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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Charles Bursch Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060369000325
Charles Bursch Elementary
4245 North Merced Ave., Baldwin Park, CA 91706 · (626) 338-4319 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
374 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
35.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 24.2% | 16.7% | 48.0% |
| Math | 3.0% | 15.8% | 32.2% | 49.0% |
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 | 35.4% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 25.1% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 26.8% |
| 2021-22 | 29.9% | 20.3% |
| 2020-21 | 28.9% | 17.7% |
| 2018-19 | 31.5% | 22.5% |
| 2017-18 | 38.4% | 24.6% |
| 2016-17 | 36.3% | 30.3% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Charles Bursch Elementary
Charles Bursch Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bursch Elementary this school | 409 | 91.4% | 28.0% |
| Clinton Elementary Garden Grove | 413 | 90.3% | 33.5% |
| Crowley Elementary Visalia | 413 | 88.1% | 23.4% |
| Gates Street Elementary Los Angeles | 450 | 93.8% | 41.4% |
| Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary San Jose | 422 | 92.2% | 38.6% |
| Aptitud Community Academy at Goss San Jose | 386 | 89.1% | 25.4% |
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 Charles Bursch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #3,750 of 5,151 | #930 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,412 of 5,172 ▼ 798 | #1,060 of 1,129 ▼ 157 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #3,395 of 5,172 ▲ 36 | #824 of 1,129 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,631 of 5,116 | #656 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,569 of 5,915 | #756 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,762 of 5,352 | #711 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #4,046 of 5,354 | #760 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #903 of 5,625 | #379 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #1,446 of 3,837 | #500 of 947 |
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
409
-38 (-9%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 409 | 18 | 22.7:1 | 91% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 14 | 25.4:1 | 92% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 89% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 85% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 89% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 23 | 24.0:1 | 88% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 82% (510) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 39 | 20.0:1 | 80% (623) |
| 1990-91 | 756 | 29 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Bursch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (510 to 409); teachers down 14% (21 to 18).
About Charles Bursch Elementary
In Baldwin Park, California, part of Los Angeles County, Charles Bursch Elementary is an elementary school. Federal data show 409 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Charles Bursch Elementary falls under Baldwin Park Unified, which has 17 schools enrolling 9,856 students.
Roughly 84% of students at Charles Bursch Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 15% Asian. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The diversity index for Charles Bursch Elementary is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Charles Bursch Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.7:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Charles Bursch Elementary. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, Charles Bursch Elementary outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Charles Bursch Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.0% actual against a predicted 26.0%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Kenmore Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Charles Bursch Elementary is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Charles Bursch Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 447 (2020-21) to 409 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 24.8:1 to 22.7:1.
The discussion board for Charles Bursch Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin Park Unified
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Other schools in Baldwin Park
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Nearby schools
- Kenmore Elementary0.6 mi · 437
- Walnut Elementary0.6 mi · 541
- Olive Middle0.7 mi · 477
- BP STEM Academy0.9 mi · 565
- Sierra Vista Middle1.0 mi · 709
- Vineland Elementary1.0 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Charles Bursch ElementaryHow large is Charles Bursch Elementary?
Charles Bursch Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Charles Bursch Elementary serve?
Charles Bursch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Charles Bursch Elementary?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Charles Bursch Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Charles Bursch Elementary?
Student demographics at Charles Bursch Elementary are roughly 0% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 15% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Charles Bursch Elementary in?
Charles Bursch Elementary is part of Baldwin Park Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.