San Fernando Middle School

San Fernando, CA 91340

Phone: (818) 837-5400
Fax: (818) 365-8911
District: Los Angeles Unified School District

4

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 6,7,8 • 442 students

San Fernando Middle School, a public school located in San Fernando, CA, serves grades 6-8 in the Los Angeles Unified School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 4 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

San Fernando Middle School is a public school located in San Fernando, CA. 442 students attend San Fernando Middle School.

School Ratings

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Test Scores 2/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education.
Student Growth 6/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from California Department of Education.

Posted: March 20, 2019

This school is absolutely terrifying for teachers and student's alike

Posted: March 20, 2019

Staff and students believe that anti-Semitic behavior is acceptable.

Posted: March 20, 2019

Principal Ortiz is one the cruelest individuals I've met. He thinks he's gods gift to earth, despite having embarrassing discipline.

Posted: March 20, 2019

Posted: March 20, 2019

Was given a Nazi salute, had to explain why that was wrong, but Principal Ortiz seems ok with that type of language/behavior

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Posted: August 22, 2017

I recently just culminated from San Fernando Middle School. All of the teachers I had treated me with respect and took an approach to students. If the student was either confused, the teacher would ask them to stay after class to help them or the teacher would immediately help them. My three years at San Fernando Middle School were the best. I really wish I could go back to my first day of sixth grade. Anyway, all of the teachers and staff members respect the students and the students do the same to them. If you hear a little rumor of San Fernando being a bad school let me tell you something. I culminated with Honors from San Fernando and now I am taking an AP course. I am only in ninth grade as of now. Just give San Fernando a chance. I'm sure that they will surprise you.

Posted: June 3, 2014

Our daughter recently graduated from this school with honors. She has straight A's and E's. I am extremely impressed with this school. The school's appearance is neat and clean. Our daughter has had nothing but good reviews of SFMS. I met with some of the teachers and they are very friendly. Any time I called the school or went into the office the staff was always very professional and friendly. The staff, principal and counselors were all more than willing to help. The school has so many programs to help any student who is failing a class or just needs tutoring. They also have a program called project grad which is really good and according to our daughter fun. They allow the kids to come inside during lunch and play chess and other games. They plan college tours and the counselors with proj. grad. make sure the students enrolled in the program are taking all of their prerequisites. It's a wonderful program. The school is well staffed and I liked that they had staff always around before and after school monitoring the students. The staff does a great job motivating the students. All of our daughter's teachers were truly AWESOME! :)

Posted: May 18, 2014

The students as a whole do not like being in school and therefore refuse to learn. They would rather goof off than learn anything. Most teachers are amazing but feel like a glorified baby sitter. There is a dedicated group of parent volunteers, however, their children aren't the ones causing the problems in the classroom. There needs to be more active parents in order to change this pandemic of apathy and behavioral issues in the classroom. There is huge potential at this school, but the students have to buy into into it. Most don't care about college or a good job, much less turning in homework and graduating. I would send my child anywhere but here until parents start taking an interest in what goes on with their children and making them behave. Teachers can only do so much. Just look at the test scores, but don't blame the teachers.

Posted: July 27, 2011

i attended this school and loved it. i never witnessed any bullying! the security is great! the school is across the street for a police station which makes students feel very secure. once a month we would have assembly's about bullying! they made me feel like i was important. once you become a san fernando middle school falcon, you become a member of a very special family!

Posted: March 14, 2011

This school has no such meaning towards "safe student body" and security towards the students that are being bullied... i would not put my child here!...THEY DO NOT CARE FOR YOUR KID!

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