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Luther Burbank High

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Luther Burbank High ranks 1573 rd of 2135 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1573^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,135 California High Schools

Better than 26% of California high schools

Summary

Luther Burbank High is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Sacramento, within Sacramento City Unified, with 1,535 students. In 2025–26, proficiency in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science was below both the district and state. The most important concern is chronic absenteeism: 38% of students were chronically absent, compared with 27% districtwide and 18% statewide.

ELA is the school’s strongest subject relative to the district, state, and nearby schools, while mathematics is its weakest. In 2025–26, 28% were proficient in ELA—13 percentage points below the district and 21 below the state, and about 1 point below the nearby-school average. Mathematics proficiency was 11%, 21 points below the district and 28 below the state; science was 16%, 14 points below the district and 20 below the state. Among 11 nearby schools, Luther Burbank ranked fifth in ELA, seventh in math, and sixth in science. Absenteeism was also higher than at nearby comprehensive high schools including John F. Kennedy High, School of Engineering & Sciences, West Campus, and Valley High.

Scores have improved since 2022–23—by about 5 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math, and 10 in science—but all three subjects peaked in 2023–24, fell the next year, and then rose in 2025–26. SchoolDigger rates Luther Burbank at the 26th statewide percentile, with 1 star and a rank of 1,574 out of 2,137; its percentile was 37 two years earlier. The 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 18.6, close to the nearby-school median of 18.5, and 74% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. One notable subgroup result is SchoolDigger’s English Language Learner Students effectiveness ranking: the school reached the 89th percentile in 2023–24, a historical relative strength. By contrast, its 2025–26 Asian Students ranking was at the 7th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 26th percentile.

1,535

Students ?

18.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,340

Per pupil spending ?

74.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

3500 Florin Rd.
Sacramento, CA 95823-1767

(916) 395-5110

District: Sacramento City Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.1%

Asian:

27.1%

African American:

16.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 34th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 18% California)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg35%

California avg42%

1,573^rd of 2,135

California public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 13High Schools in the Sacramento City Unified

962^nd of 1,530Sacramento City 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
2026	25.4	1573 of 2135	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.4	1585 of 2162	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.5	1352 of 2159	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.4	1691 of 2170	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	1563 of 2123	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.3	1307 of 2133	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.0	1308 of 2017	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.8	1286 of 2021	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	26.4	1422 of 2039	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	31.1	1326 of 1994	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	27.0	1412 of 2426	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	28.3	1343 of 2354	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	28.1	1373 of 2367	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	30.0	1276 of 2281	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	27.1	1525 of 2238	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	24.8	1325 of 2117	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	25.5	1284 of 2063	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2006	22.3	1324 of 1968	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	22.2	1314 of 1901	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	21.6	1206 of 1653	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	23.1	398 of 492	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.2	439 of 523	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.2	373 of 517	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	418 of 521	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	473 of 522	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.2	410 of 592	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.8	369 of 582	36.6%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	4.9	537 of 575	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.8	544 of 585	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	526 of 573	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.1	582 of 591	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.1	557 of 581	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.4	550 of 582	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.0	560 of 581	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.8	1076 of 1161	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	899 of 1117	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.6	802 of 1052	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	71.0	114 of 1085	89.5%	★★★★☆
2023	41.5	514 of 1064	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.0	585 of 1044	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.4	220 of 941	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	44.8	365 of 938	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	24.9	1424 of 1864	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.7	1495 of 1906	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.2	1375 of 1915	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	1598 of 1915	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	1441 of 1858	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.9	1241 of 1833	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.0	1218 of 1760	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	22.3	1458 of 1880	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.7	1509 of 1900	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.0	1260 of 1902	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.4	1538 of 1917	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	1468 of 1861	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.9	1023 of 1814	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.1	1069 of 1742	38.6%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	28.9	266 of 358	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.6	285 of 410	30.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.5	1468 of 1997	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.8	1461 of 2013	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.9	1213 of 2026	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.0	1574 of 2030	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.0	1385 of 1943	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.6	1112 of 1937	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.1	1157 of 1862	37.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	21.4	1488 of 1930	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.1	1445 of 1942	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.5	1141 of 1948	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.3	1499 of 1963	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	1455 of 1916	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.6	1186 of 1880	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.7	1221 of 1834	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	10.5	533 of 588	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	19.6	11 of 12	8.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	16 of 16	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	19 of 19	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	18 of 20	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	22.7	1026 of 1235	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.2	999 of 1252	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	822 of 1216	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.9	1006 of 1197	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)89th percentile+52 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)26th percentile~ school

Homeless (2026)26th percentile~ school

Female (2026)24th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)23rd percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile-4 vs school

African American (2026)19th percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2026)17th percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)9th percentile-17 vs school

Pacific Islander (2026)8th percentile-18 vs school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile-19 vs school

Asian (2026)7th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Science16%-20 vs state

