Van Nuys Middle

Grades 6–8 Public District: Los Angeles Unified

5435 Vesper Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91411 Map

Math (met standard)
26%
−11 state 37% · 2025-26
English (met standard)
38%
−11 state 49% · 2025-26
Science (met standard)
20%
−16 state 35% · 2025-26
Low income
93%
free or reduced-price lunch
Students
726
2024-25
Students per teacher
17.9
2024-25

Test score trends

Share of students who met or exceeded the state standard each year.

Latest results by grade

Grade Math English Science
Grade 6 25% state 37% · 2025-26 40% state 48% · 2025-26 —
Grade 7 28% state 38% · 2025-26 41% state 51% · 2025-26 —
Grade 8 25% state 36% · 2025-26 34% state 50% · 2025-26 20% state 35% · 2025-26
All grades 26% state 37% · 2025-26 38% state 49% · 2025-26 20% state 35% · 2025-26
Results by year (all grades)
School year Math English Science
2025-26 26% state 37% 38% state 49% 20% state 35%
2024-25 25% state 36% 40% state 49% 25% state 32%
2023-24 21% state 33% 37% state 46% 19% state 29%
2022-23 20% state 32% 32% state 46% 11% state 29%
2021-22 14% state 31% 30% state 47% 15% state 29%
2018-19 16% state 38% 23% state 50% 14% state 31%
2017-18 19% state 37% 26% state 49% —
2016-17 17% state 37% 24% state 48% —
2015-16 14% state 36% 24% state 48% —
2014-15 13% state 33% 19% state 44% —

Students

Race and ethnicity, 2024-25

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).

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Subject percentages show the share of students who met or exceeded the state standard.

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21%
−14 vs state · 2024-25
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70%
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+28 vs state
66%
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1.4 mi
28%
−9 vs state
45%
−5 vs state
32%
−4 vs state
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1.4 mi
41%
+4 vs state
55%
+6 vs state
42%
+7 vs state
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0%
8%
0%
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2.1 mi
24%
−13 vs state
47%
−3 vs state
18%
−17 vs state
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24%
−13 vs state
46%
−3 vs state
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2.6 mi
42%
+2 vs state
55%
+8 vs state
37%
+2 vs state
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2.7 mi
13%
−23 vs state
23%
−28 vs state
14%
−23 vs state
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2.7 mi
27%
−10 vs state
33%
−17 vs state
19%
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