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Enrollment
1,030
Middle
DISTRICT 1,105 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060645000571
Luther Burbank Middle
3700 West Jeffries Ave., Burbank, CA 91505 · (818) 729-3700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,030 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- DBeats 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
23.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
308 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 | 318 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 374 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%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
56.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.3pp since 2014
Math
41.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.2% | 37.1% | 24.0% | 19.6% |
| Math | 19.6% | 22.1% | 29.5% | 28.8% |
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 | 56.3% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.3% | 35.8% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 34.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.8% | 44.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 41.6% |
| 2016-17 | 51.9% | 40.5% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Middle
Luther Burbank Middle's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Burbank Middle this school | 1,030 | 29.9% | 47.5% |
| Dolores Huerta Middle Burbank | 931 | 30.6% | 41.6% |
| Norris Middle Bakersfield | 992 | 33.4% | 46.8% |
| Las Colinas Middle Camarillo | 819 | 30.0% | 53.7% |
| Rosedale Middle Bakersfield | 810 | 29.6% | 49.0% |
| Temecula Middle Temecula | 1,012 | 26.2% | 60.5% |
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 Luther Burbank Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #384 of 1,224 | #83 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #380 of 1,227 ▲ 26 | #85 of 248 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #374 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #83 of 248 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #330 of 1,214 | #104 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,030 | #168 of 1,377 | #51 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #1,065 of 1,279 | #227 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #269 of 1,278 | #36 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #1,150 of 1,329 | #286 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #131 of 257 | #29 of 38 |
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
1,030
+131 (+15%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 1,030 | 43.1 | 23.9:1 | 30% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 42.1 | 23.0:1 | 35% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 37.3 | 22.8:1 | 31% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 899 | 39 | 23.1:1 | 37% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 970 | 42.1 | 23.0:1 | 42% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 45 | 23.5:1 | 35% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | N/A | N/A | 41% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 1,155 | 50 | 23.1:1 | 53% (613) |
| 1990-91 | 823 | 35 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther Burbank Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (970 to 1,030); teachers up 2% (42.1 to 43.1).
About Luther Burbank Middle
Students in Burbank, California, attend Luther Burbank Middle, a large middle school. It serves 1,030 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
Burbank Unified oversees Luther Burbank Middle and 19 other schools, with 14,169 students in total.
Enrollment at Luther Burbank Middle is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. By the diversity index, Luther Burbank Middle comes in at 66%.
Dividing enrollment by its 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, lower than at this school. Luther Burbank Middle reports 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Luther Burbank Middle receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Luther Burbank Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.5%, compared with a predicted 62.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County census figures show that median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Luther Burbank Middle is Bret Harte Elementary, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Luther Burbank Middle is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Federal data place Luther Burbank Middle in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 899 to 1,030.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 1,353 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
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 1,353 students
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 758 students
- Joaquin Miller ElementaryElementary · 730 students
Other Luther Burbank Middle schools
One other US public school is named Luther Burbank Middle. Luther Burbank Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Luther Burbank Middle SchoolLancaster, MA · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Bret Harte Elementary0.3 mi · 537
- Providencia Elementary0.7 mi · 409
- Oxnard Street Elementary1.0 mi · 298
- Thomas Edison Elementary1.0 mi · 432
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary1.1 mi · 591
- Monterey High (Continuation)1.2 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Luther Burbank MiddleHow many students attend Luther Burbank Middle?
Luther Burbank Middle enrolls approximately 1,030 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Luther Burbank Middle serve?
Luther Burbank Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Luther Burbank Middle?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Luther Burbank Middle.
What is the student diversity at Luther Burbank Middle?
Student demographics at Luther Burbank Middle are roughly 38% White, 43% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Luther Burbank Middle public or private?
Luther Burbank Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burbank Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.