Winnetka

In 1920, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce requested that Charles Weeks come to the San Fernando Valley to establish a series of one-acre egg farms. The farms would be based on the successful formula Weeks developed in East Palo Alto, California. The “poultry colony” Weeks created in the Winnetka area of the valley eventually developed into a small farming community named Weeks Poultry Colony. Later Weeks renamed the colony Winnetka, after a farm he owned in Winnetka, Illinois.

Winnetka is bounded on the north by Chatsworth, on the northeast by Northridge, on the east by Reseda, on the south by Woodland Hills and on the west by Canoga Park.

A total of 21.9% of Winnetka residents aged 25 and older have earned a four-year degree, which is considered an average figure for both the city and the county. Schools located in the neighborhood are:

As of the 2010 census 76.5% of the population is a high school graduate or higher and 23.7% have a bachelor’s degree or higher, both fall below the state average. Population of this statistic are 25 years and over.

Public
Los Angeles Unified School District is the area district:

• James Jordan Middle School, charter, 7911 Winnetka Avenue
• Limerick Avenue Elementary School, 8530 Limerick Avenue
• Winnetka Avenue Elementary School, 8340 Winnetka Avenue
• Sunny Brae Avenue Elementary School, 20620 Arminta Street
• John A. Sutter Middle School, 7330 Winnetka Avenue
• Fullbright Avenue Elementary School, 6940 Fullbright Avenue

Private

• Green Gables, elementary, 8217 Winnetka Avenue
• St. Joseph the Worker Elementary School, 19812 Cantlay Street
• St. Martin-in-the-Fields Parish School, 7136 Winnetka Avenue
• AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School, 6844 Oakdale Avenue

• Winnetka Recreation Center: The center has an indoor gymnasium without weights, which can be used as an auditorium; it has a capacity of 400. In addition the center has a lighted baseball diamond, a children’s play area, a community room which often hosts election polls, and picnic tables.
• Quimby Park: which is unstaffed, has unlighted outdoor basketball courts, a children’s play area, and unlighted tennis courts. The park has no toilet facilities.
• Runnymede Park: An unstaffed pocket park, it has a children’s play area, picnic tables, toilet facilities and unlighted tennis courts.
• Winnetka Child Care Center: Operated by the city in Winnetka, the center takes children from ages 2.9 to 13 and has a capacity of 59 after-school children and 40 preschool children.
• The West Valley Family YMCA: made for the people regardless of “age, disability, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, ideology, immigrant status, income, race, sex or sexual orientation gender” to come together and strengthen the community, providing programs and services to all