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Dolores Huerta Middle

Burbank UnifiedBurbankLos Angeles County91506
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,770 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
910 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
29%
Teachers
37 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic40.5%
White36.3%
Asian5.4%
Black3.2%
Other14.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Dolores Huerta Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard18.0%
Met Standard25.4%
Below Standard56.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "43% proficient" for Dolores Huerta Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

18.0% of students exceeded standard while 25.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 17.3%. That's 6.6 points below the Burbank Unified district average of 24.6%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 22.7% exceeded — 4.8 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 4.9 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.5%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
18.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-4.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
16.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
5.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,770
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th28022.5%29.3%24.3%23.9%51.8%
7th26817.2%36.9%21.6%24.3%54.1%
8th33813.6%32.3%24.0%30.2%45.9%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th28019.6%17.5%32.5%30.4%37.1%
7th26719.5%18.4%27.7%34.5%37.8%
8th33715.4%17.8%24.3%42.4%33.2%

Nearby schools

2 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 50.5

John Muir Middle
Burbank Unified · 2 mi
53.9
Luther Burbank Middle
Burbank Unified · 2.2 mi
47.1
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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score