Summary:
ZIP code 91325 has two middle schools, both serving grades 6–8 in Los Angeles Unified. In 2025–26, their average results were close to state averages—52% in ELA, 38% in math, and 36% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide—but those averages hide a large difference between the schools. The most important finding is that the two schools have very different achievement profiles.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle stands out at the top: 65% of students met the ELA standard, 58% met the math standard, and 52% met the science standard in 2025–26. That put Holmes 15, 20, and 16 percentage points above the state, respectively. Northridge Middle was below the state in all three subjects, with 39% proficient in ELA, 19% in math, and 20% in science. Holmes led Northridge by 26 points in ELA, 39 in math, and 31 in science. The school-to-school gap is evident across grades as well, not just in the all-grade results.
Results are moving in different ways: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Northridge improved by 5 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 6 in science, though it still trailed the state in every subject. Holmes’s ELA and math results fell by 2 and 4 points, while science rose by 12. SchoolDigger ranked Holmes in the 86th percentile (388 of 2,703) and Northridge in the 29th percentile in 2025–26; their prior-year percentiles were 87th and 23rd. Context also differs: Holmes enrolled 870 students, had a 20.4 student-teacher ratio, and had 75% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; Northridge enrolled 670, had a 16.6 ratio, and had 95% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 13% at Holmes and 25% at Northridge in 2025–26. These figures describe differences between the schools, but do not show what caused them.
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