Harding Elementary

Harding Street Elementary School is a public school located in Harding Street, Sylmar California. Harding Elementary is part of Local District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It was first opened in 1964 and has been serving pre-kindergarten through 5th grade primary levels under a single track calendar year. As stated on the school's vision, Harding School aims "to develop the academic, social, moral, and ethical values which students need to become successful, contributing members in an ever-changing and technological world."

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 725, which corresponds to a state rank of 4 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best. 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

97% of Harding Elementary's teachers have full teaching credentials while 3% have emergency credentials. They also average 12 years in teaching experience, and 12 average years teaching in the district. As of 2005-06, there are no first year teachers at Harding Elementary.

The school's average class size is 19 for kindergarten, 18 for grade 1, 20 for grades 2 and 3, 27 for grade 4, and 30 for grade 5. The school's Students per paraprofessional staff ratio is 47, the Students per office/clerical staff ratio is 130, while the Students per other classified staff ratio is 130...majority of the school's students (83%) are Hispanic or Latino, the rest are White (7%), African Americans (6%), Filipinos (3%), Asians (1%), and American Indians/Alaska Natives (less than 1%).