John Muir Middle

John Muir Middle, a roomy intermediate school in Burbank, California, overseen by Burbank Unified, enrolls 1,353 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so John Muir Middle sits 105% larger than that benchmark.

John Muir Middle is one of 20 schools operated by Burbank Unified, a district that teaches 14,169 students overall.

Looking at the student body, John Muir Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, John Muir Middle has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 38% 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, John Muir Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -8.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. John Muir Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ralph Emerson Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Muir Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Muir Middle at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. John Muir Middle's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,404 (now 1,353). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 21% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for John Muir Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.