Burbank Elementary

Set in San Diego, California, Burbank Elementary is a small elementary school, operated by San Diego Unified. It enrolls 317 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Burbank Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Burbank Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%); the rest looks like 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Burbank Elementary reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burbank Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.9%, the actual is 18.9%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Burbank Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is King-Chavez Academy of Excellence, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Burbank Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Burbank Elementary's enrollment has edged down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 317).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.