Ralph Emerson Elementary

Ralph Emerson Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Burbank, California, one of the schools within Burbank Unified. Current enrollment sits at 548 students spanning grades K through 5.

Burbank Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 14,169 students. Ralph Emerson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ralph Emerson Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Ralph Emerson Elementary shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ralph Emerson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 51.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Ralph Emerson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

John Muir Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ralph Emerson Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Ralph Emerson Elementary's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 548). Class-load math has rose: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 26.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.