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San Fernando Institute of Applied Media

Public Grades 6-8

2159^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 22% of California middle schools

Summary

San Fernando Institute of Applied Media is a public middle school serving about 384 students in grades 6-8 within the Los Angeles Unified school district, and it faces significant academic challenges in a community where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school performs well below both state averages and most nearby schools; for example, only about 15% of students are proficient in math, which is lower than at George K. Porter Middle (47%) and Olive Vista Middle (28%). Performance has declined in recent years across several student groups. However, the school does have a relative strength in student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate that is better than the district average and lower than several local schools like Charles Maclay Middle and PUC Inspire Charter Academy.

When comparing schools in the area, it's clear that serving a high-needs population does not predetermine outcomes, as some nearby schools with similar demographics achieve stronger results. The school's per-student spending is higher than some peers but lower than others, and its student-teacher ratio is larger than some neighboring schools. A notable bright spot is 7th grade English Language Arts, where proficiency is much higher than in other grades, suggesting a potential area of effective instruction to build upon for overall improvement.

384

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,331

Per pupil spending ?

90.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

130 North Brand Blvd.
San Fernando, CA 91340-2901

(818) 837-5455

District: Los Angeles Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.1%

White:

1.8%

African American:

1.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Mathematics scores 23 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg39%

California avg41%

2,159^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 22%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

70^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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.7	2159 of 2761	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	1994 of 2783	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	1910 of 2781	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.9	2174 of 2740	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	2291 of 2715	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.6	1983 of 2480	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.5	2129 of 2508	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	19.2	2054 of 2497	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.0	2048 of 2477	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	27.1	1172 of 1531	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.2	833 of 1491	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.8	888 of 1369	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	37.0	847 of 1478	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.0	973 of 1521	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.1	897 of 1364	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	2130 of 2533	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	1954 of 2551	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.4	1494 of 2531	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.2	1823 of 2509	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	1974 of 2380	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1813 of 2262	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.5	1702 of 2395	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.6	1420 of 2388	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.8	1372 of 2374	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	1742 of 2359	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.1	1752 of 2213	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	1505 of 2072	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.8	1855 of 2542	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.0	1612 of 2579	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.0	1458 of 2531	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.5	1877 of 2458	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	1908 of 2369	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	1566 of 2230	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	1882 of 2534	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.3	1744 of 2552	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.0	1901 of 2538	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	2139 of 2527	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.2	2089 of 2407	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.6	1792 of 2273	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	1128 of 1566	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.9	928 of 1552	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.6	992 of 1531	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)43rd percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)28th percentile+6 vs school

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

Male (2025)26th percentile+4 vs school

Disabled (2022)23rd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy32%-17 vs state

Mathematics15%-23 vs state

Science14%-19 vs state

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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 (2025)
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 (2025)	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
San Fernando Middle	Public	6-8	130 North Brand Blvd.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 837-5400	442	28	15.5	95.7%	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	427 (96.6%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18.7	2279^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.5%		19.3	2282^nd of 2783 public middle schools	18.0%	3	11.0	11.0	33.0	27.9	27.5	29.2	21.2	11.0	13.0	14.6	$57,103	$52,394	$4,709
San Fernando Institute of Applied Media	Public	6-8	130 North Brand Blvd.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 837-5455	384	20	18.9	90.9%	7 (1.8%)	6 (1.6%)	365 (95.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	21.7	2159^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.8%		26	1994^th of 2783 public middle schools	28.4%	165	13.6	13.6	19.0	41.7	35.5	32.2	12.8	16.5	14.4	14.6	$31,331	$29,982	$1,349
PUC Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1218 North Fourth St.	San Fernando	91504	Los Angeles County	PUC Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 256-1951	351	16	21.9	90.0%	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	340 (96.9%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34.9	1648^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.3%		31.9	1734^th of 2783 public middle schools	37.7%	86	18.0	18.0	40.3	46.6	37.6	41.5	25.2	28.0	17.1	23.5
PUC Inspire Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	12550 Van Nuys Blvd.	Pacoima	91504	Los Angeles County	PUC Inspire Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 492-1880	210	12	17.3	97.1%	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	205 (97.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	23.5	2077^th of 2761 public middle schools	24.8%		28	1905^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.5%	172	15.2	15.2	20.4	35.8	39.2	33.2	16.7	19.8	12.7	16.4
Charles Maclay Middle	Public	6-8	12540 Pierce Ave.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 686-3800	238	19	12.8	98.3%	5 (2.1%)	5 (2.1%)	223 (93.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	16	2398^th of 2761 public middle schools	13.1%		12.9	2557^th of 2783 public middle schools	8.1%	159	7.9	7.9	25.9	36.4	27.7	30.4	9.8	7.9	9.9	9.2	$75,163	$68,750	$6,413
Olive Vista Middle	Public	6-8	14600 Tyler St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 833-3900	897	49	18.2	88.7%	15 (1.7%)	11 (1.2%)	856 (95.4%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	39.5	1501^st of 2761 public middle schools	45.6%		32.6	1721^st of 2783 public middle schools	38.2%	220	24.4	24.4	39.3	43.2	39.7	40.8	21.6	32.9	28.3	27.9	$39,538	$37,054	$2,484
Pacoima Middle	Public	6-8	9919 Laurel Canyon Blvd.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 686-4200	823	47	17.6	91.9%	18 (2.2%)	7 (0.9%)	776 (94.3%)	10 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	33.4	1697^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.5%		34.1	1666^th of 2783 public middle schools	40.1%	31	18.5	18.5	36.8	38.5	38.8	38.1	29.1	26.4	21.1	25.3	$39,094	$36,218	$2,876
George K. Porter Middle	Public	6-8	15960 Kingsbury St.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 920-2050	1,009	54	18.8	74.5%	93 (9.2%)	20 (2.0%)	775 (76.8%)	101 (10.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.9%)	74.7	588^th of 2761 public middle schools	78.7%		68.1	721^st of 2783 public middle schools	74.1%	133	35.5	35.5	65.8	59.5	61.7	62.3	50.2	43.4	48.2	47.2	$33,501	$31,136	$2,365
Bert Corona Charter	Public, Charter	5-8	9400 Remick Ave.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Bert Corona Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 834-5805	345	14	24.9	89.3%	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	335 (97.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	16.5	2381^st of 2761 public middle schools	13.8%		15	2479^th of 2783 public middle schools	10.9%	98	7.8	8.0	17.4	44.7	20.4	28.1	9.2	12.8	7.8	10.4
PUC Lakeview Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	11465 Kagel Canyon St.	Lake View Terrace	91504	Los Angeles County	PUC Lakeview Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 485-0340	334	16	20.7	94.6%	8 (2.4%)	9 (2.7%)	308 (92.2%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	35.3	1635^th of 2761 public middle schools	40.8%		30.9	1773^rd of 2783 public middle schools	36.3%	138	21.5	21.5	27.9	39.6	49.1	38.7	22.5	11.5	37.7	24.3

Frequently Asked Questions about San Fernando Institute of Applied Media

How many students attend San Fernando Institute of Applied Media?

In the 2024-25 school year, 384 students attended San Fernando Institute of Applied Media.

Is San Fernando Institute of Applied Media a good school?

San Fernando Institute of Applied Media ranks in the bottom 21.8% of California middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of San Fernando Institute of Applied Media?

Students at San Fernando Institute of Applied Media are 95% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is San Fernando Institute of Applied Media in?

Los Angeles Unified

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