Reseda Elementary
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Reseda Elementary School, a school considered as a historical landmark, is located in Amigo Avenue, Reseda, California. Opened back in 1916, Reseda Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through 5th grade levels, following a traditional single track school calendar. It has an enrollment of approximately 523 students, majority of which are Hispanic or Latino. The rest of the student body are made up of 6% White, 5% Asian, 3% African American, 2% Filipino, and less than 1% American Indian/Alaskan and Pacific Islander. More than half of the students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. Of the 58% English language learning students, 90% of them utilize Spanish as their Home Language. Reseda Elementary also implements a handful of prgrams for their students such as Zoo-Adopt-an-Animal-Program, National Science Foundation Program, DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education), among others. Average Class Size
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Ranking
- State Rank: 6 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 783 (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
1916 - Reseda Elementary School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.203009" lon="-118.538597" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.202388, -118.538593, 7265 Amigo Ave
Reseda, CA </googlemap>
1] Head north on Balboa Blvd toward Sherman Way.
2] Turn left at Sherman Way.
3] Turn right at Amigo Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Rosemarie Kubena - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 96%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 0%
- Average teaching experience: 11 years
- Average teaching in district: 11 years
- First year teachers: 14%
Ethnic Diversity
- 83% Hispanic/Latino
- 6% White
- 5% Asian
- 3% African American
- 2% 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
Reseda is a district in the San Fernando Valley of the City of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, there were 68,002 people (estimated 77,250 in 2006) and 22,811 households. The ethnic makeup of Reseda was 37.6% White, 62.2% Hispanic, 8.4% Black, 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 11.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 6.15% two or more races.[1] Reseda's median age was 33 years with an average household size of 3.05 persons. Median household income in 1999 was $40,792.
- The business and cultural centers of Reseda are Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way.
- Reseda is home to a large duck pond that lies inside Reseda Park at the corner of Reseda Blvd. and Victory Blvd.
- The Country Club, of Boogie Nights fame, was a legendary concert venue during the Los Angeles Punk Rock and New Wave scenes of the 1980s. Before that it was a drug store named Sav-on drug and discount store. It is located on Sherman Way at Canby Avenue. It is now a Spanish Language Christian Church.
School Activities/Program
- Adopt-a-School: Carl's Jr., Kiwanis, Von's Market
- Breakfast and Lunch Programs
- Citizen of the Month
- Class of 7-11 Recognition
- Classroom Presentations
- Cultural and Holiday Celebrations
- Cultural/Educational Field Trips
- Dairy Council
- DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education)
- DATE (Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco Education Program)
- Farm Education Program
- Individual Parent Conferences
- Library
- Movie/Studio Filming Location
- National Science Foundation Program
- Newspaper in the Classroom
- Performing Tree
- Recognition of the Month
- Recycling Program
- Resource Specialist Program
- Stay-In-School Attendance Recognition
- West Valley Library
- Zoo-Adopt-an-Animal Program
