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What's the biggest difference between Luther Burbank Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
716
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCED CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062460003693
Luther Burbank Elementary
609 East Alexander Ave., Merced, CA 95340 · (209) 385-6674 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- DThree-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
25.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
508 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
43.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.8pp since 2014
Math
31.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp 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 31 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.7% | 21.2% | 26.1% | 30.1% |
| Math | 13.2% | 17.9% | 30.4% | 38.5% |
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 | 43.8% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 31.7% |
| 2022-23 | 47.1% | 39.3% |
| 2021-22 | 49.9% | 36.9% |
| 2018-19 | 62.6% | 54.1% |
| 2017-18 | 57.1% | 47.5% |
| 2016-17 | 55.8% | 48.6% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Luther Burbank Elementary
Luther Burbank Elementary's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Burbank Elementary this school | 716 | 70.9% | 37.5% |
| Allan Peterson Elementary Merced | 690 | 67.0% | 38.7% |
| Freedom Crest Elementary Menifee | 707 | 74.4% | 32.9% |
| Walter M. Brown Elementary Turlock | 645 | 72.9% | 22.3% |
| Golden West Elementary Manteca | 591 | 71.2% | 16.3% |
| Agnes M. Baptist Elementary Modesto | 606 | 72.8% | 48.9% |
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 Luther Burbank Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,715 of 5,151 | #20 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,114 of 5,172 ▼ 214 | #29 of 54 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #2,568 of 5,172 ▼ 190 | #18 of 54 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #434 of 5,116 | #6 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #684 of 5,915 | #8 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,719 of 5,352 | #45 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #1,937 of 5,354 | #3 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #2,896 of 5,625 | #49 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #492 of 1,139 | #5 of 14 |
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
716
+67 (+10%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 26.0:1
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 | 716 | 27.9 | 25.6:1 | 71% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 28.1 | 25.8:1 | 70% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 25.9 | 26.1:1 | 66% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 25 | 26.0:1 | 62% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 25 | 25.9:1 | 71% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 25 | 24.7:1 | 76% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | N/A | N/A | 90% (528) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 86% (600) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 25 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther Burbank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (647 to 716); teachers up 12% (25 to 27.9).
About Luther Burbank Elementary
Luther Burbank Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Merced, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 716 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
In Merced City Elementary, 19 schools enroll a combined 11,108 students.
At 60%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Luther Burbank Elementary combined. The remaining students are 18% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 63% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. Luther Burbank Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 25.6:1 comes from the school's 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 71% of students at Luther Burbank Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Merced County, the average eligibility rate is 81%.
The allk12 Grade for Luther Burbank Elementary is C+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Luther Burbank Elementary is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (37.5% versus 38.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Merced County census figures show that median household income is about $65,510, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. A total of 117 public schools operate in Merced County, serving about 59,456 students.
Merced High is the public school closest to Luther Burbank Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Luther Burbank Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Luther Burbank Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 37.5% versus a 30.7% average.
Luther Burbank Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 716 was 10% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 649.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Merced City Elementary
- Rudolph Rivera ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Donn B. Chenoweth ElementaryElementary · 722 students
- Allan Peterson ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Joe StefaniElementary · 641 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 629 students
- Herbert H. Cruickshank MiddleMiddle · 624 students
Other schools in Merced
- Merced HighHigh · 1,943 students
- Golden Valley HighHigh · 1,917 students
- El Capitan HighHigh · 1,793 students
- Weaver MiddleMiddle · 1,073 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 1,055 students
- Merced County Special EducationCombined · 942 students
Other Luther Burbank Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Luther Burbank Elementary. Luther Burbank Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Luther Burbank ElementarySan Jose, CA · 426 students
- Luther Burbank ElementarySanta Rosa, CA · 334 students
- Luther Burbank Elementary SchoolBurbank, IL · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Merced High0.7 mi · 1,943
- Herbert Hoover Middle0.8 mi · 629
- Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary0.8 mi · 722
- John Muir Elementary0.8 mi · 613
- Allan Peterson Elementary0.8 mi · 690
- Ada Givens Elementary0.9 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Luther Burbank ElementaryHow large is Luther Burbank Elementary?
Luther Burbank Elementary enrolls approximately 716 students in grades KG-06.
Is Luther Burbank Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Luther Burbank Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Luther Burbank Elementary?
Approximately 25.6:1 students per teacher at Luther Burbank Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Luther Burbank Elementary?
At Luther Burbank Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 60% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Luther Burbank Elementary public or private?
Luther Burbank Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Merced City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.