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R. L. Stevenson Elementary

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R. L. Stevenson Elementary ranks 920 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

920^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 84% of California elementary schools

Summary

R. L. Stevenson Elementary is a consistently high-performing K-5 public school serving 521 students within the Burbank Unified School District, ranking in the top 15% of all California elementary schools.

The school stands out for its strong and stable academic results, particularly in English and Math, where it outperforms both district and state averages. It shows exceptional effectiveness in supporting diverse student groups and has one of the lowest rates of chronic absenteeism in the area. While schools like Theodore Roosevelt Elementary are close competitors, Stevenson maintains an edge, especially in science. A notable pattern is how student achievement grows significantly between 3rd and 5th grade, suggesting powerful learning acceleration in the upper elementary years.

Stevenson's success is part of a broader "Burbank Unified advantage," where district schools generally outperform neighboring ones in the Los Angeles Unified district. This highlights a significant disparity in resources and outcomes across district lines. Ultimately, Stevenson distinguishes itself through remarkable consistency, efficient use of resources, and a proven ability to help all students thrive academically.

521

Students ?

22.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$203,396

Per pupil spending ?

22.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3333 Oak St.
Burbank, CA 91505-3514

(818) 729-5700

District: Burbank Unified

Students who attend R. L. Stevenson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Dolores Huerta Middle
High:	Burroughs High

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.7%

Hispanic:

25.3%

Two or more races:

16.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 82nd percentile in 2015 → 84th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (65% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 16% of California elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Burbank Unified

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school65%

District avg50%

California avg41%

920^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 16%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 11Elementary Schools in the Burbank Unified

434^th of 1,543Burbank Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.1	920 of 5857	84.3%	★★★★☆
2024	85.8	918 of 5869	84.4%	★★★★☆
2023	86.3	902 of 5859	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	84.7	955 of 5883	83.8%	★★★★☆
2021	77.3	301 of 1417	78.8%	★★★★☆
2019	85.3	891 of 5789	84.6%	★★★★☆
2018	82.1	1023 of 5662	81.9%	★★★★☆
2017	86.7	831 of 5692	85.4%	★★★★☆
2016	85.3	884 of 5614	84.3%	★★★★☆
2015	82.6	1007 of 5611	82.1%	★★★★☆
2013	82.0	950 of 5530	82.8%	★★★★☆
2012	78.7	1097 of 5390	79.6%	★★★★☆
2011	75.9	1210 of 5377	77.5%	★★★★☆
2010	79.5	1029 of 5314	80.6%	★★★★☆
2009	82.9	838 of 5193	83.9%	★★★★☆
2008	69.9	1409 of 5113	72.4%	★★★★☆
2007	70.2	1363 of 5113	73.3%	★★★★☆
2006	67.5	1444 of 4818	70.0%	★★★★☆
2005	71.6	1269 of 4822	73.7%	★★★★☆
2004	66.8	1413 of 4809	70.6%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	56.4	646 of 1154	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	70.7	409 of 2227	81.6%	★★★★☆
2019	61.8	683 of 2585	73.6%	★★★★☆
2018	59.4	596 of 2128	72.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.7	859 of 5597	84.7%	★★★★☆
2024	82.0	1010 of 5612	82.0%	★★★★☆
2023	85.6	862 of 5609	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	87.6	751 of 5635	86.7%	★★★★☆
2021	77.0	267 of 1267	78.9%	★★★★☆
2019	83.4	900 of 5492	83.6%	★★★★☆
2018	85.3	812 of 5413	85.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.8	874 of 5107	82.9%	★★★★☆
2024	77.6	830 of 5107	83.7%	★★★★☆
2023	86.7	483 of 5087	90.5%	★★★★★
2022	85.5	524 of 5084	89.7%	★★★★☆
2019	77.6	804 of 4963	83.8%	★★★★☆
2018	78.4	757 of 4830	84.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	1039 of 5460	81.0%	★★★★☆
2024	76.5	990 of 5517	82.1%	★★★★☆
2023	80.3	770 of 5363	85.6%	★★★★☆
2022	60.3	1663 of 5264	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.3	516 of 1110	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	73.3	1016 of 5173	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	77.3	805 of 5084	84.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	83.0	935 of 5628	83.4%	★★★★☆
2024	87.2	759 of 5643	86.5%	★★★★☆
2023	84.2	918 of 5638	83.7%	★★★★☆
2022	76.5	1266 of 5663	77.6%	★★★★☆
2021	74.6	297 of 1272	76.7%	★★★★☆
2019	84.2	852 of 5510	84.5%	★★★★☆
2018	74.8	1286 of 5431	76.3%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	69.0	229 of 718	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.7	183 of 670	72.7%	★★★★☆
2022	56.3	309 of 610	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.5	249 of 445	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.1	413 of 2847	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	55.4	765 of 2420	68.4%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.9	696 of 2598	73.2%	★★★★☆
2024	74.9	635 of 2651	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	70.0	801 of 2661	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.0	910 of 2726	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.0	821 of 2834	71.0%	★★★★☆
2018	63.8	1048 of 2737	61.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)85th percentile~ school

Female (2025)85th percentile~ school

Male (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)82nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)81st percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)73rd percentile-11 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)68th percentile-16 vs school

