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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Burbank Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
800
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674002106
Burbank Elementary
353 B St., Hayward, CA 94541 · (510) 723-3805 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
592 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (98).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
33.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -15.0pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.9% | 18.2% | 23.6% | 43.4% |
| Math | 9.6% | 13.9% | 21.9% | 54.6% |
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 | 33.0% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 24.9% |
| 2022-23 | 31.3% | 22.7% |
| 2021-22 | 38.9% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 44.2% | 32.3% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 40.8% | 32.3% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Burbank Elementary
Burbank Elementary's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Elementary this school | 800 | 74.0% | 28.9% |
| Los Medanos Elementary Pittsburg | 665 | 74.7% | 32.1% |
| Apricot Valley Elementary Patterson | 788 | 73.9% | 28.9% |
| Boulder Ridge Elementary Menifee | 938 | 70.8% | 36.8% |
| Rocketship Futuro Academy Concord | 669 | 70.7% | N/A |
| Rudolph Rivera Elementary Merced | 917 | 75.5% | 26.4% |
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 Burbank Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #3,645 of 5,151 | #137 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,936 of 5,172 ▼ 299 | #148 of 192 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,668 of 5,172 ▼ 307 | #136 of 192 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #659 of 5,116 | #48 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #386 of 5,915 | #9 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,343 of 5,352 | #150 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #3,142 of 5,354 | #161 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #2,689 of 5,625 | #69 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #2,361 of 3,837 | #90 of 138 |
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
800
-34 (-4%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 800 | 32.2 | 24.8:1 | 74% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 32.8 | 24.0:1 | 76% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 32.7 | 24.3:1 | 78% (620) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 33 | 25.3:1 | 63% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 35 | 26.1:1 | 66% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 922 | 34 | 27.1:1 | 79% (730) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | N/A | N/A | 54% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 69% (491) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 23 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burbank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (914 to 800); teachers down 8% (35 to 32.2).
About Burbank Elementary
Burbank Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school found in Hayward, California. The latest federal count shows 800 students in kindergarten through 6. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 72% higher.
Hayward Unified has 28 schools; together they serve 17,273 students.
Roughly 73% of students at Burbank Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 9% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Among people living in Alameda County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Burbank Elementary's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Burbank Elementary, 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 24.8:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Burbank Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.9% and a predicted 36.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that the median household income is $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 394 public schools in Alameda County, enrolling about 210,511 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Brenkwitz High, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Burbank Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 34 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hayward Unified
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in Hayward
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Other Burbank Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Burbank Elementary. Burbank Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Burbank ElementaryModesto, CA · 572 students
- Burbank ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 538 students
- Burbank ElementarySan Diego, CA · 317 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 736 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Brenkwitz High0.5 mi · 76
- Cherryland Elementary0.5 mi · 855
- Winton Middle0.5 mi · 582
- Alameda County Community0.6 mi · 73
- Opportunity Academy0.6 mi · 175
- Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy0.7 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Burbank ElementaryHow many students attend Burbank Elementary?
Burbank Elementary enrolls approximately 800 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Burbank Elementary serve?
Burbank Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Burbank Elementary?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at Burbank Elementary.
How diverse is Burbank Elementary?
Burbank Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 73% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Burbank Elementary in?
Burbank Elementary is part of Hayward Unified.
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