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Enrollment
586
Middle
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURTON ELEMENTARY·NCES 060657008800
Burton Middle
1155 North Elderwood St., Porterville, CA 93257 · (559) 781-2671 · Tulare County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
490 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 306 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 48% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Burton Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.8pp since 2014
Math
36.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.6% | 30.2% | 27.9% | 30.4% |
| Math | 16.5% | 20.0% | 25.2% | 38.4% |
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 | 41.8% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 28.5% |
| 2022-23 | 40.7% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 22.5% |
| 2018-19 | 36.2% | 15.5% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 11.4% |
| 2016-17 | 25.3% | 13.5% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Burton Middle
Burton Middle's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Middle this school | 586 | 83.6% | 37.0% |
| Sequoia Middle Porterville | 532 | 85.5% | 38.9% |
| John Sutter Middle Fowler | 579 | 82.0% | 37.4% |
| C. E. Utt Middle Tustin | 554 | 82.1% | 35.3% |
| Cardozo Middle Riverbank | 544 | 82.5% | 21.8% |
| Magnolia Junior High Chino | 541 | 83.4% | 31.6% |
Matched among California middle 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 Burton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #591 of 1,224 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #467 of 1,227 ▲ 119 | #1 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #669 of 1,227 ▼ 39 | #8 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #123 of 1,214 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #789 of 1,377 | #11 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #548 of 1,279 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #831 of 1,278 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #443 of 1,329 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #927 of 930 | #17 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
586
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 586 | 28.5 | 20.6:1 | 84% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 27.1 | 21.8:1 | 81% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 26.5 | 20.7:1 | 71% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 79% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 24.6 | 23.9:1 | 73% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 76% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | N/A | N/A | 70% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 36 | 22.2:1 | 58% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 21 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (588 to 586); teachers up 16% (24.6 to 28.5).
About Burton Middle
At 1155 North Elderwood St. in Porterville, California, Burton Middle operates as a mid-sized middle school. The school counted 586 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8.
Burton Elementary has 4,805 students spread across 7 schools.
The largest group at Burton Middle is Hispanic students, at 77%. Other students are 12% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Tulare County residents are about 67% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burton Middle is 20.6:1, based on 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Lunch program data show 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Burton Middle lands at B+, ahead of 73% of California public middle schools.
Burton Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.0%, compared with a predicted 30.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Tulare County, median household income comes to about $71,300, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tulare County counts 196 public schools with about 101,494 students.
Burton Middle's closest public school neighbor is William R. Buckley Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Burton Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Burton Middle enrolled 611 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 586. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.6:1) than in 2020-21 (23.5:1).
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Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burton Elementary
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- William R. Buckley ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- Jim Maples AcademyElementary · 466 students
- Burton ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Burton Community DayMiddle · 1 students
Other schools in Porterville
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Monarch River AcademyCombined · 1,338 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other Burton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Burton Middle. Burton Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Burton Middle SchoolGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 488 students
Nearby schools
- William R. Buckley Elementary0.1 mi · 499
- Oak Grove Elementary0.9 mi · 393
- Burton Elementary1.1 mi · 437
- Burton Community Day1.2 mi · 1
- Jim Maples Academy1.2 mi · 466
- Monache High1.4 mi · 1,855
Frequently asked questions
About Burton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Burton Middle?
Burton Middle enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 07-08.
Is Burton Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burton Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Burton Middle have?
Burton Middle employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Burton Middle?
Student demographics at Burton Middle are roughly 12% White, 77% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Burton Middle in?
Burton Middle is part of Burton Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.