Summary
Burton Valley Elementary is a K–5 school with 653 students in Lafayette, in the East Bay, and is part of the Lafayette Elementary School District. It serves more students than any of the ten nearby schools in the comparison, which average 430 students. Most importantly, in 2025–2026 Burton’s proficiency was far above California’s in all three subjects: 82% in English Language Arts (ELA), 81% in math, and 63% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide.
Math is Burton’s clearest relative strength, while science is its softest subject compared with the district. Burton was slightly above district results in ELA (82% versus 80%) and math (81% versus 79%), but just below in science (63% versus 64%). It also exceeded nearby K–5 school averages by 2 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 1 in science. Among ten nearby schools, Burton ranked seventh in ELA, sixth in math, and fourth in science—placing it in the middle of the group in ELA and math, but higher in science. Three nearby schools have higher SchoolDigger percentiles: Del Rey Elementary and Donald L. Rheem Elementary at the 99th percentile, and Springhill Elementary at the 97th.
Burton’s proficiency has declined since 2022–2023: ELA fell 8 points, math 9, and science 11, with the largest recent drop in science. Still, SchoolDigger ranks it 222nd of 5,804 schools, at the 96th percentile with five stars. Its subgroup ranking is a notable contrast: SchoolDigger places Asian students at the 51st percentile, down from the 76th percentile in 2024–2025, compared with 96th percentile overall; the supplied data do not include raw subgroup proficiency scores. In 2024–2025, Burton’s student–teacher ratio was 23.3, versus a nearby-school average of 22.5. It reported 2% free/reduced lunch eligible that year, below the nearby average of 8%; because California is identified as a statewide-free-meals state, treat that measure as context and compare it cautiously.
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