Summary
Burbank High is a grades 9–12 school in Burbank, California, serving 2,457 students in Burbank Unified. Its graduation rate is a bright spot: 94% in 2025–2026, compared with 88% statewide, though slightly below the district’s 96%. The most important takeaway is that ELA is a relative strength, while math and science are substantially below district results.
In 2025–2026, Burbank’s all-grades ELA proficiency was 57%, 7 percentage points above California’s 49% and less than 1 point below the district’s 57%. Math was 37%, about 1 point below the state and 11 below the district; science was 36%, essentially level with the state and 8 points below the district. Compared with nearby schools, Burbank trailed Burroughs High by 11 points in ELA, 5 in math and 6 in science, but led Herbert Hoover High in all three. Science Academy STEM Magnet reported exceptionally high results—99% in ELA, 99% in math and 100% in science.
Results have rebounded from their 2023–2024 lows, but have not returned to 2022–2023 levels: since those lows, ELA rose 3 points, math 8 and science 12, while the longer-term declines were 13, 5 and 6 points, respectively. SchoolDigger places Burbank at the 67th percentile statewide, with 3 stars (rank 713 of 2,137); Burroughs is at the 78th percentile and Science Academy at the 100th. Burbank’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 25.4, the highest among nearby schools with reported ratios. In that same school year, 37% of students were reported as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. SchoolDigger’s effectiveness ranking for Multi-racial Students was at the 30th percentile in 2025–2026, compared with the school’s overall 67th percentile. Its ranking for Special Education Students rose from the 44th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 65th in 2025–2026.
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