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What's the most underrated thing about STEAM Academy @ Burke that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL RANCHO UNIFIED·NCES 061218001370
STEAM Academy @ Burke
8101 Orange Ave., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 · (562) 801-7590 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
439 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.8%
CA avg 47.1% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
29.6%
CA avg 35.6% . -7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
-90 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 28.4:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
96%
was 97%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About STEAM Academy @ Burke
STEAM Academy @ Burke is a tight-knit intermediate school in Pico Rivera, California, overseen by El Rancho Unified. The school hosts 534 students in grades 6 through 8.
El Rancho Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,716 students. STEAM Academy @ Burke is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, STEAM Academy @ Burke shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, STEAM Academy @ Burke tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.
Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which STEAM Academy @ Burke is one.
Nearest neighbor: Birney Tech Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STEAM Academy @ Burke. On composite proficiency, STEAM Academy @ Burke comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STEAM Academy @ Burke has fell 14%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 El Rancho Unified
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
- Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Pico Rivera
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
- Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Birney Tech Academy0.3 mi · 344
- Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences0.5 mi · 376
- Unsworth (Edith) Elementary0.8 mi · 633
- Rivera Elementary0.9 mi · 473
- Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary0.9 mi · 307
- Jersey Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About STEAM Academy @ BurkeHow large is STEAM Academy @ Burke?
STEAM Academy @ Burke enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
Is STEAM Academy @ Burke an elementary, middle, or high school?
STEAM Academy @ Burke is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STEAM Academy @ Burke?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STEAM Academy @ Burke is approximately 22.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at STEAM Academy @ Burke?
Student demographics at STEAM Academy @ Burke are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is STEAM Academy @ Burke public or private?
STEAM Academy @ Burke is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Rancho Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.