Providencia Elementary

Providencia Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Burbank, California, one of the schools within Burbank Unified. Current enrollment sits at 409 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Burbank Unified, which oversees 20 schools and 14,169 students, Providencia Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Providencia Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 28% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Providencia Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 62.6%, a residual of +7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Providencia Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bret Harte Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Providencia Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Providencia Elementary has increased 3%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.3:1 in 2018 to 26.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.