Beta You're viewing our redesigned school page. Prefer the classic layout?

STEAM Academy @ Burke

Q: Is STEAM Academy @ Burke a good school?

STEAM Academy @ Burke ranks 1155 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1155^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 58% of California middle schools

Summary

STEAM Academy @ Burke is a public middle school serving 534 students in grades 6-8 within the El Rancho Unified School District in Pico Rivera, consistently earning a 3-star rating and outperforming its own district academically.

The school shows particular strengths in supporting its students' attendance and in specific academic areas, with a chronic absenteeism rate (16.8%) that is better than both the district and state averages, and math scores that have shown notable recent improvement. It is especially effective for many of its students, ranking significantly higher for this group than the school's overall state ranking. However, the analysis reveals a need for more targeted support for students in special education and English language learner programs, where performance is much lower. Compared to other local schools in similar districts like Rivera Middle or Richard L. Graves Middle, STEAM Academy @ Burke is a stronger performer.

When compared to middle schools in higher-performing neighboring districts, such as Griffiths (Gordon) Middle in Downey Unified or Lakeside Middle in Little Lake City Elementary, STEAM Academy @ Burke's overall rankings are lower, suggesting district resources and policies can impact a school's results. The school's STEAM focus has not yet led to standout science scores, but it achieves its results with per-student spending that is efficient compared to several nearby schools.

534

Students ?

22.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,110

Per pupil spending ?

82.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8101 Orange Ave.
Pico Rivera, CA 90660-5312

(562) 801-7590

District: El Rancho Unified

Students who attend STEAM Academy @ Burke usually attend:

High:

El Rancho High

Feeder schools for STEAM Academy @ Burke:

Elementary:	Birney Technical Academy
	Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.3%

Asian:

1.5%

White:

1.1%

See top rated California middle schools

Compare STEAM Academy @ Burke to nearby middle schools!

At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 51st percentile in 2013 → 58th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2013

✓Above the California median (58th percentile)

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 school39%

District avg33%

California avg41%

1,155^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 42%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 36% (2015) to top 42% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of California Middle Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Middle Schools in the El Rancho Unified

922^nd of 1,543El Rancho 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.1	1155 of 2761	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.1	1274 of 2783	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.6	1065 of 2781	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.9	1233 of 2740	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.5	805 of 2715	70.3%	★★★★☆
2018	56.8	923 of 2480	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	62.9	825 of 2508	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2016	61.9	818 of 2497	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2015	58.0	899 of 2477	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	49.1	1172 of 2379	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	33.5	1542 of 2259	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	48.7	1129 of 2236	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	36.9	1394 of 2179	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	48.1	1016 of 2063	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	43.5	1074 of 2005	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	42.8	1065 of 1999	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	47.3	870 of 1804	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2005	34.4	1113 of 1777	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	43.8	903 of 1769	49.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	38.2	816 of 1531	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.4	614 of 1491	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.2	492 of 1369	64.1%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	34.7	961 of 1478	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	1061 of 1521	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.5	914 of 1540	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.4	815 of 1442	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.1	669 of 1364	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	1321 of 2533	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.2	1288 of 2551	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.4	1147 of 2531	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.8	1054 of 2509	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.7	710 of 2380	70.2%	★★★★☆
2018	60.1	787 of 2262	65.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.0	614 of 2395	74.4%	★★★★☆
2024	60.8	713 of 2388	70.1%	★★★★☆
2023	69.4	520 of 2374	78.1%	★★★★☆
2022	63.1	642 of 2359	72.8%	★★★★☆
2019	82.3	263 of 2213	88.1%	★★★★☆
2018	74.6	360 of 2072	82.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	60.7	766 of 2542	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.9	956 of 2579	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.4	642 of 2531	74.6%	★★★★☆
2022	51.9	957 of 2458	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	76.1	372 of 2369	84.3%	★★★★☆
2018	68.1	515 of 2230	76.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.5	893 of 2534	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.4	1123 of 2552	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.5	850 of 2538	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.7	1195 of 2527	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.3	775 of 2407	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.7	927 of 2273	59.2%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.9	92 of 194	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.5	93 of 192	51.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	1508 of 1566	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	1358 of 1552	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.9	828 of 1531	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)74th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)70th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)65th percentile+7 vs school

Military Connected (2025)53rd percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)48th percentile-10 vs school

Disabled (2022)47th percentile-8 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2025)4th percentile-54 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy46%-3 vs state

Mathematics36%~ state avg

Science28%-4 vs state

★

No ratings yet

Be the first to rate STEAM Academy @ Burke and help other families decide.

Rate STEAM Academy @ Burke

Have first-hand experience? A quick rating - and a sentence or two about what stands out (teachers, academics, safety, communication) - helps other families know what to expect.

Takes about a minute. We email you a link to verify your review - your address is never shown publicly.

Tap a star to rate

Reviews

No written reviews yet. If you know this school, be the first to share what stands out.