Asian (2022)44th percentile-40 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy66%+17 vs state

Science65%+32 vs state

Mathematics65%+28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
R. L. Stevenson Elementary	Public	K-5	3333 Oak St.	Burbank	91505	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-5700	521	23	22.6	22.3%	238 (45.7%)	13 (2.5%)	132 (25.3%)	50 (9.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	84 (16.1%)	85.1	920^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.3%		85.8	918^th of 5869 public elementary schools	84.4%	2	65.1	65.1	50.0	68.9	80.2	66.1	58.6	65.6	70.9	65.0							$203,396	$12,843	$190,553
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	850 North Cordova St.	Burbank	91505	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-3150	591	22	26.8	13.9%	292 (49.4%)	9 (1.5%)	147 (24.9%)	35 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (18.1%)	82.1	1073^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	81.7%		86.3	891^st of 5869 public elementary schools	84.8%	182	43.6	43.6	54.4	69.5	70.2	64.8	63.0	67.4	59.6	63.4							$185,266	$11,611	$173,655
Toluca Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	4840 Cahuenga Blvd.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 761-3339	503	24	20.9	65.4%	98 (19.5%)	35 (7.0%)	278 (55.3%)	33 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (11.7%)	72.7	1482^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	74.7%		67.9	1686^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.3%	204	42.5	42.5	61.3	53.6	70.8	62.1	56.3	44.9	50.7	50.5							$23,946	$3,898	$20,048
Thomas Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	2110 West Chestnut St.	Burbank	91506	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-0150	432	19	22.2	23.1%	171 (39.6%)	5 (1.2%)	143 (33.1%)	42 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (16.4%)	72.6	1490^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.6%		77.9	1247^th of 5869 public elementary schools	78.8%	243	54.0	54.0	47.1	53.4	70.1	57.3	48.6	52.1	54.6	51.8							$231,819	$14,665	$217,154
Walt Disney Elementary	Public	K-5	1220 West Orange Grove Ave.	Burbank	91506	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-0100	419	17	24.6	37.0%	101 (24.1%)	8 (1.9%)	242 (57.8%)	15 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (12.4%)	62.9	1924^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.2%		74.8	1374^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.6%	550	31.0	31.0	62.5	45.2	50.0	53.0	62.5	50.0	38.9	50.5
Bret Harte Elementary	Public	K-5	3200 West Jeffries Ave.	Burbank	91505	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-1250	537	25	21.4	25.3%	191 (35.6%)	7 (1.3%)	211 (39.3%)	54 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	72 (13.4%)	73.5	1453^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	75.2%		71.2	1537^th of 5869 public elementary schools	73.8%	84	45.4	45.4	53.3	51.1	64.6	56.5	60.2	54.6	51.6	55.4							$200,338	$12,625	$187,713
William McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	349 West Valencia Ave.	Burbank	91506	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-2000	440	19	23.7	37.3%	107 (24.3%)	3 (0.7%)	245 (55.7%)	23 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (13.9%)	60.3	2054^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.9%		48.4	2640^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.0%	586	39.2	39.2	55.1	52.2	57.5	55.0	42.7	47.9	32.4	40.9							$243,994	$15,630	$228,364
Rio Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	4243 Satsuma Ave.	North Hollywood	91602	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 761-6147	348	15	23.2	54.6%	124 (35.6%)	15 (4.3%)	102 (29.3%)	41 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	65 (18.7%)	57.4	2198^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.5%		63.8	1892^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	67.8%	306	40.5	40.5	50.8	42.9	50.0	47.8	55.6	40.3	35.7	44.9	96.0	97.3	97.3	97.3		97.3	$25,646	$4,240	$21,406
Providencia Elementary	Public	K-5	1919 North Ontario St.	Burbank	91505	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-3100	409	16	26.3	41.3%	114 (27.9%)	7 (1.7%)	234 (57.2%)	21 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.8%)	71.6	1526^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.9%		83.1	1036^th of 5869 public elementary schools	82.3%	490	48.2	48.2	50.0	63.3	58.8	57.0	44.6	60.3	51.9	51.8	95.9	95.9	96.9	96.9	95.9	96.9
Oxnard Street Elementary	Public	K-5	10912 Oxnard St.	North Hollywood	91606	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 762-3397	298	15	19.8	94.6%	24 (8.1%)	16 (5.4%)	249 (83.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	38.3	3330^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.1%		40.8	3136^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.6%	194	16.7	16.7	14.9	52.0	49.2	39.7	23.9	47.1	30.0	33.8	92.9	96.4			96.4		$23,873	$4,832	$19,041

Frequently Asked Questions about R. L. Stevenson Elementary

What is the racial makeup of R. L. Stevenson Elementary?

Students at R. L. Stevenson Elementary are 46% White, 25% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 10% Asian, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of R. L. Stevenson Elementary attend?

Students who attend R. L. Stevenson Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dolores Huerta Middle
High : Burroughs High

What district is R. L. Stevenson Elementary in?

Burbank Unified

How many students attend R. L. Stevenson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 521 students attended R. L. Stevenson Elementary.

Is R. L. Stevenson Elementary a good school?

R. L. Stevenson Elementary ranks 920^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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