Burrel Union Elementary

Burrel Union Elementary has one school in this list, Burrel Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade with 94 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades results were below California’s in English language arts (26% versus 49%), math (21% versus 38%) and science (19% versus 36%), while chronic absenteeism was lower than the state rate (14% versus 18%). The most important finding is that schoolwide test results trail the state, but eighth-grade results are a notable exception.

There is no second local school to rank above or below Burrel Elementary; the strongest contrast is between its grades. Eighth grade stood out: results were 55% in ELA, 55% in math and 36% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 36% and 35%, respectively. Fifth grade had the lowest reported results: 13% in ELA, 7% in math and 7% in science. Across all grades, science was closest to the state, 17 percentage points behind, with math also 17 points behind; ELA had the largest gap, at 23 points. These grade differences show why the schoolwide figures do not describe every grade equally.

Results moved in different directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose 4 points and science rose 14, while math fell 3. The state gaps narrowed by 4 points in ELA and 10 in science, but widened by 4 in math. SchoolDigger ranked the school 5,441st of 5,804 schools, in the 6th percentile, in 2025–2026, down from 5,035th of 5,857, in the 14th percentile, in 2024–2025. Context figures include an 11.7:1 student–teacher ratio and 85% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these are observations, not explanations of results. Third- and seventh-grade ELA and math scores were state-suppressed, and small grade groups may affect results.