Public schools in Northridge, CA

Northridge has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 9,133 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Los Angeles Unified School District runs 13 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Northridge's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in NorthridgeDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Los Angeles Unified School District13427,795$22,606
Magnolia Science Academy 7 District1263$20,871
Valley International Preparatory High District1275$14,244

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Northridge, 1,091 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Northridge Academy High83217.581.4%Los Angeles Unified
Valley International Preparatory High25914.330.1%Valley International Preparatory High District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Northridge, 3,324 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle1,78422.751.0%Los Angeles Unified
Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle87020.570.0%Los Angeles Unified
Northridge Middle67016.692.5%Los Angeles Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Northridge, 4,718 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet Elementary65024.128.3%Los Angeles Unified
Topeka Charter School For Advanced Studies61022.639.5%Los Angeles Unified
Beckford Charter for Enriched Studies58824.527.6%Los Angeles Unified
Dearborn Elementary Charter Academy52721.166.0%Los Angeles Unified
Calahan Street Elementary47421.567.7%Los Angeles Unified
Darby Avenue Elementary41222.950.7%Los Angeles Unified
Andasol Avenue Elementary41121.170.3%Los Angeles Unified
Napa Street Elementary40217.591.0%Los Angeles Unified
Lorne Street Elementary37220.765.9%Los Angeles Unified
Magnolia Science Academy 727224.772.8%Magnolia Science Academy 7 District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Northridge's public schools compare with California's

The median Northridge school has 21.1 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 527 students (state 471).

Northridge against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
NorthridgeCalifornia
Median students per teacher21.121.6
Median school size (students)527471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%74%
Charter schools40%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Northridge schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Northridge

  1. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRuns 13 of Northridge's 15 public schools and spent $22,606 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,606
  2. Northridge Academy High, the largest high school in Northridge832 students in 2024-25, 17.5 per teacher.832
  3. Compare Los Angeles Unified School District with Magnolia Science Academy 7 DistrictNorthridge's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Northridge addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Northridge

  1. How many public schools are in Northridge, CA?
    15 public schools with an address in Northridge were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 9,133 students. 6 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Northridge?
    Northridge Academy High, with 832 students in 2024-25 (Los Angeles Unified School District).
  3. Which districts run Northridge's schools?
    Los Angeles Unified School District (13 schools), Magnolia Science Academy 7 District (1 school), Valley International Preparatory High District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .