Summary:
Burbank Unified includes 19 schools in Burbank, California: 11 elementary, three middle and five high schools. The clearest difference for families comparing schools is at the high-school level, where results vary sharply and the four schools with reported scores average below the listed state results in all three subjects.
Among elementary schools, R. L. Stevenson leads in ELA and science, with 64% and 56%, while Walt Disney leads math at 62%. The lowest elementary scores are 48% ELA at Bret Harte, 40% math at George Washington, and 37% science at William McKinley. Middle-school averages are above the listed state figures by 8 points in ELA, 7 in math, and 14 in science: John Muir leads ELA and math, and Luther Burbank leads science. At high school, Burroughs scores 68% in ELA, 42% in math and 42% in science; lows are 9% ELA and 11% science at Monterey, and 0% math at BUILA.
From 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary averages were nearly unchanged overall, middle-school averages rose in every subject, and the four high schools’ ELA and math averages fell while science rose. Individual schools diverged: Walt Disney gained 9 points in ELA, 11 in math and 7 in science, while Bret Harte fell in all three; Burroughs’ ELA declined 10 points and BUILA’s math declined 12. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also shifted: McKinley rose from 55 to 66 between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while Providencia fell from 82 to 67. Income figures are context, not an explanation of scores: both Joaquin Miller and Washington report about 51% free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, but their subject results differ; similar student-teacher ratios also accompany different results at Stevenson and Bret Harte.
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