R. L. Stevenson Elementary

R. L. Stevenson Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Burbank, California, one of the schools within Burbank Unified, caters to 521 students in grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, R. L. Stevenson Elementary shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, R. L. Stevenson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 67.0%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which R. L. Stevenson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Theodore Roosevelt Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around R. L. Stevenson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts R. L. Stevenson Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

R. L. Stevenson Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at R. L. Stevenson Elementary has fell 14%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.