Gridley Elementary

Gridley Street Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Eight Street, Sylmar, California. Open since 1958, Gridley Elementary is part of Local District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District offering pre-kindergarten to 5th grade classes under a three-track calendar year. Some of its teachers are bilingual in English and Spanish, while the school staff members are also bilingual in Filipino, Cambodian, Armenian and Hindi. Gridley Elementary is also part of the Sylmar LEARN family and the Sylmar/Verdugo Hills Cluster.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 689, giving them a State Rank of 3 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best).

School Statistics

98% of the teachers at Gridley have full teaching credentials while 2% have emergency credentials. They also average 13 years in teaching experience as a group, with a 12-year average teaching in the district. As of 2005-06, there are no first year teachers on its faculty.

The school's average class size is 20 for kindergarten, 21 for grade 1, 20 for grade 2, 18 for grade 3, 33 for grade 4, and 25 for grade 5. The student staff ratio is 50 Students per paraprofessional staff, 165 Students per office/clerical staff, and 198 Students per other classified staff.

Majority of Gridley's students are Hispanic or Latino (96%), with the rest being White (2%), African American (1%), Filipino (less than 1%), Asian (less than 1%), Pacific Islander (less than 1%), and American Indian/Alaska Native (less than 1%).