Vanalden Elementary
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Vanalden Avenue Elementary School is a public primary school serving pre-kindergarten through grade 5 levels. The school is located in Delano Street, Reseda, California. Part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Vanalden was established back in 1953 and is currently educating a multi-ethnic student population of over five hundred students under a 180 instructional day school year on the “LEARN Calendar.”
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Ranking
- State Rank: 7 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 809 (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
1953 - Vanalden Avenue Elementary School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.183113" lon="-118.547426" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.182494, -118.547425, 19019 Delano St
Los Angeles, CA </googlemap>
1] Head west on Victory Blvd toward White Oak Ave.
2] Turn left at Vanalden Ave.
3] Turn left at Delano St.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Lance Moore - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 100%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 0%
- Average teaching experience: 16 years
- Average teaching in district: 14 years
- First year teachers: 4%
Ethnic Diversity
- 67% Hispanic/Latino
- 19% White
- 8% Asian
- 3% African American
- 2% Filipino
- <1% American Indian/Alaskan
School Programs
- Open Court Reading
- Scott Foresman Math
- Accelerated Reader
- Accelerated Math
- Gifted and Talented (Science Adventures & Art Enrichment)
- Perfect Copy (Writing & Editing)
- SRLDP
- RSP - Resource Specialist Program
- Music
- School Nurse
- School Psychologist
- Challenge Grant
- Student Council
- After School Art Club
- Homework Club
- Computer Lab
- Class-size Reduction (K-3)
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. 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.
