Los Angeles/ Family & Kids
Published on August 27, 2019
Back to class: Glendale's top-rated and most-improved public middle schoolsPhoto: iStock

How strong are the public middle schools in Glendale?

With a fresh school year kicking off, we analyzed newly released data from Niche.com — which include comprehensive report cards, rankings and reviews — to identify those schools that made the biggest strides last year and those that lead their peers.

Eleanor J. Toll Middle School's overall rating improved the most among similar schools in Glendale, rising from a B+ to an A-, according to data from Niche.

For the 2019-2020 school year, the school, located at 700 Glenwood Road, enrolls 1,243 students. Niche graded the school a B+ for academics (on an A-D scale).

The overall ranking comes from Niche's proprietary algorithms. A school's ranking might change due to many factors, including the relative rankings of similar schools and whether a school gained or lost peers due to openings or closings. Other numbers come from current public data from the U.S. government.

Academically, 49% of Eleanor J. Toll Middle School's students scored as proficient or above in math, and 54% did so in reading. That's compared to city averages of 39% in math and 50% in reading.

Other consistently top-rated public middle schools in Glendale include:

  • Woodrow Wilson Middle School, with an overall rating of B+.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Middle School, with a B rating overall.

Want more of the latest intel on Glendale schools? Hoodline also analyzed the latest Niche ratings for the city's public high schools.


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