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Valor Academy Charter Middle School
8015 Van Nuys Blvd
Panorama City CA, 91402, Los Angeles County
Phone: 818-830-1700
Ranking: 
(1,516 out of 6,930, top 22%)*
(1,516 out of 6,930, top 22%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Los Angeles Unified School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | ||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 20 | NA | NA | 10 | NA | NA | 5 | |||
| Total Students: | 480 | 472 | 317 | 235 | 120 | |||||
| Grade 5: | 123 | 25.6% | 119 | 25.2% | 96 | 30.3% | 116 | 49.4% | 114 | 95.0% |
| Grade 6: | 123 | 25.6% | 119 | 25.2% | 114 | 36.0% | 119 | 50.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Grade 7: | 120 | 25.0% | 120 | 25.4% | 107 | 33.8% | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% |
| Grade 8: | 114 | 23.8% | 113 | 23.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||
| Male: | 259 | 54.0% | 245 | 51.9% | 165 | 52.1% | 118 | 50.2% | 69 | 57.5% |
| Female: | 221 | 46.0% | 227 | 48.1% | 152 | 47.9% | 117 | 49.8% | 51 | 42.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 4 | 0.8% | 13 | 2.8% | 9 | 2.8% | 8 | 3.4% | 7 | 5.8% |
| Hispanic: | 442 | 92.1% | 417 | 88.3% | 264 | 83.3% | 189 | 80.4% | 102 | 85.0% |
| Black: | 7 | 1.5% | 11 | 2.3% | 15 | 4.7% | 16 | 6.8% | 5 | 4.2% |
| White: | 14 | 2.9% | 22 | 4.7% | 23 | 7.3% | 18 | 7.7% | 5 | 4.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.6% | 5 | 1.6% | 4 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or More Races: | 13 | 2.7% | 6 | 1.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.8% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 361 | 75.2% | 55 | 11.7% | 306 | 96.5% | 187 | 79.6% | 76 | 63.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 54 | 11.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 27 | 11.5% | 20 | 16.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 23.53 | NA | NA | 31.39 | NA | NA | 22.86 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| STAR | ||||||
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 355.3 | 350.5 | 362 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 366.5 | 355.2 | 366.1 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 367.5 | 355.6 | 365.2 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 444.6 | 384.8 | 392.6 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 475.9 | 386 | 395.3 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 447.4 | 385.3 | 393.2 |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 385.7 | 355.5 | 367.2 |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 394 | 359.6 | 367.4 |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 390.1 | 358.1 | 366.9 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 358.3 | 339.7 | 358.4 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 365.5 | 346.4 | 364.2 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 364.6 | 348.3 | 363.0 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 382.1 | 342.7 | 364.6 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 410.3 | 349.6 | 366.8 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 403.5 | 350.8 | 366.5 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 384.8 | 347.4 | 366.6 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 373.3 | 346.1 | 363.5 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 432.6 | 338.2 | 360.5 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 395.9 | 338.7 | 357.9 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 399.9 | 340.2 | 358.0 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 369.3 | 343.8 | 361.3 |
| 2013 | History - Social Science Grade 8 | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 400.0 | 342.3 | 357.1 |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 460.6 | 367.6 | 390.9 |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | Mean Scaled Score | 399.9 | 323.2 | 334.1 |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Valor Academy Charter Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.