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Luther Burbank Middle

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

School overview

Enrollment
866 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
17:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
86%
Teachers
52 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased
+5.6 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+10.9 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
21.2%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 66 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic89.3%
White4.0%
Asian0.6%
Black1.5%
Other4.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Luther Burbank Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard17.6%
Met Standard25.7%
Below Standard56.7%

What other rankings don't show you

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

17.6% of students exceeded standard while 25.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 32.2% exceeded — 14.6 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 15.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 21.2% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.5%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
17.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
43.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+15.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,589
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th26913.0%25.6%29.0%32.3%38.7%
7th25913.1%34.8%20.5%31.7%47.9%
8th25916.2%32.4%23.9%27.4%48.6%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th27316.5%13.6%30.8%39.2%30.0%
7th26519.6%24.1%26.8%29.4%43.8%
8th26427.3%23.5%22.4%26.9%50.8%
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