John Muir Middle School in Los Angeles, California (CA)

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City-data.com school rating (using weighted 2006 test average as compared to other schools in California) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 3.

5929 South Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90044

Student Enrollment: 2394

County Name : Los Angeles
District Name: Los Angeles Unified
The type of school district: UNIFIED
The type of school: MIDDLE
Number of the California Assembly district in which this school is located. : 48
Name of the California Assembly member for the district in which this school is located. : Mark Ridley-Thomas
Political party affiliation of this Assembly member: Democrat

Number of the California Senate district in which this school is located. : 26
Name of the California Senate member for the district in which this school is located. : Kevin Murray
Political party affiliation of this Senate member: Democrat

Number of the U.S. congressional district in which this school is located. : 35
Name of the U.S. congressional member for the district in which this school is located. : Maxine Waters
Political party affiliation of this U. S. congressional member: Democrat

Latitude: 33.98671
Longitude: -118.29152

The lowest grade and the highest grade in which student enrollment was reported in the most recent certified data collection: 6-8
Change in API from 2005 to 2006: -2 (541 to 539)
Met 12 out of 25 AYP criteria
ELA Participation Rate African American: 95% (589 tested out of 621)
Math Participation Rate African American: 99% (613 tested out of 621)
ELA Participation Rate American Indian: 100% (2 tested out of 2)
Math Participation Rate American Indian: 100% (2 tested out of 2)
ELA Participation Rate Asian: 100% (5 tested out of 5)
Math Participation Rate Asian: 100% (5 tested out of 5)
ELA Participation Rate Filipino: 100% (3 tested out of 3)
Math Participation Rate Filipino: 100% (3 tested out of 3)
ELA Participation Rate Hispanic: 94% (1661 tested out of 1759)
Math Participation Rate Hispanic: 95% (1676 tested out of 1759)
ELA Participation Rate Pacific Islander: 100% (1 tested out of 1)
Math Participation Rate Pacific Islander: 100% (1 tested out of 1)
ELA Participation Rate White: 100% (3 tested out of 3)
Math Participation Rate White: 100% (3 tested out of 3)
ELA Participation Rate Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 95% (1978 tested out of 2082)
Math Participation Rate Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 97% (2014 tested out of 2082)
ELA Participation Rate English Learner: 96% (1446 tested out of 1507)
Math Participation Rate English Learner: 97% (1461 tested out of 1507)
ELA Participation Rate Students with Disabilities: 75% (212 tested out of 284)
Math Participation Rate Students with Disabilities: 98% (279 tested out of 284)

Schoolwide or LEA-wide ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above: 14.1%

Here:	14%
State average from 798 schools:	45%

Schoolwide Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above: 12.8%

Here:	13%
State average from 798 schools:	41%

ELA Percent Proficient or Above African American: 12.4% (60 proficient out of 483)

Here:	12%
State average from 603 schools:	36%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above African American: 8.1% (41 proficient out of 507)

Here:	8%
State average from 602 schools:	27%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Hispanic: 14.6% (224 proficient out of 1538)

John Muir Middle:	15%
State average from 786 schools:	34%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Hispanic: 14.3% (223 proficient out of 1556)

Here:	14%
State average from 786 schools:	30%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 14.3% (261 proficient out of 1820)

Here:	14%
State average from 781 schools:	32%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 13.2% (246 proficient out of 1859)

John Muir Middle:	13%
State average from 781 schools:	30%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above English Learner: 11.0% (149 proficient out of 1356)

Here:	11%
State average from 750 schools:	24%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above English Learner: 12.1% (166 proficient out of 1371)

Here:	12%
State average from 750 schools:	27%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Students with Disabilities: 9.3% (17 proficient out of 183)

Here:	9%
State average from 763 schools:	16%

Math Percent of Students with Disabilities scoring Proficient or Above: 8.9% (22 proficient out of 247)

Here:	9%
State average from 767 schools:	15%

ELA 2006 Percent Proficient Target: 24.4%
Math 2006 Percent Proficient Target: 26.5%
Number of Scores included in the 2006 Academic Performance Index (API) : 2108

2006 API (Base) : 545

John Muir Middle:	545.0
State average from 796 schools:	730.5

Statewide Rank: 1

Similar Schools Rank: 2

2007 API Target: 558

2006 African American API (Base) : 506 (510 students included)

Here:	506
State average from 196 schools:	625

2006 Hispanics API (Base) : 558 (1587 students included)

Here:	558
State average from 662 schools:	667

Number of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged (SD) Students Included in API : 1890

2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Base) : 547 (1890 students included)

