Herrick Elementary

"Learners today, leaders tomorrow"

Herrick Avenue Elementary School is a public primary school located in the Northeastern part of the San Fernando Valley, in the community of Sylmar, California. Opened in 1959, Herrick Elementary is serving approximately 755 students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade school level and is following a single track school calendar. The school is part of Local District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 705, which corresponds to a state rank of 3 (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

100% of Herrick's teachers have full teaching credentials. With no first year teachers as of 2005-2006, the Herrick faculty averages 12 years in teaching experience and 11 average years teaching in the district...the school's average class size is 19 for kindergarten, grades 1 and 2, 20 for grade 3, 30 for grades 4 and 5.

The school's student-staff ratio is 50 Students per paraprofessional staff, 189 Students per office/clerical staff, and 108 Students per other classified staff...majority of the school's enrollees are Hispanic or Latino (93%), with the rest being White (4%), and African American (2%). The rest of the race/ethnicities that each contributes less than 1% to the student body are Asian, Filipino, Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native.