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Washington Irving Middle School

Public | 5-8 | 1149 students

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Los Angeles's Washington Irving Middle School is a public school serving 1149 students in grades 5-8. 
 
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My child is in 8th grade at 'Irving', her 3rd year of attendance.  I am very...
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this is a great school!  i am proud to say my child attends   washington...
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I was skeptical on sending my daughter to this school. But I was proven wrong.
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86% of students at this school are Hispanic.
                    
 
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Kimberly Noble leads this school.
 
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Posted January 14, 2010

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My child is in 8th grade at 'Irving', her 3rd year of attendance. I am very pleased with the academic support and social accountability provided by all staff. It is my belief that the exemplary leadership of the school principal, along with her dedicated and experienced profession staff, will bring Irving back to it's 'glory days' and become one of the top rated middle school of our state and country!
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Posted June 21, 2009

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I for one, can say that this very school has taught me the leadership, citizenship, and scholarship characteristics I need to succeed in the future. I just culminated a couple days ago on June 19, 2009 from Irving Middle School with the following recognitions: 2 years of honors, 1 year of high honors, 3 years of citizenship, 3 years of perfect attendence, National Junior Honors Society, 8th grade council, and Student Body Treasurer. If a can do it, then any other Irving Bear can do it and so they did. There is at least fifty eight graders in NJHS, three hundred students with perfect attendence each semester, hundreds of honor students with a GPA of 3.0, and hundreds more with a GPA of 3.5. Class of 2009 especially. '09 ALL TJE WAY! WOO HOO!!
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Posted April 22, 2009

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this is a great school! i am proud to say my child attends washington irving middle school. the drill team is a joy to see!
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Posted May 20, 2008

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I believe there is room for improvement in the GATE prgm. Knowing that the school is in PI status has always concerned me but the teachers in the GATE prgm.,3 out of the 4 ,have really impressed me. My child has excelled . The Principal is very approachable along with the AP in charge of the 6th grade. Attendance office needs to remember that parents are not children and should not be treated as such. In addition the student workers should not be the ones verifing emergency card information -CONFIDENTIALITY?
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Posted September 5, 2007

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I was skeptical on sending my daughter to this school. But I was proven wrong. Irving has a excellent after school program that give the student different options. I have not had any bad experiences with teachers. although I must say the deans or securities staff are rude. she has improved tremendously in her academic achievements with the help of her teachers. - thank you
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Posted August 15, 2007

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What I like abut our school is the parent leaders they try to help parents,students and teachers I will like to see many parents more involve and our school Im a parent who many times need help and aways find parents in the center realy to help.and support with conferences and other needs. becuse of this Irving needs to support and give credit to this wondeful ladies who work for us
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Posted May 29, 2007

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This is my daughter's first year at Irving and she loves it. She hasn't had any problems with any of the other students. And, she really enjoys her classes, especially the ones with Mr. Perez. I had planned on putting her in a private school, but she got on the honor roll, so I am keeping her at Irving.
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Posted May 21, 2007

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I am a parent and my son is in 7th grade and this year has been so bad. There are many teacher who don't care and don't have discipline in there class room. There are many kids that are trouble makers and teachers are not doing any thing about it, I an very disappointed in this school!
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Posted January 1, 2006

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I think that Irving Washington Middle School is a terrific school. There are alot of things that students could learn. There are alot of clubs in wich a student can go and have fun either in nutrition , lunch , or afterschool.The teachers are wondeful and the staff, and the security is so safe.The food is good from what I have to say. The principal is a very good man that cares alot about the students he is ways trying to find ways to make the school more safe and fun. He is always saying that by learning you could do better in school and I agree.
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Posted September 18, 2005

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Our school is a great place for students to learn and get involved. We have an excellent academic program as well as an enthusiastic music and art department. We have 29 different lunchtime clubs sponsored by teachers who volunteer. We have a leadership class which allows the students to demonstrate their leadership abilities. Our teachers are very motivated. We enjoy working at Irving. Many of us live in the area and we see many of our students at the neighborhood shops. Our students have consistently improved in their standardized testing (per API index) and we are always striving to improve on the previous years' score. We team our teachers so that the students get to know us well and we get to know them well. We have excellent counselors who listen to and advise our students. Please feel free to visit our school and speak with our teachers.
—Submitted by Jose Perez, a teacher

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GreatSchools Ratings are based on the most recent standardized test results for schools. Use the breakdown ratings below to compare types of students at this school. Learn more »

	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	Hispanic	86%	51%
Asian	11%	11%
Black	1%	7%
White	1%	27%
American Indian/Alaska Native	0%	1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0%	1%
Two or more races	0%	3%

	This school	District average	State average
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ¹	79%	N/A	54%
English language learners ²	23%	N/A	24%

	Language	This school	State average
	Spanish	90%	85%
All other non-English languages	3%	1%
Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog)	2%	1%
Armenian	1%	1%
Bengali	1%	0%
Cantonese	1%	2%
Thai	1%	0%
Arabic	0%	1%
Hindi	0%	0%
Ilocano	0%	0%
Italian	0%	0%
Khmer (Cambodian)	0%	0%
Korean	0%	1%
Kurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji)	0%	0%
Toishanese	0%	0%
Vietnamese	0%	2%

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	14	N/A	11
Average years teaching	15	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	100%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	0%	N/A	2%

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Phone: (323) 259-3700

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All Students	51%
Females	47%
Males	53%
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Parent education - not a high school graduate	36%
Parent education - high school graduate	66%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	48%
Parent education - college graduate	81%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	46%

School Leader's name	Kimberly Noble
Fax number	(323) 254-6447

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