Superior Elementary
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Superior Street Elementary School is a public LEARN school located in Oso Avenue, Chatsworth, California just in the northwest San Fernando Valley. Part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Superior was founded back in 1959 and serves students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade levels. It also follows a traditional single track school calendar. Superior currently has 23 regular classroom teachers and 3 special education teachers. It has a Language Arts series that is supplemented by classroom libraries, charts and kits. Approaches to instruction include large and small group clusters for skill needs, team teaching, cooperative learning, sheltered English and peer tutoring. The homework policy consists of specific homework assignments four days weekly for all grades. As of school year 2005-06, Superior has 489 students enrolled, majority of which are Hispanic and White. 45% of these students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program, while 16% are English language learners.
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Ranking
- State Rank: 9 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 860 (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 - Superior Street Elementary School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.24834" lon="-118.575397" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.247716, -118.5754, 9756 Oso Ave
Chatsworth, CA </googlemap>
1] Head west on Lassen St toward Reseda Blvd.
2] Turn left at Oso Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Jerilyn Schubert - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 92%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 4%
- Average teaching experience: 10 years
- Average teaching in district: 9 years
- First year teachers: 12%
Ethnic Diversity
- 43% Hispanic/Latino
- 34% White
- 9% Asian
- 7% African American
- 6% Filipino
- <1% American Indian/Alaska Native
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
About the Neighborhood
Chatsworth is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. The district is bordered by the Santa Susana Mountains and unincorporated Los Angeles County lands to the north, Porter Ranch to the northeast, Northridge to the east, West Hills to the south, and the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Simi Valley to the west.
Chatsworth's residential homes are mostly single-story classic American ranch houses. The district's boundaries are not visible, marked only by signs on the streets, as a profusion of stores, apartments, and automobile traffic dominate.
