Mt. Gleason Middle

Summary:

Mt. Gleason Middle is a public middle school located in Sunland, California, serving 744 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Academically, Mt. Gleason Middle has shown mixed performance. While the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates were above the district average, they fell below the state average. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were below both the district and state averages. However, the school's Science performance, as measured by the CAST assessment, was above the district average but still below the state average. Notably, the school's White and Hispanic students performed better than the state averages in ELA, while Asian and English Language Learner students had lower rankings compared to their peers statewide. Additionally, Mt. Gleason Middle has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, which is an area of concern.

When compared to nearby schools, Mt. Gleason Middle generally outperformed Richard E. Byrd Middle and Pacoima Middle in the same district, but still fell behind the state averages. Interestingly, Burbank Unified schools, such as Luther Burbank Middle, Dolores Huerta Middle, and John Muir Middle, significantly outperformed Mt. Gleason Middle in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates, suggesting potential opportunities for improvement.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 10965 Mt. Gleason Ave.
       Sunland, CA  91040-2229


(818) 951-2580

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1028th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,406 Help


Students who attend Mt. Gleason Middle usually attend:

High:    Verdugo Hills Senior High

Feeder schools for Mt. Gleason Middle:

Elementary:    Apperson Street Elementary
    Brainard Elementary
    Mountain View Elementary
    Pinewood Avenue Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  19.4 Help
Number of students:  748

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
54.3%
White:
38.6%
Asian:
3.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  83% Help


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Compare Details Mt. Gleason Middle ranks better than 63% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 18th among 83 ranked middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.44. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (54.3%), White (38.6%), Asian (3.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 83% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mt. Gleason Middle is 19.4. 59 middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mt. Gleason Middle is $11,406, which is the 27th highest among 83 middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mt. Gleason Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Mt. Gleason Middle 1028th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Mt. Gleason Middle in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mt. Gleason Middle

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Rank History for all students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 33.03 1132nd 1769 36.0%
2005 30.56 1215th 1777 31.6%
2006 36.61 1101st 1804 39.0%
2007 35.69 1236th 1999 38.2%
2008 33.71 1324th 2005 34.0%
2009 39.48 1217th 2063 41.0%
2010 38.64 1346th 2179 38.2%
2011 42.33 1297th 2236 42.0%
2012 39.51 1372nd 2259 39.3%
2013 48.92 1177th 2379 50.5%
2015 59.04 878th 2477 64.6%
2016 54.35 999th 2497 60.0%
2017 47.83 1161st 2508 53.7%
2018 42.24 1299th 2480 47.6%
2019 47.12 1234th 2715 54.5%
2022 39.95 1462nd 2740 46.6%
2023 41.12 1423rd 2802 49.2%
2024 54.44 1028th 2777 63.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.74 963rd 1364 29.4%
2019 25.91 1341st 1442 7.0%
2022 26.40 1420th 1540 7.8%
2023 28.14 1356th 1529 11.3%
2024 51.94 412th 1477 72.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.94 1015th 1538 34.0%
2024 38.09 829th 1550 46.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.45 1076th 2230 51.7%
2019 51.98 961st 2369 59.4%
2022 46.96 1112th 2458 54.8%
2023 41.84 1270th 2549 50.2%
2024 61.43 721st 2575 72.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.64 1161st 2262 48.7%
2019 49.03 1085th 2380 54.4%
2022 37.02 1436th 2509 42.8%
2023 42.37 1260th 2547 50.5%
2024 53.33 976th 2546 61.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.56 768th 1369 43.9%
2019 33.74 908th 1491 39.1%
2022 28.98 1094th 1531 28.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.05 1284th 2273 43.5%
2019 43.37 1207th 2407 49.9%
2022 42.51 1265th 2527 49.9%
2023 39.07 1369th 2558 46.5%
2024 53.57 954th 2547 62.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.53 601st 745 19.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.59 1144th 2072 44.8%
2019 42.49 1176th 2213 46.9%
2022 38.59 1337th 2359 43.3%
2023 37.77 1344th 2391 43.8%
2024 48.57 1019th 2383 57.2%
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Rank History for White students at Mt. Gleason Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.01 996th 1496 33.4%
2019 42.51 912th 1602 43.1%
2022 35.31 1012th 1555 34.9%
2023 32.46 1036th 1552 33.2%
2024 51.74 714th 1535 53.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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by a parent
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Open Quote mount gleason is a great school i recomend it To many students and has a 6/10 but I have hope that by 1 year it would be a 7/10 Close Quote



Enrollment information for Mt. Gleason Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 640 21 272 476 8 n/a n/a 0 1417
1989 632 25 127 512 5 n/a n/a 0 1301
1990 570 27 154 665 4 n/a n/a 0 1420
1991 607 72 127 707 8 n/a n/a 0 1521
1992 611 55 144 674 6 n/a n/a 0 1490
1993 599 45 152 681 7 n/a n/a 0 1484
1994 592 53 164 712 7 n/a n/a 0 1528
1995 520 50 216 798 9 n/a n/a 0 1593
1996 520 50 216 798 9 n/a n/a 0 1593
1997 523 77 218 725 12 n/a n/a 0 1555
1998 568 87 212 724 13 n/a n/a 0 1604
1999 595 107 203 827 13 n/a n/a 0 1745
2000 554 99 200 797 13 n/a n/a 0 1663
2001 588 82 203 847 19 n/a n/a 0 1739
2002 603 73 212 889 11 n/a n/a 0 1788
2003 603 73 212 889 11 n/a n/a 0 1788
2004 570 64 184 866 11 n/a n/a 0 1695
2005 568 70 185 852 14 n/a n/a 0 1689
2006 497 71 205 848 9 n/a n/a 0 1630
2007 491 49 168 800 9 n/a n/a 9 1526
2008 444 40 122 754 9 n/a n/a 0 1369
2009 427 40 95 689 8 1 10 0 1270
2010 403 39 74 666 7 2 4 0 1195
2011 400 47 85 638 11 3 1 0 1185
2012 393 55 82 617 18 3 1 0 1169
2013 372 47 74 623 15 1 0 0 1132
2014 332 36 60 570 10 1 0 0 1009
2015 335 24 53 543 4 1 21 0 981
2016 304 20 53 482 3 2 14 0 878
2017 292 24 51 455 3 1 13 0 839
2018 270 18 36 420 1 2 21 0 768
2019 298 29 44 446 5 6 0 0 828
2020 309 21 35 474 2 5 11 0 857
2021 300 14 36 456 2 3 13 0 824
2022 262 11 36 430 0 1 8 0 748
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 744 744
2024 289 9 24 406 0 2 18 0 748

