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Best kept secret at George Washington Elementary?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060645000580
George Washington Elementary
2322 North Lincoln St., Burbank, CA 91504 · (818) 729-5750 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
222 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
63%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
44.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.9pp since 2014
Math
37.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 22.1% | 22.1% | 25.1% | 30.8% |
| Math | 15.7% | 21.7% | 31.3% | 31.3% |
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 | 44.1% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 46.7% |
| 2022-23 | 60.9% | 47.9% |
| 2021-22 | 59.1% | 50.8% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 30.2% |
| 2018-19 | 59.7% | 51.0% |
| 2017-18 | 60.3% | 53.3% |
| 2016-17 | 59.3% | 50.2% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 George Washington Elementary
George Washington Elementary's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington Elementary this school | 440 | 50.5% | 46.7% |
| Van Gogh Charter Granada Hills | 456 | 48.9% | 70.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary San Luis Obispo | 437 | 53.5% | 56.8% |
| Rancho Elementary Novato | 387 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| Village Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 384 | 50.8% | 50.8% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Rohnert Park | 489 | 46.6% | 38.7% |
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 George Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,950 of 5,151 | #450 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,506 of 5,172 ▼ 795 | #627 of 1,129 ▼ 238 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #2,536 of 5,172 ▼ 1,117 | #609 of 1,129 ▼ 297 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.2pp | #29 of 5,116 | #3 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #3,155 of 5,915 | #655 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,634 of 5,352 | #483 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #1,555 of 5,354 | #236 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #3,886 of 5,625 | #998 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #2,612 of 3,837 | #728 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
440
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 440 | 20.8 | 21.2:1 | 50% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 21.5 | 20.1:1 | 48% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 20.5 | 21.2:1 | 50% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 51% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 23 | 21.4:1 | 59% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 50% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 55% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 61% (431) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 21 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (492 to 440); teachers down 10% (23 to 20.8).
About George Washington Elementary
The public elementary school George Washington Elementary is located in Burbank, California. It enrolled 440 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Burbank Unified oversees George Washington Elementary and 19 other schools, with 14,169 students in total.
Hispanic students are the largest group at George Washington Elementary, with 43% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 43% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, George Washington Elementary comes in at 63%.
Its teaching staff equals 20.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 21.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 50%. That is 20 points below the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
After adjusting for student poverty, George Washington Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.7%; the prediction is 50.0%.
George Washington Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, George Washington Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
George Washington Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 463 in 2020-21 and 440 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 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
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Other George Washington Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named George Washington Elementary. George Washington Elementary is the 9th largest of the 22.
- George Washington ElementaryNorco, CA · 861 students
- George Washington ElementaryMadera, CA · 578 students
- George Washington ElementaryHanford, CA · 460 students
- George Washington ElementaryLodi, CA · 361 students
- George Washington ElementaryDaly City, CA · 206 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 758
- Magnolia Park0.8 mi · 33
- Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)0.8 mi · 140
- Monterey High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 91
- Providencia Elementary0.9 mi · 409
- Bret Harte Elementary1.4 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About George Washington ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at George Washington Elementary?
George Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 440 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does George Washington Elementary serve?
George Washington Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at George Washington Elementary?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at George Washington Elementary.
What is the student diversity at George Washington Elementary?
Student demographics at George Washington Elementary are roughly 43% White, 43% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is George Washington Elementary in?
George Washington Elementary is part of Burbank Unified.
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