	41.7	$116,130	$7,378	$108,752
James Madison Middle	Public	6-8	13000 Hart St.	North Hollywood	91605	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 255-5200	1,148	61	18.8	95.9%	362 (31.5%)	21 (1.8%)	694 (60.5%)	46 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	23 (2.0%)	28.7	1874^th of 2761 public middle schools	32.1%		24	2087^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.0%	213	19.5	19.5	32.3	26.4	37.9	32.4	22.9	19.3	27.3	23.3	$23,378	$4,235	$19,143
Van Nuys Middle	Public	6-8	5435 Vesper Ave.	Van Nuys	91411	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 267-5900	726	41	17.9	92.8%	51 (7.0%)	22 (3.0%)	620 (85.4%)	13 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.6%)	37	1583^rd of 2761 public middle schools	42.7%		34.1	1663^rd of 2783 public middle schools	40.2%	80	24.9	24.9	42.4	35.3	43.6	40.3	28.1	16.1	30.0	24.6	$23,522	$5,131	$18,391
Dolores Huerta Middle	Public	6-8	420 South Mariposa St.	Burbank	91506	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-3900	931	38	24.3	30.6%	343 (36.8%)	28 (3.0%)	368 (39.5%)	75 (8.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	111 (11.9%)	60.2	903^rd of 2761 public middle schools	67.3%		55	1015^th of 2783 public middle schools	63.5%	112	44.7	44.7	51.8	54.1	45.9	50.2	37.1	37.8	33.2	35.9	$122,208	$7,812	$114,396
Ivy Bound Academy of Math Sci and Technical Charter Mid	Public, Charter	5-8	15355 Morrison St.	Sherman Oaks	91403	Los Angeles County	Ivy Bound Academy of Math Sci and Technical Charter Mid Dis	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 808-0158	85	7	12.1	64.7%	49 (57.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (34.1%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.1%)	28.9	1866^th of 2761 public middle schools	32.4%		16.4	2423^rd of 2783 public middle schools	12.9%	557	24.2	23.7	15.0	38.5	33.3	29.8	20.0	11.5	30.3	21.4	$21,963	$1,111	$20,852
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles	Public, Charter	6-8	14200 Runnymede St.	Van Nuys	91405	Los Angeles County	Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 389-1184	161	11	14.5	71.4%	10 (6.2%)	10 (6.2%)	134 (83.2%)	6 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	42.4	1410^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.9%		49.2	1192^nd of 2783 public middle schools	57.2%	218	23.8	23.8	46.8	40.3	55.6	47.6	19.4	27.4	27.0	24.6	$32,433	$4,555	$27,878

Frequently Asked Questions about Walter Reed Middle

How many students attend Walter Reed Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,580 students attended Walter Reed Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Walter Reed Middle?

Students at Walter Reed Middle are 41% Hispanic, 35% White, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What high school do graduates of Walter Reed Middle attend?

Students who attend Walter Reed Middle usually go on to attend North Hollywood Senior High

Is Walter Reed Middle a good school?

Walter Reed Middle ranks 363^rd of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Walter Reed Middle in?

Los Angeles Unified

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