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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060645000568
Bret Harte Elementary
3200 West Jeffries Ave., Burbank, CA 91505 · (818) 729-1250 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
136 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.3% | 23.2% | 17.4% | 26.1% |
| Math | 29.9% | 25.5% | 23.0% | 21.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 51.7% |
| 2022-23 | 61.4% | 52.6% |
| 2021-22 | 67.3% | 52.3% |
| 2020-21 | 64.4% | 42.8% |
| 2018-19 | 70.2% | 59.3% |
| 2017-18 | 59.8% | 53.1% |
| 2016-17 | 58.5% | 45.6% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bret Harte Elementary
Bret Harte Elementary's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Harte Elementary this school | 537 | 25.3% | 54.8% |
| Schallenberger Elementary San Jose | 509 | 25.5% | 57.1% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Davis | 510 | 22.5% | 68.8% |
| La Mariposa Camarillo | 601 | 28.1% | 78.3% |
| Charles Helmers Elementary Valencia | 524 | 21.6% | 75.5% |
| Paradise Valley Engineering Academy Morgan Hill | 442 | 25.8% | 59.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bret Harte Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #1,415 of 5,151 | #323 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,291 of 5,172 ▲ 118 | #298 of 1,129 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,580 of 5,172 ▼ 68 | #355 of 1,129 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #772 of 5,116 | #118 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #2,006 of 5,915 | #403 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,812 of 5,352 | #526 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #759 of 5,354 | #124 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #4,956 of 5,625 | #1,172 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #3,114 of 3,837 | #824 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
537
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 23.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 537 | 25 | 21.5:1 | 25% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 24.5 | 21.9:1 | 23% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 24.5 | 22.8:1 | 21% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 24 | 23.2:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 34% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 24 | 25.5:1 | 30% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | N/A | N/A | 30% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 36 | 20.0:1 | 33% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 21 | 28.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bret Harte Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (575 to 537); teachers unchanged (25 to 25).
About Bret Harte Elementary
Bret Harte Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Burbank, California, under Burbank Unified. Federal data show 537 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Bret Harte Elementary is one of 20 schools in Burbank Unified, which enrolls 14,169 students in total.
The student body at Bret Harte Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 39%. Other groups include 36% White, 13% multiracial, and 10% Asian. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Bret Harte Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.5:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 25%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Bret Harte Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of California public elementary schools.
Bret Harte Elementary scores 54.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 64.7%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Bret Harte Elementary.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Luther Burbank Middle, is the closest to Bret Harte Elementary. Bret Harte Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Bret Harte Elementary comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Bret Harte Elementary as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 537, down from 556 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 23.2 in 2020-21 to 21.5 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Bret Harte Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burbank Unified
- Burbank HighHigh · 2,457 students
- Burroughs HighHigh · 2,283 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 1,353 students
- Luther Burbank MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Other schools in Burbank
- Burbank HighHigh · 2,457 students
- Burroughs HighHigh · 2,283 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 1,353 students
- Luther Burbank MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Other Bret Harte Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bret Harte Elementary. Bret Harte Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Bret Harte ElementaryModesto, CA · 867 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryCorcoran, CA · 546 students
- Bret Harte ElementarySacramento, CA · 173 students
- Bret Harte Elementary SchoolCHERRY HILL, NJ · 363 students
- Bret Harte Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Luther Burbank Middle0.3 mi · 1,030
- Providencia Elementary0.6 mi · 409
- Thomas Edison Elementary0.7 mi · 432
- Magnolia Park0.9 mi · 33
- Monterey High (Continuation)0.9 mi · 91
- Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)0.9 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Bret Harte ElementaryHow large is Bret Harte Elementary?
Bret Harte Elementary enrolls approximately 537 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bret Harte Elementary serve?
Bret Harte Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bret Harte Elementary have?
Bret Harte Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bret Harte Elementary?
At Bret Harte Elementary, the student body is approximately 36% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Bret Harte Elementary public or private?
Bret Harte Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burbank Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.