Hollenbeck Middle School

Hollenbeck Middle School is a public junior high school located in East Sixth Street, Los Angeles, California. Part of Local District 5 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Hollenbeck was founded back in 1914. It offers 6th through 8th grade classes under a traditional single track calendar year. It has approximately 2653 students enrolled. The students at Hollenbeck are also called "Junior Riders." The school also has 22.23 Students per Teacher Ratio (STR) which ranks #7 among 36 middle schools in Los Angeles based on STR.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 588, which corresponds to a state rank of 1 (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

76% of the teachers at Hollenbeck MS have full teaching credentials, while 14% have emergency credentials. They also average 8 years in teaching experience, with 8 average years teaching in the district. 13% of their faculty are first year teachers.

The school's average class size is 30 for grades 6 and 7, and 26 for grade 8. The school's Students per paraprofessional staff ratio is 78, the Students per office/clerical staff ratio is 204, while the Students per other classified staff ratio is 98.

Hollenbeck's student population is of Hispanic-Latino majority, accumulating for 98% of the school's total enrollees. Other ethnicities/races which make up the remaining percentage are African American, White, Asian, and Filipino.