Sutter Middle School
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John A. Sutter Middle School is a public junior high school located in Winnetka Avenue, Canoga Park, California. It was established in 1949 and now serves over one thousand students enrolled in 6th through 8th grade. Part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Sutter MS follows a traditional single track school calendar.
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Ranking
- State Rank: 4 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 685 (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
1949 - John A. Sutter Middle School opened on 23 acres of land with 14 classrooms, one administrative unit and 600 students. At the time Sutter was the only junior high school west of the town of Van Nuys and the atmosphere was quite rural. Many students rode horses to school, and the surrounding area was devoted to farming and grazing land.
The school was named after John Augustus Sutter, the man on whose gold property was discovered in California. In keeping with this historic theme, the school yearbook was traditionally entitled The Prospector, and Sutter’s “Gold Rush” emblem depicts the pick and ax, tools used by prospectors.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.204092" lon="-118.570998" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.203876, -118.571002, 7330 Winnetka Ave
Los Angeles, CA </googlemap>
1] Head southwest on Saticoy St toward Hayvenhurst Ave.
2] Turn left at Winnetka Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Michael Smith - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 90%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 4%
- Average teaching experience: 9 years
- Average teaching in district: 9 years
- First year teachers: 13%
Ethnic Diversity
- 77% Hispanic/Latino
- 8% White
- 6% Asian
- 5% African American
- 3% 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
Canoga Park is a district in the western San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Much of the western section of Canoga Park has been renamed West Hills. A portion of the eastern section has been renamed Winnetka. Most of the area is now suburban communities with small industrial areas, however some of the area is still rural; film production, stunt, equine, and feed businesses still exist.
On 25 June, 2005, Canoga Park was named an All-America City.
