Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005426
Burbank Elementary
2146 Julian Ave., San Diego, CA 92113 · (619) 652-4500 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- A-Three-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
24.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
301 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.9pp since 2014
Math
15.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.2% | 17.7% | 22.4% | 47.6% |
| Math | 3.9% | 11.6% | 20.0% | 64.5% |
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 | 29.9% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 24.7% | 12.2% |
| 2021-22 | 19.8% | 9.5% |
| 2018-19 | 29.4% | 21.5% |
| 2017-18 | 21.5% | 17.6% |
| 2016-17 | 14.1% | 13.5% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 (20.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Elementary this school | 317 | 95.0% | 20.7% |
| Lillian Street Elementary Los Angeles | 302 | 94.7% | 29.5% |
| Wilson Elementary Costa Mesa | 323 | 94.1% | 24.6% |
| Christopher Dena Elementary Los Angeles | 313 | 94.9% | 34.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary Lynwood | 328 | 95.4% | 29.5% |
| International Community Elementary Oakland | 301 | 94.0% | 15.8% |
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 San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,523 of 5,151 | #363 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #4,704 of 5,172 ▲ 15 | #369 of 393 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,990 of 5,172 ▲ 478 | #325 of 393 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.1pp | #905 of 5,116 | #55 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #4,616 of 5,915 | #364 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,023 of 5,352 | #301 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #4,987 of 5,354 | #408 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #453 of 5,625 | #17 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #708 of 3,837 | #41 of 279 |
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
317
-48 (-13%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 317 | 13 | 24.4:1 | 95% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 95% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 93% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 16 | 22.8:1 | 85% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 96% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 93% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | N/A | N/A | 97% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 99% (427) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burbank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (439 to 317); teachers down 28% (18 to 13).
About Burbank Elementary
Burbank Elementary is a small elementary school in San Diego, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 317 students in 2024-25. The school is 32% below the average for elementary schools in California.
The district for Burbank Elementary is San Diego Unified, with 174 schools and 94,828 students.
The share of students at Burbank Elementary who are Hispanic is 95%. Enrollment also includes 2% White. Among people living in San Diego County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 13 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 24.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Roughly 95% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.
Burbank Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Burbank Elementary is 3.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.7% actual, 23.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
For the population of San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across San Diego County, 766 public schools serve about 467,437 students.
King-Chavez Academy of Excellence is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 20.7%; Burbank Elementary's is 20.7%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Burbank Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 365 (2020-21) to 317 (2024-25). The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.8:1 to 24.4:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Burbank Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
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Other Burbank Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Burbank Elementary. Burbank Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Burbank ElementaryHayward, CA · 800 students
- Burbank ElementaryModesto, CA · 572 students
- Burbank ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 538 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 736 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 691 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Burbank ElementaryHow large is Burbank Elementary?
Burbank Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Burbank Elementary serve?
Burbank Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burbank Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burbank Elementary is approximately 24.4:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burbank Elementary?
At Burbank Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Burbank Elementary?
Burbank Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.