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Luther Burbank Middle

Burbank UnifiedBurbankLos Angeles County91505
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,958 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
967 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
35%
Teachers
42 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic44.0%
White37.3%
Asian2.8%
Black2.3%
Other13.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Luther Burbank Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard19.4%
Met Standard29.7%
Below Standard51.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "49% proficient" for Luther Burbank Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

19.4% of students exceeded standard while 29.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 2.0 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 5.2 points below the Burbank Unified district average of 24.6%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.1% exceeded — 7.8 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 2.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.3%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
19.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
49.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-2.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
12.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
5.1%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,958
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th30522.0%36.7%24.3%17.1%58.7%
7th35521.1%33.5%23.7%21.7%54.6%
8th31814.5%41.5%24.2%19.8%56.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th30617.6%23.9%30.7%27.8%41.5%
7th35520.6%23.7%27.6%28.2%44.2%
8th31920.4%18.8%30.4%30.4%39.2%

Nearby schools

2 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 50.5

Walter Reed Middle
Los Angeles Unified · 2.8 mi
57.9
Dolores Huerta Middle
Burbank Unified · 2.2 mi
43.0
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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score