Sun Valley Middle School
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Ranking
- State Rank: 1 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 608 (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
1948 - In April, School officials announced that "the most charming of all the new junior high schools" in the Los Angeles system would be built in the Roscoe area. The "dream school," Sun Valley Junior High was expected to be completed by September of 1949.
1950 - In February, almost half a year later, Sun Valley Junior High finally opened.
1951 - Population grew unexpectedly resulting to the construction of the North bungalows on Valerio and Fair Avenue.
2005 - In April, during a visit to the school, First Lady Laura Bush hailed Sun Valley as a model of school success and student achievement.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.204189" lon="-118.377911" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.203569, -118.377911, 7330 Bakman Ave
Sun Valley, CA </googlemap>
1] Head east on Sherman Way toward Forbes Ave.
2] Turn left at Bakman Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Antonio Delgado - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 92%
- Teachers with emergency credential: <1%
- Average teaching experience: 8 years
- Average teaching in district: 8 years
- First year teachers: 3%
Ethnic Diversity
- 95% Hispanic/Latino
- 2% White
- 1 African American
- <1% Asian
- <1% Filipino
- <1% Pacific Islander
- <1% American Indian/Alaskan
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
About the Neighborhood
Sun Valley is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
It is bordered by Burbank in the east, Shadow Hills on the north, Panorama City in the west, Pacoima to the northwest, and North Hollywood in the south. The district is served by the Golden State and Hollywood freeways. Major thoroughfares include San Fernando Road, Laurel Canyon and Roscoe Boulevards, and Vineland and Tujunga Avenues.
Most of the stone, gravel, and sand used in construction in Los Angeles between the 1920s and the 1970s came from quarries in Sun Valley. Although these are mostly closed (with many of them having become landfill pits), Sun Valley is still predominantly industrial, although it has some 1960s-vintage residential districts. As is the case with most of the eastern San Fernando Valley, the area's population is largely working-class and Latino.
Located at the base of the Verdugo Mountains, Sun Valley is notably prone to flash floods, and one such flood in early 2005 destroyed much of Tujunga Avenue.
