Luther Burbank Middle

As an expansive middle school in Burbank, California, Luther Burbank Middle teaches 1,030 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Burbank Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 56% larger than typical.

Burbank Unified comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 14,169 students; Luther Burbank Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Luther Burbank Middle logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 38% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Luther Burbank Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.7%; Luther Burbank Middle posts 45.9%, -15.8 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Luther Burbank Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Bret Harte Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Luther Burbank Middle. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Luther Burbank Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.0%.

Luther Burbank Middle operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Luther Burbank Middle has edged up 6%, going from 970 students in 2018 to 1,030 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 43% across the same window.

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