Theodore Roosevelt Elementary

Located at 850 North Cordova St., in Burbank, California, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that serves 591 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Burbank Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Theodore Roosevelt Elementary sits 27% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Theodore Roosevelt Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Theodore Roosevelt Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is R. L. Stevenson Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Theodore Roosevelt Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Theodore Roosevelt Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary has fell 9%, going from 648 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 54% to 49%.

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