Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It has two city parks and a senior center. The neighborhood includes eight public and seven private schools.
In contrast to much of the Valley, the area is relatively urbanized, with commercial skyscrapers along Ventura Boulevard as well as scattered throughout. In addition, residential densities are highly mixed, with apartment and condominium neighborhoods alongside single-story residential ones. The area is a local hub for regional transportation, business, and shopping.[citation needed]
As of the 2010 census, according to the San Fernando Valley Almanac, Sherman Oaks had a population of 52,677 people and 25,255 households. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 82% non-Hispanic white, 5% Asian American and 3% African-American; 11% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Other races made up less than 1%.[citation needed]
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Education
Forty-five percent of Sherman Oaks residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents with a master's degree or higher was also high for the county.[4]
Schools within the Studio City boundaries are:[16]
Public
Private
Libraries
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Forty-five percent of Sherman Oaks residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents with a master's degree or higher was also high for the county.[4]
Schools within the Studio City boundaries are:[16]
Public
- Van Nuys Middle School, LAUSD, 5435 Vesper Avenue
- Kester Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 5353 Kester Avenue
- Community Harvest Charter, high school, 5300 Sepulveda Boulevard
- Chandler Elementary School, LAUSD, 14030 Weddington Street
- Robert A. Millikan Middle School, LAUSD, 5041 Sunnyslope Avenue
- Sherman Oaks Elementary, LAUSD, 14755 Greenleaf Street
- Dixie Canyon Avenue Elementary, LAUSD, 4220 Dixie Canyon Avenue
- Riverside Drive Elementary School, LAUSD, 13061 Riverside Drive
Private
- Village Glen School, K–12, 13130 Burbank Boulevard
- ABC Little School, elementary, 14926 Burbank Boulevard
- Emek Hebrew Academy Teichman Family Torah Center, elementary, 15365 Magnolia Boulevard
- Notre Dame High School, 13645 Riverside Drive. A co-ed Catholic college preparatory high school, it was founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1947 as an all-boy school, but it became a co-educational school in the 1983-1984 school year.
- St. Frances De Sales, elementary, 13368 Valleyheart Drive
- Emerson Academy for Arts and Sciences, 12749 Ventura Boulevard
- The Buckley School, K–12, 3900 Stansbury Avenue, the oldest co-educational independent day school in the Los Angeles area.
Libraries
- Los Angeles Public Library operates the Sherman Oaks Branch.[17]
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Local Interests
The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks. The park has an auditorium, two lighted baseball diamonds, six unlighted baseball diamonds, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a 60 person community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer (football) field, and lighted tennis courts.[11] Located in the same place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool.[12] The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Senior Citizen Center (also known as Bernardi Center), also on the park grounds, has an auditorium and multi-purpose room; its banquet capacity is 200 and its assembly capacity is 300. The senior center also has two community/meeting rooms; one can hold 50 people and one can hold 30 people. The senior center has two kitchens, a play area, a shuffle board place, a stage, and two storage rooms.[13] The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts facility in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts.[14] In addition the city operates the Sherman Oaks Castle Park, with arcade, batting cages, and miniature golf facilities, in Sherman Oaks.[15]
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The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks. The park has an auditorium, two lighted baseball diamonds, six unlighted baseball diamonds, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a 60 person community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer (football) field, and lighted tennis courts.[11] Located in the same place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool.[12] The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Senior Citizen Center (also known as Bernardi Center), also on the park grounds, has an auditorium and multi-purpose room; its banquet capacity is 200 and its assembly capacity is 300. The senior center also has two community/meeting rooms; one can hold 50 people and one can hold 30 people. The senior center has two kitchens, a play area, a shuffle board place, a stage, and two storage rooms.[13] The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts facility in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts.[14] In addition the city operates the Sherman Oaks Castle Park, with arcade, batting cages, and miniature golf facilities, in Sherman Oaks.[15]
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Notable Residents
A number of celebrities live or have been seen in Sherman Oaks.[18] Some of the residents or past residents are:
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A number of celebrities live or have been seen in Sherman Oaks.[18] Some of the residents or past residents are:
- Baba Ali, Islamic comedian[19]
- Shane Dawson, actor, entertainer[20]
- Chip Esten, actor[21]
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor, director and producer[22][23][24]
- Brian Grazer, film and television producer[25]
- Paul London, professional wrestler[26]
- Demi Lovato, singer[27][28]
- Bridget Marquardt, actor[29]
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, actors[30]
- Bill Paparian, mayor of Pasadena, California[31]
- Jean Rogers, actor[32]
- Tom Selleck, actor[33]
- Daniel Van Meter, historian and inventor[34]
- Paula Abdul, entertainer, singer, television personality[35]
- Jennifer Aniston, actor
- Ariel Winter, actor
- LeVar Burton, actor
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