Editing Northridge, Los Angeles (section)

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:SF14-NAHS11-BM.jpg|thumb|upright|Northridge Academy High School]]

In 1962, Nobel Junior High School in Northridge became the first air-conditioned school in the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=968&record=30&controlNumber=48077 |title=Expired |publisher=Photos.lapl.org |access-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref>

In 1982 the board considered closing Prairie Street Elementary School in Northridge.<ref name="Faris">Faris, Gerald. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184218/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/667529832.html?dids=667529832:667529832&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+17%2C+1983&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Closing+of+8+Schools+Recommended%2C+One+Near+Airport&pqatl=google Closing of 8 Schools Recommended, One Near Airport]}}." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. April 17, 1983. South Bay SB2. Retrieved on January 16, 2012. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94894576/ See clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> It was located on the [[California State University, Northridge]] campus, and that university used Prairie as a laboratory school.<ref name="Savage">Savage, David G. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184232/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/671185632.html?dids=671185632:671185632&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+07%2C+1984&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=L.A.+Board+to+Close+5+More+Schools&pqatl=google L.A. Board to Close 5 More Schools]}}." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. February 7, 1984. Part II C2. Retrieved on January 16, 2012.</ref> In April 1983 an advisory committee of the LAUSD recommended closing eight LAUSD schools, including Prairie Street School.<ref name="Faris"/> In August 1983 the board publicly considered closing Prairie, which had 280 students at the time.<ref>Pool. Bob. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184245/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/668614182.html?dids=668614182:668614182&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+07%2C+1983&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Board+to+Consider+Closing+4+More+Valley+Schools&pqatl=google Board to Consider Closing 4 More Valley Schools]}}." August 7, 1983. Valley V2. Retrieved on January 16, 2012. - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/172468169/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> In 1984 the board voted to close the Prairie Street School.<ref name="Savage"/> In 1985 some parents were trying to have Prairie Street School reopened.<ref>Jalon, Allan and Elaine Woo. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-26-me-5115-story.html Hope Emerges for Reopening of School in Northridge]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. July 26, 1985. Retrieved on January 17, 2012.</ref>

Secondary and lower-grade schools within the Northridge boundaries are:<ref>[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/northridge/schools "Northridge: Schools," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'']</ref>

====Public====
* Andasol Avenue Elementary School, 10126 Encino Avenue
* [[Alfred Bernhard Nobel]] Middle School, 9950 Tampa Avenue
* Topeka Drive Elementary School, 9815 Topeka Drive
* Balboa Gifted / High Ability Magnet Elementary School, alternative, 17020 Labrador Street
* [[Northridge Academy High School]], 9601 Zelzah Avenue
* Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School, 9351 Paso Robles Avenue
* Dearborn Street Elementary School, 9240 Wish Avenue
* Calahan Street Elementary School, 18722 Knapp Street
* Napa Street Elementary School, 19010 Napa Street
* Northridge Middle School, 17960 Chase Street
* Parthenia Street Elementary School, 16825 Napa Street
* [[Granada Hills Charter]] TK-8, 17081 Devonshire St

====Private====
* Casa Montessori, 17633 Lassen Street
* [[Our Lady of Lourdes]], 18437 Superior Street
* [[Highland Hall Waldorf School]], [[K-12]], 17100 Superior Street
* Art of Learning Academy, 9535 Alden Avenue
* [[St. Nicholas]] School, elementary, 9501 Balboa Boulevard
* First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hill, elementary, 10400 Zelzah Avenue
* Cornerstone Christian Academy, 11031 Yolanda Avenue
* East Valley Academy, K-12, 20212 Londelius Street
* Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, Elementary and Middle, 17701 Devonshire Street