Hale Middle School

George Ellery Hale Middle School is a public junior high school located in Woodland Hills, California. The school, part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, serves grades 6 through 8 to approximately 2225 students under a traditional single track school calendar. Hale Middle School, named after George Ellery Hale, renowned American astrophysicist, opened in 1963.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 787, which corresponds to a state rank of 8 (1 is the lowest, 10 is the highest. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2006).

School Statistics

98% of Hale's teachers have full teaching credentials, while 1% has emergency credentials. They also average 15 years in teaching experience, and 14 average years teaching in the district. Only 4% of their faculty are first year teachers...Hale MS' average class size is 37 for grade 6, 36 for grade 7, and 31 for grade 8.

The school's student-staff ratio is 106 Students per paraprofessional staff, 278 Students per office/clerical staff, and 117 Students per other classified staff...almost half of the school's student population are White (49%). The rest of the Hale enrollees are Hispanic or Latino (29%), African American (10%), Asian (9%), Filipino (2%), American Indian/Alaska Native (less 1%), and Pacific Islander (less 1%).