Olive Vista Middle
Los Angeles Unified
78
SolidScope Score · 65th percentile
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Olive Vista and San Fernando Middle
Olive Vista scores 78 and San Fernando Middle 69 among California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Olive Vista’s English (reading and writing) and math results are clearly higher.
San Fernando Middle
Los Angeles Unified
69
Needs SupportScope Score · 13th percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Olive Vista has the highest share and San Fernando Middle has the lowest.
Biggest difference
11points
in English. 40% of Olive Vista students scored Proficient or Advanced. At San Fernando Middle it was 29%.
Lowest absence
19in 100
students at Olive Vista missed 10% or more of school days. It was 22 in 100 at San Fernando Middle.
Low-income families
96%
of San Fernando Middle’s students are from low-income families. At Olive Vista it is 89%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California middle schools. Chronic absence is the 2025–26 school year. Students from low-income families are students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25.
Test results
How do their test results compare?
The dark part of each bar is students who scored Advanced. The light part is students who scored Proficient. The dashed line is California for the same grades.
English: Proficient or Advanced
Reading and writing
Olive Vista40%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 14%, clearly ahead
San Fernando Middle29%Advanced: 6%
California49%Advanced: 19%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Olive Vista29%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 14%, clearly ahead
San Fernando Middle18%Advanced: 6%
California37%Advanced: 21%
Grades 6–8, spring 2026. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Year by year
How have their results changed?
San Fernando Middle’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 23% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 29%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 6–8. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202640%Olive Vista29%San Fernando Middle49%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202629%Olive Vista18%San Fernando Middle37%California
The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional. Each figure is our combination of the grades’ published results, weighted by students tested. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Life at school
Do students show up and stay in class?
A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California middle school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Olive Vista19 in 100173 of 909 students
San Fernando Middle22 in 10089 of 410 students
Average school18 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Olive Vista0.3%3 of 934 students
San Fernando Middle0.2%1 of 425 students
Average school3.7%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California middle school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
State growth measure
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state sets an expected score for each student from that student’s earlier scores. A bar to the right means students scored above it.
English
Points against the expected score
Olive Vista+8points
San Fernando Middle+5points
Math
Points against the expected score
Olive Vista+13points
San Fernando Middle−5points
- Olive VistaThe state calls both results Accelerated. 767 students in English, 770 in math.
- San Fernando MiddleThe state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Average. 351 students.
Grades 6–8, spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.
Culture, side by side
What do the school, its families and the records say?
A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.
| Measure | Olive Vista | San Fernando Middle |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Olive Vista80%LAUSD 64% · 817 answers | San Fernando Middle60%LAUSD 64% · 264 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Olive Vista70%LAUSD 55% · 515 to 811 answers | San Fernando Middle46%LAUSD 55% · 201 to 260 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Olive Vista73%LAUSD 61% · 775 to 816 answers | San Fernando Middle50%LAUSD 61% · 239 to 264 answers |
| Families: Safety | Olive Vista81%LAUSD 82% · 474 answers | San Fernando Middle85%LAUSD 82% · 166 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Olive Vista89%LAUSD 89% · 477 to 490 answers | San Fernando Middle93%LAUSD 89% · 167 to 169 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Olive Vista97%LAUSD 94% · 92 answers | San Fernando Middle96%LAUSD 94% · 75 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Olive Vista12 | San Fernando Middle15 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Olive Vista4% | San Fernando Middle7% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Olive Vista | San Fernando Middle |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Olive Vista73%LAUSD 58% · 780 to 802 answers | San Fernando Middle48%LAUSD 58% · 241 to 249 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Olive Vista86%LAUSD 73% · 789 to 794 answers | San Fernando Middle64%LAUSD 73% · 243 to 244 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Olive Vista18%LAUSD 19% · 514 to 809 answers | San Fernando Middle27%LAUSD 19% · 199 to 256 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Olive Vista90%LAUSD 87% · 485 answers | San Fernando Middle92%LAUSD 87% · 166 to 168 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Olive Vista85%LAUSD 84% · 485 to 490 answers | San Fernando Middle91%LAUSD 84% · 167 to 169 answers |
| Families: High expectations | Olive Vista87%LAUSD 84% · 446 to 458 answers | San Fernando Middle88%LAUSD 84% · 161 to 162 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Olive Vista76%LAUSD 74% · 479 answers | San Fernando Middle84%LAUSD 74% · 166 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Olive Vista82%LAUSD 84% · 91 to 94 answers | San Fernando Middle87%LAUSD 84% · 73 to 78 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Olive Vista88%LAUSD 92% · 89 to 91 answers | San Fernando Middle94%LAUSD 92% · 71 to 74 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Olive Vista71%LAUSD 71% · 91 answers | San Fernando Middle76%LAUSD 71% · 75 answers |
School statements are from each school’s own website on the date shown. A survey figure averages the questions on that subject: the share who agreed, or for student bullying the share it happened to. Teacher records are from the California Department of Education. Nothing here is about a named person.
Who attends
Who attends, and how big are they?
Both schools are run by Los Angeles Unified. Ask the district which school serves your address.
| Measure | Olive Vista | San Fernando Middle |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Olive Vista897 | San Fernando Middle442 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Olive Vista89%796 of 897 students | San Fernando Middle96%423 of 442 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Olive Vista18 | San Fernando Middle16 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Olive Vista | San Fernando Middle |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Olive Vista6–8 | San Fernando Middle6–8 |
| Who runs the school | Olive VistaLos Angeles Unified | San Fernando MiddleLos Angeles Unified |
Sources
Sources and definitions
75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How we score schools
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026. Each figure is the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, for one subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades.
“Clearly ahead” marks a figure that is ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence, ahead means lower.
Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts. “Chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The average school is the average California school we score at these schools’ level, with each school counted once.
The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores. It covers grades 4–8 and comes from the state’s spring 2025 release.
The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grades 6–8. Each year is a different group of students, so the chart does not show how the same students changed.
Students and students per teacher are from the federal school directory, 2024–25. Students from low-income families are students counted as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the California Department of Education’s 2024–25 count.
Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).