Sherman Oaks is an affluent 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.

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.^[9]

LAUSD schools within the Sherman Oaks boundary include:

• Van Nuys Middle School
  • Van Nuys Middle was in the Van Nuys community until 1991 when its area was moved into Sherman Oaks. The school continued to use the name "Van Nuys Middle" despite the move.^[19]
• Kester Avenue Elementary School
• Chandler Elementary School
• Robert A. Millikan Middle School
• Sherman Oaks Elementary
• Dixie Canyon Avenue Elementary
• Riverside Drive Elementary School

Charter schools within the Sherman Oaks boundary include:

• Ivy Bound Academy for Math, Science, and Technology on Morrison Street ranked among the best performing middle schools in the district and the state.

Portions of Sherman Oaks, including Magnolia Woods, are zoned to Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys.^[20] Other portions are zoned to Grant High School in Valley Glen.^[1]

Scott Glover of the Los Angeles Times stated in 1993 "many Sherman Oaks residents do not have school-age children, and many others send their children to private schools".^[21]

Private schools include:

• Notre Dame High School
• The Buckley School
• Village Glen School

Libraries

Los Angeles Public Library operates the Sherman Oaks Branch.^[22]

Parks and recreation

The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks. Dinah Eng of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 2002 that the park "is a popular site for family gatherings."^[1] 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.^[23] Located in the same place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool.^[24]

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.^[25] The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts facility in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts.^[26]

In addition the city operates the Sherman Oaks Castle Park, with arcade, batting cages, and miniature golf facilities, in Sherman Oaks.^[27]