Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063581006118
Luther Burbank Elementary
203 South A St., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 · (707) 890-3902 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
20.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
268 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
21.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
23.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 16.7% | 19.3% | 58.9% |
| Math | 10.3% | 12.9% | 23.2% | 53.6% |
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 | 21.9% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 30.1% |
| 2022-23 | 35.2% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 34.1% | 32.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.6% | 39.7% |
| 2016-17 | 26.1% | 24.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Burbank Elementary this school | 334 | 80.2% | 25.6% |
| Prospect Elementary Orange | 332 | 79.8% | 37.9% |
| Dingle Elementary Woodland | 338 | 82.2% | 14.8% |
| El Cerrito Elementary La Habra | 379 | 79.4% | 46.0% |
| Ernesto Galarza Elementary San Jose | 322 | 77.3% | 13.6% |
| Fenton Charter Leadership Academy Sun Valley | 313 | 80.5% | N/A |
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 Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,003 of 5,151 | #58 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #3,976 of 5,172 ▼ 907 | #58 of 79 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,736 of 5,172 ▼ 825 | #71 of 79 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #111 of 5,116 | #4 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #4,439 of 5,915 | #48 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,288 of 5,352 | #25 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #3,664 of 5,354 | #59 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #2,171 of 5,625 | #15 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #3,792 of 3,837 | #50 of 50 |
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
334
+24 (+8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 334 | 16.2 | 20.6:1 | 80% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 14 | 22.9:1 | 73% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 13 | 23.7:1 | 69% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 13 | 23.9:1 | 75% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 16 | 21.0:1 | 79% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 18 | 21.5:1 | 90% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | N/A | N/A | 87% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 71% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 15 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther Burbank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (336 to 334); teachers up 1% (16 to 16.2).
About Luther Burbank Elementary
Luther Burbank Elementary is a small elementary school located in Santa Rosa, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 334 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Santa Rosa Elementary runs 12 schools with a combined 4,800 students. Luther Burbank Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students are 79% of those enrolled at Luther Burbank Elementary. Other reported shares: 8% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 30% Hispanic among all Sonoma County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
On staff are 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.6:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. About 80% of students at Luther Burbank Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County.
Luther Burbank Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Luther Burbank Elementary is -6.9 points: 25.6% actual, 32.5% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Sonoma County, the median household earns about $104,674 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Luther Burbank Elementary, Sonoma County has 184 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Kid Street Charter is closest at about 0.5 miles. Luther Burbank Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.2%, higher than Luther Burbank Elementary's 25.6%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose 8% over 4 years, reaching 334 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.9:1 in 2020-21, and 20.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Luther Burbank Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sonoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
485,040
Census ACS
Median income
$104,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
184
63,389 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Rosa Elementary
- Cesar Chavez Language AcademyElementary · 773 students
- Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)Elementary · 525 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Steele Lane ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the ArtsElementary · 384 students
- Helen M. Lehman ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Other Luther Burbank Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Luther Burbank Elementary. Luther Burbank Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Luther Burbank ElementaryMerced, CA · 716 students
- Luther Burbank ElementarySan Jose, CA · 426 students
- Luther Burbank Elementary SchoolBurbank, IL · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Kid Street Charter0.5 mi · 118
- Santa Rosa Middle0.7 mi · 452
- Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts0.8 mi · 384
- Roseland Elementary0.9 mi · 471
- Ridgway High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 252
- Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)1.1 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Luther Burbank ElementaryHow large is Luther Burbank Elementary?
Luther Burbank Elementary enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Luther Burbank Elementary serve?
Luther Burbank Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Luther Burbank Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Luther Burbank Elementary is approximately 20.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Luther Burbank Elementary?
At Luther Burbank Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 79% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Luther Burbank Elementary in?
Luther Burbank Elementary is part of Santa Rosa Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.