Bret Harte Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Burbank, California, Bret Harte Elementary works with 537 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Burbank Unified.

Across the 20 schools in Burbank Unified (14,169 students total), Bret Harte Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Bret Harte Elementary shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% White, 13% multiracial, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Bret Harte Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Bret Harte Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bret Harte Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Luther Burbank Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bret Harte Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bret Harte Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 575 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 43% to 39%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

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