Middle · California

John Burroughs Middle

Free meals for all

John Burroughs Middle, a public middle school in Los Angeles, California: grades 6–8, 1,302 students, 20.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Los Angeles Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,302
Teachers (FTE)
62.5
Students per teacher
20.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 97% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

63%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

1,246 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

48%proficient

+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

1,256 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Los Angeles Unified.

Location

Address
600 South McCadden Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone
(323)549-5000
City or town
Los Angeles

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Magnolia Science Academy 6CharterFree meals for all
6–812816.553%42%
Johnnie Cochran Jr. MiddleFree meals for all
6–844115.722%12%
Hubert Howe Bancroft MiddleFree meals for all
6–845714.437%27%
Pio Pico MiddleFree meals for all
6–825316.839%20%
New Los Angeles CharterCharterFree meals for all
6–831723.541%22%
Joseph Le Conte MiddleFree meals for all
6–862716.129%16%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 062271002875