Olive Vista Middle School

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Olive Vista Middle School is a public middle school located in Tyler Street, Sylmar, California. It was founded back in 1958 and is part of Local District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It offers classes for 6th through 8th graders following a traditional single track school calendar. It currently has approximately 1,898 students enrolled, predominantly Hispanic or Latino. 92% of Olive Vista's students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program; 48% of them are English language learners and of these, 100% use Spanish as their home language. The school's mascot is Panda. As stated on its vision statement, Olive Vista aims to help every student "achieve academic excellence by engaging in challenging and meaningful learning in a safe environment that promotes creativity, respect, self-esteem and personal growth." Average Class Size Grade 6: 32 Grade 7: 31 Grade 8: 29 Student-Staff Ratio Students per paraprofessional staff: 65 Students per office/clerical staff: 190 Students per other classified staff: 90

Olive Vista Middle School Configuration Grade: 6-8 Year Opened 1958 School Type Public Principal Danford Schar Location 14600 Tyler St, Sylmar, Ca 91342 Students 1898 (approx.) Telephone 818-833-3900 Website Official Website

Contents 1 Ranking 2 History 3 Map & Directions 4 Faculty & Staff Information 5 Ethnic Diversity 6 Parent & Staff Comments 7 About the Neighborhood 8 Famous Alumni List 9 External Links

Ranking

• State Rank: 2 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
• API Score: 624 (The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance)

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.

History

1958 - Olive Vista Middle School opened.

Map & Directions

1] From the greater Los Angeles area, proceed to the Golden State Freeway (I-5) North.

2] Exit at Roxford Street.

3] Right to Glenoaks Boulevard.

4] Right to Tyler Street.

5] Left one block to front of school.

Faculty & Staff Information

• Danford Schar - School Principal

• Teachers with full credential: 90%
• Teachers with emergency credential: 5%
• Average teaching experience: 6 years
• Average teaching in district: 6 years
• First year teachers: 17%

Ethnic Diversity

95% Hispanic/Latino

2% White

1% African American

<1% Asian

<1% Filipino

<1% American Indian/Alaska Native

<1% Pacific Islander

Parent & Staff Comments

(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)

About the Neighborhood

Sylmar is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. It is located east of Interstate 5 and north of the city of San Fernando. Near Sylmar is the Sylmar Converter Station, the static inverter plant for the HVDC Pacific DC Intertie power line. The plant was inaugurated in 1970, destroyed in the earthquake of 1971, rebuilt in 1972, and extended in 1985. When the Pacific Intertie was extended in 1989, a second static inverter station called Sylmar-East was built a few kilometers away.

Sylmar is the northernmost neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles. It is accessible from the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5) and the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210). The southern terminus of the Antelope Valley Freeway (CA-14) is at the northernmost section of Sylmar. Sylmar is roughly bounded by Interstate 5 on the west, the San Gabriel Mountains on the north and east, and the city of San Fernando on the south. Granada Hills lies to the west and Mission Hills is to the southwest of Sylmar.

Famous Alumni List

External Links

• Olive Vista Middle School LAUSD Profile Page
• Olive Vista Middle School Website
• Olive Vista Middle School Data
• Olive Vista Middle School Staff
• Olive Vista Middle School Calendar
• Olive Vista Middle School Newsletter
• Olive Vista After School Programs
• Olive Vista Middle School Statistics
• Olive Vista Middle School Rankings