Burton Community Day

Set in Porterville, California, Burton Community Day is an one-room-style middle-grades school, operated by Burton Elementary. It educates 1 students across grades 2 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 100% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 7 schools in Burton Elementary (4,805 students total), Burton Community Day accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Burton Community Day records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tulare County put the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Burton Community Day is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jim Maples Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burton Community Day has shrank 80%, going from 5 students in 2018 to 1 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 80% to 100% over that span.

On this page, members of the Burton Community Day community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.