Here:	547
State average from 679 schools:	662

Number of English Learners included in API : 1393

2006 English Learner API (Base) : 537 (1393 students included)

John Muir Middle:	537
State average from 457 schools:	621

Number of Students With Disabilities included in API : 250

2006 Students with Disabilities API (Base) : 383 (250 students included)

Here:	383
State average from 296 schools:	510

Percent African American : 26%
Percent American Indian : 0%
Percent Asian : 0%
Percent Filipino : 0%
Percent Hispanic or Latino : 73%
Percent Pacific Islander : 0%
Percent White : 0%

Percentage of Students that are Participants in the Free or Reduced Price Meal Program: 84%

Here:	84.0%
State average from 814 schools:	49.1%

Percent of participants in Gifted and Talented education programs (STAR): 4%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 814 schools:	11.3%

Percent of participants in migrant education programs (STAR): 0%

Here:	0.0%
State average from 814 schools:	3.1%

Percent of participants who are designated as English Learners: 50%

Here:	50.0%
State average from 814 schools:	19.9%

Percent of Students with Disabilities (STAR): 12%

John Muir Middle:	12.0%
State average from 814 schools:	10.0%

Multi-Track Year-Round School

Average Class Size (Grades K-3) : N/A

Average Class Size (Grades 4-6) : 27

Here:	27.0
State average from 778 schools:	29.1

Average Class Size for a Number of Core Academic Courses : 28
Percent of Student Answer Documents with Parent Education Level Information : 58%
Parent Ed Level: Percent Not High School Graduate : 47%
Parent Ed Level: Percent High School Graduate : 26%
Parent Ed Level: Percent Some College : 12%
Parent Ed Level: Percent College Graduate : 9%
Parent Ed Level: Percent Graduate School : 6%

Average Parent Education Level : 2.00

Here:	2.0
State average from 814 schools:	2.7

Percent Teachers at this School with Full Credentials: 86%

Here:	86.0%
State average from 811 schools:	92.2%

Percent Teachers at this school with Emergency Credentials : 1%
Percent of Enrollments in grade 6 (STAR) : 34%
Percent of Enrollments in grades 7 - 8(STAR) : 66%
School Characteristic Index : 147.8096365

Valid Score for California Standards Test (CST) in English-language arts Grades 2-8 : 2107

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in English-language arts Grades 2-8 : 1011.360

Valid Score for CST in mathematics Grades 2-8 : 2087

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in mathematics Grades 2-8 : 667.840

Valid Score for CST in history-social science Grades 2-8 : 643

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in history-social science Grades 2-8 : 128.600

Valid Score for Norm-Referenced Test (NRT) reading in Grades 2-8 : 691

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT reading in Grades 2-8 : 41.460

Valid Score for NRT language in Grades 2-8 : 691

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT language in Grades 2-8 : 20.730

Valid Score for NRT spelling in Grades 2-8 : 688

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT spelling in Grades 2-8 : 20.640

Valid Score for NRT mathematics in Grades 2-8 : 689

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT mathematics in Grades 2-8 : 55.120

Valid Score for Mathematics Assignment of 200 CST in Grades 2-8 : 8

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for Mathematics Assignment of 200 CST in Grades 2-8 : 0.800
2006 API (Growth) : 539
2005 API (Base): 541
Met School-wide Growth Target : No
Met Comparable Improvement (CI) Target : No

2006 African American API (Growth) : 501

John Muir Middle:	501
State average from 196 schools:	627

2005 African American API (Base) : 502

Here:	502
State average from 193 schools:	614

2005-2006 African American Subgroup API Growth : -1 (failed to meet target)

2006 Hispanics API (Growth) : 551

Here:	551
State average from 663 schools:	667

2005 Hispanics API (Base) : 553

Here:	553
State average from 646 schools:	656

2005-2006 Hispanics Subgroup API Growth : -2 (failed to meet target)

2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Growth) : 542

Here:	542
State average from 681 schools:	662

2005 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Base) : 543

Here:	543
State average from 678 schools:	653

2005-2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Growth : -1 (failed to meet target)

2006 English Learners API (Growth) : 533

Here:	533
State average from 457 schools:	623

2005 English Learners API (Base) : 538

Here:	538
State average from 452 schools:	615

2005-2006 English Learners Subgroup API Growth : -5 (failed to meet target)

2006 Students With Disabilities API (Growth) : 380

Here:	380
State average from 295 schools:	512

2005 Students With Disabilities API (Base) : 348

John Muir Middle:	348
State average from 277 schools:	498

2005-2006 Students With Disabilities Subgroup API Growth : 32 (met target)
Median score of this school's similar schools group for 2006 Growth API : 594
Median score of this school's similar schools group for 2005 Base API : 588