Luther Burbank Elem School

As a medium-sized primary school in Burbank, Illinois, Luther Burbank Elem School works with 453 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Burbank SD 111.

Burbank SD 111 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,257 students; Luther Burbank Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Luther Burbank Elem School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Luther Burbank Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 37.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Luther Burbank Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Liberty Junior High School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Luther Burbank Elem School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

Luther Burbank Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 537 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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