Tarzana

Is a comfortable, highly educated neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.  Tarzana is a mostly residential community on the site of a former ranch owned by author Edgar Rice Burroughs.  It is named after Burroughs’ storybook jungle character hero, Tarzan.  The community offers a number of lavish gated communities, including Mulholland Park, Silverhawk Ridge, Monte Verde and Braemar Estates.  This quiet and geographically conveniet location features 2 Country Clubs with Golf courses snuggled into the Santa Monica Mountains south of Ventura Blvd.  The El Caballero Country Club and Braemar Country Club.

Education

Elementary

• Vanalden Avenue Elementary School, 19019 Delano Street
• Tarzana Elementary School, 5726 Topeka Drive
• Wilbur Charter for Enriched Academics, K-5, 5213 Crebs Avenue
• Nestle Avenue Elementary School, 5060 Nestle Avenue

Middle School

• Gaspar de Portola Middle School, 18720 Linnet Street
• Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, 18605 Erwin Street
• CHIME Institute’s Schwarzenegger Community School, charter, 19722 Collier Street

College & University

• Columbia College Hollywood, a private nonprofit film school on Oxnard Street.
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN)