Vista Middle School

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Vista Middle School is a public middle school located in Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys, California. The school is part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and serves students in grades 6 through 8 following a traditional single track school calendar. Vista MS was established in 2004. The "Home of the Vaqueros" is home to 1,840 students during the 2005-06 school year. Vista MS' students are comprised of an ethnically-diverse population, majority of which are of Hispanic or Latino descent. Other race/ethnicities present at Vista include Filipino, African American, White, Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian. 94% of the students are participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. Also, of the 59% English language learners, 97% of them use Spanish as their Home Language. Average Class Size Grade 6: 31 Grade 7: 32 Grade 8: 27 Student-Staff Ratio Students per paraprofessional staff: 184 Students per office/clerical staff: 204 Students per other classified staff: 102

Vista Middle School Configuration Grade: 6-8 Year Opened 2004 School Type Public Principal Suzanne Blake Location 15040 Roscoe Blvd, Panorama City, Ca 91402 Students 1840 (approx.) Telephone 818-901-2727 Website Official Website

Contents 1 Ranking 2 History 3 Map & Directions 4 Faculty & Staff Information 5 Ethnic Diversity 6 Parent & Staff Comments 7 About the Neighborhood 8 Famous Alumni List 9 External Links

Ranking

• State Rank: 1 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
• API Score: 554 (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

2004 - Vista Middle School opened.

Map & Directions

1] Head north on Sepulveda Blvd toward Cohasset St.

2] Turn right at Roscoe Blvd.

Faculty & Staff Information

• Suzanne Blake - School Principal

• Teachers with full credential: 80%
• Teachers with emergency credential: 5%
• Average teaching experience: 5 years
• Average teaching in district: 5 years
• First year teachers: 14%

Ethnic Diversity

91% Hispanic/Latino

4% Filipino

3% African American

1% White

<1% Asian

<1% American Indian/Alaskan

<1% Pacific Islander

Parent & Staff Comments

(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)

About the Neighborhood

Panorama City is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.

It is bordered by Arleta on the north, Sun Valley on the east, Van Nuys on the south, and North Hills on the west. Major thoroughfares include Roscoe, Van Nuys, and Sepulveda Boulevards. The district is served by the San Diego and Hollywood freeways.

Panorama City was developed as a planned community by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. Contrary to popular perceptions of the development of the central and western San Fernando Valley as solely being a bedroom community for jobs in downtown Los Angeles and Burbank, Panorama City originally included General Motors' largest assembly plant to date, as well as a Schlitz brewery that eventually came under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch.

As originally planned, the community is a mixture of small single-family homes and low-rise apartment buildings. Kaiser and his development partner Fritz Burns barred non-whites from purchasing homes in the new neighborhood. The area is now majority Latino and Filipino.

Famous Alumni List

External Links

• Vista Middle School LAUSD Profile Page
• Vista Middle School Website
• Vista Middle School Faculty/Staff
• Vista Middle School Calendar of Events
• Vista Middle School Statistics
• Vista Middle School Rankings