Burton Street Elementary

Burton Street Elementary operates as an intimate K-5 school in Panorama City, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 274 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Burton Street Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Burton Street Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 9% Asian, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Burton Street Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Burton Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.0%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of +5.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Burton Street Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chase Street Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Burton Street Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Burton Street Elementary's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 274). Class-load math has tightened: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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