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How has John Muir Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,353
Middle
DISTRICT 1,105 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060645000576
John Muir Middle
1111 North Kenneth Rd., Burbank, CA 91504 · (818) 729-3800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,353 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
508 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 | 437 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 440 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 476 | 35% |
Student demographics
48%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
61.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
49.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.6% | 37.1% | 23.9% | 14.4% |
| Math | 27.7% | 22.0% | 26.2% | 24.1% |
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 | 61.7% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 41.9% |
| 2022-23 | 57.3% | 42.8% |
| 2021-22 | 58.2% | 45.2% |
| 2018-19 | 68.2% | 57.9% |
| 2017-18 | 66.9% | 55.8% |
| 2016-17 | 62.9% | 52.3% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 John Muir Middle
John Muir Middle's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Muir Middle this school | 1,353 | 37.5% | 52.4% |
| Bernice Ayer Middle San Clemente | 919 | 39.4% | 69.9% |
| Lindero Canyon Middle Agoura | 795 | 28.8% | 61.8% |
| Eleanor J. Toll Middle Glendale | 1,412 | 53.8% | 46.1% |
| Spring View Middle Rocklin | 780 | 31.0% | 55.0% |
| Aliso Viejo Middle Aliso Viejo | 803 | 35.4% | 68.1% |
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 John Muir Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #318 of 1,224 | #68 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #272 of 1,227 ▲ 88 | #59 of 248 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #307 of 1,227 ▲ 39 | #67 of 248 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #395 of 1,214 | #122 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,353 | #39 of 1,377 | #13 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #1,178 of 1,279 | #265 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #697 of 1,278 | #109 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,076 of 1,329 | #274 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #842 of 930 | #198 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
1,353
-67 (-5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,213
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 1,353 | 53.9 | 25.1:1 | 38% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 1,362 | 59.8 | 22.8:1 | 39% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 1,492 | 58.3 | 25.6:1 | 35% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 1,420 | 57 | 24.9:1 | 38% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 1,404 | 58.4 | 24.0:1 | 41% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 1,459 | 57 | 25.6:1 | 35% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 1,385 | N/A | N/A | 37% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 1,424 | 64 | 22.3:1 | 37% (532) |
| 1990-91 | 1,213 | 51 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Muir Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,404 to 1,353); teachers down 8% (58.4 to 53.9).
About John Muir Middle
John Muir Middle is a high-enrollment middle school in California, with an address in Burbank. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 1,353 students. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
John Muir Middle sits within Burbank Unified, which has 20 schools and 14,169 students.
The student body at John Muir Middle is 70% White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 31% White, 39 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 25.1:1. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 38%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, John Muir Middle lands at B+, ahead of 66% of California public middle schools.
Test results at John Muir Middle are 5.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.4% actual, 57.5% predicted).
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. John Muir Middle shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
John Muir Middle's nearest public school is Ralph Emerson Elementary (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, John Muir Middle is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
John Muir Middle is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,353, down from 1,420 in 2020-21.
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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
- Luther Burbank MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 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
- Luther Burbank MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
- Joaquin Miller ElementaryElementary · 730 students
Other John Muir Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named John Muir Middle. John Muir Middle is the largest of the 6.
- John Muir MiddleSan Leandro, CA · 969 students
- John Muir MiddleCorcoran, CA · 754 students
- John Muir MiddleSan Jose, CA · 722 students
- John Muir MiddleLos Angeles, CA · 624 students
- John Muir MiddleWausau, WI · 967 students
Nearby schools
- Ralph Emerson Elementary0.4 mi · 548
- Burbank High0.5 mi · 2,457
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.6 mi · 758
- Joaquin Miller Elementary1.2 mi · 730
- Burbank USD Community Day1.2 mi · 26
- Magnolia Park1.3 mi · 33
Frequently asked questions
About John Muir MiddleHow large is John Muir Middle?
John Muir Middle enrolls approximately 1,353 students in grades 06-08.
Is John Muir Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Muir Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does John Muir Middle have?
John Muir Middle employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
How diverse is John Muir Middle?
John Muir Middle reports a student body of 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is John Muir Middle in?
John Muir Middle is part of Burbank Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.