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San Fernando Institute of Applied Media

Middle School
Los Angeles UnifiedSan FernandoLos Angeles County91340
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
361 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
93%
Teachers
23 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Declined
-9.9 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Declined
-9.5 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
14.6%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 55 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic95.8%
White2.2%
Black0.8%
Other1.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for San Fernando Institute of Applied Media
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard5.9%
Met Standard17.4%
Below Standard76.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for San Fernando Institute of Applied Media and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

5.9% of students exceeded standard while 17.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.4 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 13.0 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 9.6% exceeded — 3.7 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 9.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance declined and Math declined year-over-year. 14.6% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 18.8%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
5.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
23.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+9.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
18.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
764
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1216.6%12.4%27.3%53.7%19.0%
7th12011.7%30.0%23.3%35.0%41.7%
8th1385.1%30.4%23.2%41.3%35.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1250.8%12.0%19.2%68.0%12.8%
7th1218.3%8.3%23.1%60.3%16.5%
8th1392.9%11.5%23.0%62.6%14.4%
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Nearby schools

Nearby Middle Schools

4 within ~3 mi · avg 37.0

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Nearby Elementary Schools

22 within ~3 mi · avg 42.6

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Nearby High Schools

10 within ~3 mi · avg 48.8

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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score