Porter Middle School
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George K. Porter Middle School is a public middle school located in Kingsbury Street, Granada Hills, California. Porter MS is a grade 6 to 8 junior high school which follows a traditional single track school calendar. the school is part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Opened in February 1959, Porter MS was named in honor of George K. Porter, an early settler who became a State Senator from 1861 to 1863. Porter currently has an enrollment of approximately 1,733 students, which are predominantly consist of Hispanics and Latinos. Other race/ethnicities that make up the rest of the student body are White, Asian, African American, Filipino, American Indian, and Pacific Islander. 62% of these students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. 14% of them are English language learners and out of that total percentage, 93% of them speak Spanish at home. Average Class Size
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Ranking
- State Rank: 7 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 762 (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
1959 - George K. Porter Middle School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.264115" lon="-118.479835" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.263556, -118.479836, 15960 Kingsbury St
Granada Hills, CA </googlemap>
1] Head east on Chatsworth St toward Lindley Ave.
2] Turn right at Gaynor Ave.
3] Turn left at Kingsbury St.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Joyce Edelson - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 93%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 3%
- Average teaching experience: 12 years
- Average teaching in district: 11 years
- First year teachers: 1%
Ethnic Diversity
- 66% Hispanic/Latino
- 14% White
- 10% Asian
- 5% African American
- 4% 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
Granada Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
It is located just north of the North Hills district, west of the Mission Hills and Sylmar districts, and just east of the Northridge and Porter Ranch districts. It is accessible by the Ronald Reagan (CA-118) and San Diego (Interstate 405) Freeways.
Granada Hills is a thriving suburban community, having evolved from a farming and ranching community. Vestiges of former citrus groves can still be seen as small groups of orange, lemon or grapefruit trees in some residential yards. O'Melveny Park, immediately adjacent to the more rustic Limekiln Canyon Park, has several dozen citrus trees, a small intermittent stream, and a grassy promontory from which a view of the northeastern portion of the San Fernando Valley may be seen.
