Burroughs High

Burroughs High operates as a heavily attended four-year high school in Burbank, California, one of the schools within Burbank Unified. Current enrollment sits at 2,283 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 172% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Burroughs High is one of 20 schools operated by Burbank Unified, a district that educates 14,169 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Burroughs High logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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, Burroughs High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Burroughs High is one campus in the mix.

Walt Disney Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Burroughs High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 2,582 students in 2018 compared to 2,283 in 2025.

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