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mt. Gleason Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1417 54.1 26.1 n/a
1989 1301 50.8 25.6 n/a
1990 1420 56.0 25.3 n/a
1991 1521 60.1 25.3 n/a
1992 1490 61.1 24.3 60.3
1993 1484 51.0 29.1 60.4
1994 1528 50.2 30.4 65.7
1995 1593 59.9 26.6 71.3
1996 1593 59.9 26.6 71.3
1997 1555 58.4 26.6 70.5
1998 1604 59.5 27.0 74.3
1999 1745 63.3 27.6 77.4
2000 1663 65.5 25.4 77.8
2001 1739 70.7 24.6 72.4
2002 1788 69.1 25.9 73.8
2003 1788 69.1 25.9 73.8
2004 1695 69.1 24.5 73.4
2005 1689 64.0 26.4 76
2006 1630 61.6 26.5 74.5
2007 1526 60.6 25.2 73.7
2008 1369 69.0 19.8 71.6
2009 1270 58.0 18.7 67.2
2010 1195 53.0 22.5 68.8
2011 1185 n/a n/a 68.6
2012 1169 44.0 26.5 n/a
2013 1132 38.3 29.5 62.4
2014 1009 36.2 27.8 74.2
2015 981 36.0 27.2 69.1
2016 878 37.0 23.7 72.6
2017 839 36.5 22.9 76
2018 768 33.8 22.7 76.7
2019 828 37.3 22.1 77.1
2020 857 n/a n/a 83.5
2021 824 37.5 21.9 83.9
2022 748 38.0 19.6 82.4
2023 744 39.7 18.7 78.8
2024 748 38.4 19.4 83

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mt. Gleason Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1417 54.1 26.1 n/a
1989 1301 50.8 25.6 n/a
1990 1420 56.0 25.3 n/a
1991 1521 60.1 25.3 n/a
1992 1490 61.1 24.3 60.3
1993 1484 51.0 29.1 60.4
1994 1528 50.2 30.4 65.7
1995 1593 59.9 26.6 71.3
1996 1593 59.9 26.6 71.3
1997 1555 58.4 26.6 70.5
1998 1604 59.5 27.0 74.3
1999 1745 63.3 27.6 77.4
2000 1663 65.5 25.4 77.8
2001 1739 70.7 24.6 72.4
2002 1788 69.1 25.9 73.8
2003 1788 69.1 25.9 73.8
2004 1695 69.1 24.5 73.4
2005 1689 64.0 26.4 76
2006 1630 61.6 26.5 74.5
2007 1526 60.6 25.2 73.7
2008 1369 69.0 19.8 71.6
2009 1270 58.0 18.7 67.2
2010 1195 53.0 22.5 68.8
2011 1185 n/a n/a 68.6
2012 1169 44.0 26.5 n/a
2013 1132 38.3 29.5 62.4
2014 1009 36.2 27.8 74.2
2015 981 36.0 27.2 69.1
2016 878 37.0 23.7 72.6
2017 839 36.5 22.9 76
2018 768 33.8 22.7 76.7
2019 828 37.3 22.1 77.1
2020 857 n/a n/a 83.5
2021 824 37.5 21.9 83.9
2022 748 38.0 19.6 82.4
2023 744 39.7 18.7 78.8
2024 748 38.4 19.4 83

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mt. Gleason Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,406

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Mt. Gleason Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1234th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1423rd of 2802 Middle schools
 5.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mt. Gleason Middle)49.540.1
 9.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)41.238.6
 2.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Mt. Gleason Middle)38.924
 14.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)32.528.1
 4.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mt. Gleason Middle)52.148.9
 3.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)43.740.8
 2.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Mt. Gleason Middle)29.832.2
 2.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)30.527.5
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Mt. Gleason Middle)46.235.6
 10.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Angeles Unified)41.138.9
 2.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Mt. Gleason Middle)25.917.8
 8.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Los Angeles Unified)29.223.7
 5.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Mt. Gleason Middle)24.918.8
 6.2%
   8th Grade Science (Los Angeles Unified)23.120.9
 2.2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students828744
 10.1%
African American290
 100%
American Indian50
 100%
Asian440
 100%
Hispanic4460
 100%
Pacific Islander60
 100%
White2980
 100%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients77.1%78.8%
 1.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Mt. Gleason Middle

Students at Mt. Gleason Middle are 54% Hispanic, 39% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Students who attend Mt. Gleason Middle usually go on to attend Verdugo Hills Senior High

Mt. Gleason Middle ranks 1028th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 748 students attended Mt. Gleason Middle.


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