Mathematics11%-28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Luther Burbank High	Public	9-12	3500 Florin Rd.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5110	1,535	82	18.6	74.1%	43 (2.8%)	255 (16.6%)	693 (45.1%)	416 (27.1%)	3 (0.2%)	57 (3.7%)	68 (4.4%)	25.4	1573^rd of 2135 public high schools	26.3%		25.4	1585^th of 2162 public high schools	26.7%	12		13.5	18.1	15.7			28.4	28.4			10.8	10.8	$25,340	$3,234	$22,106
William Daylor High	Public, Virtual	9-12	6131 Orange Ave.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 427-5428	139	9	15.3	96.4%	9 (6.5%)	26 (18.7%)	71 (51.1%)	14 (10.1%)	3 (2.2%)	10 (7.2%)	6 (4.3%)	24.7	1585^th of 2135 public high schools	25.8%		13.7	1847^th of 2162 public high schools	14.6%	262		4.8	0.0	3.4			16.7	16.7			31.0	31.0	$28,370	$574	$27,796
Rio Cazadero High	Public	9-12	7825 Grandstaff Dr.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 422-3058	120	10	12.6	80.0%	3 (2.5%)	37 (30.8%)	53 (44.2%)	13 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.8%)	7 (5.8%)	10.5	1922^nd of 2135 public high schools	10.0%		16.7	1750^th of 2162 public high schools	19.1%	172		0.0	0.0	0.0			7.8	7.8			7.6	7.6	$29,302	$1,115	$28,187
Sacramento New Technology Early College High	Public, Charter	9-12	1400 Dickson St.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5254	155	9	17.4	88.4%	11 (7.1%)	20 (12.9%)	114 (73.5%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.5%)	25.7	1569^th of 2135 public high schools	26.5%		33.6	1410^th of 2162 public high schools	34.8%	159		15.4	19.2	17.3			23.1	23.1			11.5	11.5	$28,203	$3,183	$25,020
West Campus	Public	9-12	5022 58th St.	Sacramento	95820	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5170	907	33	27.7	45.3%	195 (21.5%)	15 (1.7%)	252 (27.8%)	348 (38.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	93 (10.3%)	98.4	22^nd of 2135 public high schools	99.0%		98.7	22^nd of 2162 public high schools	99.0%			81.5	83.6	82.6			89.7	89.7			70.7	70.7	$21,570	$2,897	$18,673
Nathaniel S. Colley Senior High	Public	7-12	8182 Gerber Rd.	Sacramento	95826	Sacramento County	Sacramento County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 228-2329	111	3	33.1	70.3%	15 (13.5%)	15 (13.5%)	60 (54.1%)	7 (6.3%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.8%)	11 (9.9%)	11.5	1869^th of 2135 public high schools	12.5%					(n/a)			4.4	3.6			0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	$19,676	$5,800	$13,876
Valley High	Public	9-12	6300 Ehrhardt Ave.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 689-6500	1,622	83	19.6	78.5%	71 (4.4%)	183 (11.3%)	739 (45.6%)	504 (31.1%)	4 (0.2%)	47 (2.9%)	74 (4.6%)	42.4	1211^th of 2135 public high schools	43.3%		47.7	1079^th of 2162 public high schools	50.1%	132		25.8	9.5	24.9			43.6	43.6			24.2	24.2	$17,707	$1,104	$16,603
John F. Kennedy High	Public	9-12	6715 Gloria Dr.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5090	1,652	80	20.5	59.4%	152 (9.2%)	310 (18.8%)	617 (37.3%)	405 (24.5%)	8 (0.5%)	29 (1.8%)	131 (7.9%)	43	1195^th of 2135 public high schools	44.0%		42	1212^th of 2162 public high schools	43.9%	17		26.7	26.7	26.7			39.2	39.2			19.4	19.4	$24,563	$3,215	$21,348
American Legion High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	3801 Broadway	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5000	163	16	10.3	77.9%	10 (6.1%)	32 (19.6%)	98 (60.1%)	7 (4.3%)	3 (1.8%)	6 (3.7%)	7 (4.3%)	11.9	1846^th of 2135 public high schools	13.5%		13.5	1857^th of 2162 public high schools	14.1%	11		6.0	10.3	7.3			11.9	11.9			3.0	3.0	$38,570	$3,716	$34,854
School of Engineering & Sciences	Public	7-12	7345 Gloria Dr.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5040	542	20	26.7	61.4%	58 (10.7%)	43 (7.9%)	285 (52.6%)	97 (17.9%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.8%)	46 (8.5%)	90.8	188^th of 2135 public high schools	91.2%		74.2	506^th of 2162 public high schools	76.6%	318	32.7	79.0	45.1	44.7	53.3	35.8	69.4	47.7	38.6	30.0	59.5	37.9	$23,155	$3,209	$19,946

Frequently Asked Questions about Luther Burbank High

How many students attend Luther Burbank High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,535 students attended Luther Burbank High.

Is Luther Burbank High a good school?

Luther Burbank High ranks 1573^rd of 2135 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What schools feed into Luther Burbank High?

Luther Burbank High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cesar E. Chavez
Elementary : H. W. Harkness Elementary
Elementary : John H. Still
Elementary : Parkway Elementary
Elementary : Rosa Parks Elementary
Elementary : Susan B. Anthony Elementary
Elementary : Woodbine Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Luther Burbank High?

Students at Luther Burbank High are 45% Hispanic, 27% Asian, 17% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% White.

What district is Luther Burbank High in?

Sacramento City Unified

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2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026

2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026

2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026

2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026

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