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John Burroughs Middle

Middle School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
1,359 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
76%
Teachers
61 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+7.2 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+10.9 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
18.2%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 121 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic60.0%
White8.3%
Asian15.8%
Black9.1%
Other6.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for John Burroughs Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard28.8%
Met Standard27.1%
Below Standard44.1%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "56% proficient" for John Burroughs Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

28.8% of students exceeded standard while 27.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.4 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 9.9 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Compared to the 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 21.0 points higher (vs 7.8% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 1.6 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 18.2% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 17.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
28.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
55.9%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-1.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
17.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,502
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th41829.2%35.6%20.8%14.3%64.8%
7th42428.1%34.9%19.6%17.4%63.0%
8th40428.2%33.9%18.1%19.8%62.1%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th42629.6%19.0%26.8%24.6%48.6%
7th42527.1%21.4%28.5%23.1%48.5%
8th40530.4%17.8%19.0%32.8%48.1%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score