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What's the most underrated thing about Dolores Huerta Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
931
Middle
DISTRICT 1,105 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060645000570
Dolores Huerta Middle
420 South Mariposa St., Burbank, CA 91506 · (818) 729-3900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL931 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
285 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 6 | 289 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 278 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 364 | 39% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
50.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.8pp since 2014
Math
35.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 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 have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.5% | 32.7% | 23.4% | 26.4% |
| Math | 18.0% | 17.9% | 27.9% | 36.2% |
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 | 50.2% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 34.2% |
| 2022-23 | 45.9% | 37.4% |
| 2021-22 | 47.5% | 36.2% |
| 2018-19 | 56.0% | 41.5% |
| 2017-18 | 57.3% | 43.8% |
| 2016-17 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dolores Huerta Middle
Dolores Huerta Middle's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores Huerta Middle this school | 931 | 30.6% | 41.6% |
| Luther Burbank Middle Burbank | 1,030 | 29.9% | 47.5% |
| Las Colinas Middle Camarillo | 819 | 30.0% | 53.7% |
| Norris Middle Bakersfield | 992 | 33.4% | 46.8% |
| Rosedale Middle Bakersfield | 810 | 29.6% | 49.0% |
| Martinez Junior High Martinez | 843 | 32.7% | 51.0% |
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 Dolores Huerta Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #481 of 1,224 | #111 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #481 of 1,227 ▼ 14 | #111 of 248 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #488 of 1,227 ▲ 36 | #111 of 248 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #720 of 1,214 | #178 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 931 | #273 of 1,377 | #70 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #1,123 of 1,279 | #247 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #177 of 1,278 | #27 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #1,142 of 1,329 | #284 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #585 of 930 | #151 of 213 |
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
931
-126 (-12%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 931 | 38.2 | 24.4:1 | 31% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 37.9 | 24.0:1 | 29% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 40.5 | 23.4:1 | 29% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 1,057 | 44 | 24.0:1 | 32% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 1,062 | 46.3 | 22.9:1 | 37% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 1,029 | 39 | 26.4:1 | 31% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 1,154 | N/A | N/A | 38% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 1,034 | 48 | 21.5:1 | 36% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 29 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dolores Huerta Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,062 to 931); teachers down 17% (46.3 to 38.2).
About Dolores Huerta Middle
Dolores Huerta Middle serves students in Burbank, California, as a mid-sized middle school. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 931 students. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 41% bigger than that mark.
The 20 schools of Burbank Unified, including Dolores Huerta Middle, enroll 14,169 students.
The largest group at Dolores Huerta Middle is Hispanic students, at 40%. After that, the student body is 37% White, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 3% Black. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dolores Huerta Middle scores 69%.
A staff of 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 24.4:1. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 3.7 students per teacher. By family income, 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 39 points higher.
Dolores Huerta Middle earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of California public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 61.6% for Dolores Huerta Middle, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 41.6%. The 20.0-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Dolores Huerta Middle among them.
William McKinley Elementary is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Dolores Huerta Middle is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Dolores Huerta Middle in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell 12% over 4 years, reaching 931 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Burbank Unified
- Burbank HighHigh · 2,457 students
- Burroughs HighHigh · 2,283 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 1,353 students
- Luther Burbank MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
- Joaquin Miller ElementaryElementary · 730 students
Other schools in Burbank
- Burbank HighHigh · 2,457 students
- Burroughs HighHigh · 2,283 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 1,353 students
- Luther Burbank MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
- Joaquin Miller ElementaryElementary · 730 students
Other Dolores Huerta Middle schools
One other US public school is named Dolores Huerta Middle. Dolores Huerta Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Dolores Huerta MiddleSan Jose, CA · 571 students
Nearby schools
- William McKinley Elementary0.4 mi · 440
- Walt Disney Elementary0.6 mi · 419
- Burroughs High0.7 mi · 2,283
- Burbank USD Community Day1.1 mi · 26
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.2 mi · 608
- Thomas Edison Elementary1.3 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Dolores Huerta MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Dolores Huerta Middle?
Dolores Huerta Middle enrolls approximately 931 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dolores Huerta Middle serve?
Dolores Huerta Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Dolores Huerta Middle?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at Dolores Huerta Middle.
How diverse is Dolores Huerta Middle?
Dolores Huerta Middle reports a student body of 37% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Dolores Huerta Middle public or private?
Dolores Huerta Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burbank Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.