Virgil Middle School
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Virgil Middle School is a grade 6 through 8 school located in North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California. The campus' area is bordered to the south by Los Angeles Koreatown, to the east by the Rampart section of Los Angeles and to the north by Hollywood. Virgil is part of Local District 4 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Several areas, including sections of Angelino Heights, are zoned to Virgil while the school itself feeds into Belmont High School. Virgil's yearbook is called the "Virgiliad."
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Ranking
- State Rank: 1 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 578 (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
1912 - The construction of Virgil MS' original campus began.
1916 - The school's construction was completed.
1925 - The student paper of Virgil Junior High School was began.
1931 - In November, the construction on the second and current location of Virgil was completed. It was at this time the school was given the name "Virgil Junior High School".
By 2008 - Central Los Angeles Area Middle School 3 opens to relieve Virgil.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.073893" lon="-118.291683" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.07383, -118.291679, 152 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA </googlemap>
1] Head east on Beverly Blvd toward N Irving Blvd.
2] Turn right at N Vermont Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Ada Snethen Stevens - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 82%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 8%
- Average teaching experience: 9 years
- Average teaching in district: 9 years
- First year teachers: 14%
Ethnic Diversity
- 90% Hispanic/Latino
- 5% Filipino
- 3% African American
- 2% Asian
- <1% White
- <1% Pacific Islander
School Trivia
- Local folklore says the school is haunted. The auditorium is said to be haunted by the ghost of a student in the room beneath the stage. Doors in hallways are said to open and close by themselves. Low moaning sounds have been heard on occasion. A bathroom is found to have ropes hanging from the ceiling where a student is alleged to have hung himself many years ago and there is a glowing clown-like apparition which seems to drift down the halls. These stories have been told for many decades.
- Several key scenes in the motion picture Grease (1978) were filmed at Virgil, and the film Halls of Anger (1970) starring Jeff Bridges.
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
About the Neighborhood
Famous Alumni List
- Richard Crenna, actor
- Melvin Gilbert, inventor
- Carole Lombard, actress
- Marilyn Monroe, actress
- Scott Shaw