Schools Near STEAM Academy @ Burke

Load more schools when map is moved

Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

Choose columns to see: Summary School Students/Teachers Ranking Test Scores Finance All

School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
STEAM Academy @ Burke	Public	6-8	8101 Orange Ave.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	El Rancho Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 801-7590	534	23	22.9	82.2%	6 (1.1%)	4 (0.7%)	514 (96.3%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	51.1	1155^th of 2761 public middle schools	58.2%		46.1	1274^th of 2783 public middle schools	54.2%	119																	28.4	28.4	45.5	50.6	41.2	45.6	37.2	32.4	37.6	35.7	$18,110	$17,118	$992
Rivera Middle	Public	6-8	7200 Citronell Ave.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	El Rancho Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 801-7580	544	24	22.2	86.9%	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	533 (98.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26.2	1946^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.5%		27.9	1907^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.5%	39	0.0	5.9	0.0	1.9	20.0	29.4	8.3	20.4	8.0	5.9	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.0	8.3	1.9	18.1	18.1	30.1	31.4	28.8	30.1	18.5	22.5	28.3	23.0	$20,436	$19,246	$1,190
Los Nietos Middle	Public	7-8	11425 East Rivera Rd.	Los Nietos	90606	Los Angeles County	Los Nietos	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 695-0637	262	15	18.0	89.3%	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	251 (95.8%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	64.1	804^th of 2761 public middle schools	70.9%		54.1	1038^th of 2783 public middle schools	62.7%	234																	24.0	24.0		61.7	63.1	61.9		37.6	40.8	38.9	$39,660	$37,354	$2,306
Doty (Wendy Lopour) Middle	Public	6-8	10301 South Woodruff Ave.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3586	1,304	53	24.6	78.2%	86 (6.6%)	18 (1.4%)	1,152 (88.3%)	32 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	10 (0.8%)	61	880^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.1%		57.9	935^th of 2783 public middle schools	66.4%	55																	39.8	39.8	50.4	57.1	58.5	55.4	30.2	31.9	39.6	34.0	$20,250	$19,566	$684
Lake Center Middle	Public	6-8	10503 South Pioneer Blvd.	Santa Fe Springs	90670	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-4977	708	37	19.3	80.1%	17 (2.4%)	12 (1.7%)	642 (90.7%)	26 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.3%)	63.3	821^st of 2761 public middle schools	70.3%		66.1	763^rd of 2783 public middle schools	72.6%	58																	35.8	35.8	47.0	60.5	56.7	55.0	34.9	46.8	34.6	38.8	$17,264	$15,644	$1,620
Griffiths (Gordon) Middle	Public	6-8	9633 Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3580	1,264	54	23.2	77.0%	72 (5.7%)	27 (2.1%)	1,120 (88.6%)	30 (2.4%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.6%)	76.5	552^nd of 2761 public middle schools	80.0%		70.1	683^rd of 2783 public middle schools	75.5%	131																	41.7	41.7	58.5	64.4	55.0	59.3	52.1	51.8	47.4	50.4	$20,727	$20,246	$481
Katherine Edwards Mid School STEAM & Dual Immersion Academy	Public	6-8	6812 South Norwalk Blvd.	Whittier	90606	Los Angeles County	Whittier City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-3115	894	43	21.0	77.3%	23 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	832 (93.1%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.0%)	62.4	844^th of 2761 public middle schools	69.4%		55.5	1002^nd of 2783 public middle schools	64.0%	158		8.5		8.5		25.5		25.5		23.4		23.4		4.3		4.3	29.1	29.1	56.9	50.9	53.9	54.0	39.9	42.0	40.4	40.7	$19,601	$15,834	$3,767
Lakeside Middle	Public	6-8	11000 East Kenney St.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-9442	509	26	19.2	79.8%	18 (3.5%)	6 (1.2%)	450 (88.4%)	30 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	72.7	624^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.4%		73.4	624^th of 2783 public middle schools	77.6%																		43.6	43.6	68.8	62.4	70.5	67.4	36.6	37.6	39.0	37.8	$18,975	$17,384	$1,591
Richard L. Graves Middle	Public	6-8	13243 East Los Nietos Rd.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 944-0135	484	25	19.5	92.4%	7 (1.4%)	4 (0.8%)	461 (95.2%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	26	1954^th of 2761 public middle schools	29.2%		30.1	1808^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.0%	146																	15.5	15.5		32.0	34.1	32.8		23.6	19.2	21.3	$24,297	$23,084	$1,213
Suva Intermediate	Public	6-8	6660 East Suva St.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-2679	650	28	22.8	93.5%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	648 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.3	2173^rd of 2761 public middle schools	21.3%		21.5	2197^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.1%	24																	18.8	18.8	27.8	26.8	32.0	28.8	16.0	17.2	17.2	16.9	$16,562	$14,496	$2,066

Frequently Asked Questions about STEAM Academy @ Burke

How many students attend STEAM Academy @ Burke?

In the 2024-25 school year, 534 students attended STEAM Academy @ Burke.

Is STEAM Academy @ Burke a good school?

STEAM Academy @ Burke ranks 1155^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of STEAM Academy @ Burke attend?

Students who attend STEAM Academy @ Burke usually go on to attend El Rancho High

What district is STEAM Academy @ Burke in?

El Rancho Unified

What is the racial makeup of STEAM Academy @ Burke?

Students at STEAM Academy @ Burke are 96% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% White.

Rate STEAM Academy @ Burke!

Other helpful SchoolDigger resources...

Compare to nearby schools

CACalifornia Middle School Rankings

CACalifornia District Rankings

Schools in Pico Rivera, CA

Sign up for updates!

Be the first to know when there is an update for STEAM Academy @ Burke!

Latest California data All new data »

2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026

2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026

2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025

2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.