Burbank Senior High School

Burbank · Los Angeles County

Public Los Angeles County ~591 seniors

Data Year

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

2,471 (2019) → 2,331 (2026)

-5.7%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

591 (2019) → 573 (2026)

-3.0%

If this trend holds (-0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~2,312	-19	$0
3 yr (2029)	~2,273	-58	$0
5 yr (2031)	~2,236	-95	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2024

Burbank Senior High School sent 668 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 19.6% — 1.0 percentage points above the California median of 18.6%, higher than 53% of California high schools. The school produces 4.1 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024

UC Reach ⓘ

20%

116 admits / 591 seniors
-8.4 pp vs. peer median (28.0%) · Ranked #7 of 10 similar schools

5-year trend

2019 · 23.9% 2024 · 19.6%

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
18.6%

Peer median
28.0%

Top 10%
53.4%

This school
19.6%

0%50%100%

CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 19.6%

Higher than 53% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Burbank Senior High School's UC Reach of 19.6% is above the California median (18.6%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.4% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95.1% — a gap of 76 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Burbank Senior High School's UC Reach is higher than 53% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

UC Application Reach ⓘ

113.0%

668 applications

Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).

In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 246.2% · higher than 65% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

17.4%

116 / 668 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 6% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

26.7%

31 enrolled of 116 admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach ⓘ

5.2%

31 enrollees / 591 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD) ⓘ

16.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 15.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.3 · higher than 51% of CA HS.

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

4.1

per 100 seniors · campus-level total

In context: CA median 3.6 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 12.1 · higher than 54% of CA HS.

Senior Class Size ⓘ

591

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

2,471

All grades · CDE Census Day

Burbank Senior High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Burbank · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

▸On UC Reach, Burbank Senior High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 10): 20% vs. a peer median of 28%.
▸Its UC Reach has slipped 4 points since 2019 — worth watching.
▸Senior-class enrollment is down 3% (591→573 from 2019 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -11%.
▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Burbank Senior High School only shrank 3%. So Burbank Senior High School picked up about 5 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
▸At its recent rate (-0.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~2273 by 2029 — about 58 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

2331 students (2026)

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~2273 projected (2029)

at -0.8%/yr

That's about 58 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School	Type	Size	UC Reach	Enroll. trend
Burbank Senior High School	Public	2331	19.6%	-3%
Peer-group median			28.0%	-11%
Burbank High	Public	2331	20.1%	-3%
Burroughs High	Public	2314	—	-11%
North Hollywood High School	Public	2461	47.3%	-2%
Crescenta Valley High School	Public	2630	48.5%	-10%
Glendale High School	Public	2051	9.7%	-16%
John H Francis Polytechnic Hs	Public	1965	18.0%	-28%
Eagle Rock High School	Public	2070	35.2%	-22%
John Marshall High School	Public	1859	28.0%	-14%
LA Canada High School	Public	2007	59.4%	-7%
Herbert Hoover High	Public	1584	13.9%	-3%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.89

Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

4.18

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Burbank Senior High School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UCLA	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out	Filtered out
UC San Diego	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara	Strong shot	Moderate	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Irvine	Strong shot	Real shot	Long odds	Filtered out
UC Davis	Strong shot	Real shot	Moderate	Filtered out

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley	3.91	4.13	+0.22	11.5%	Peers +0.28 · wider
UCLA	3.89	4.22	+0.33	8.8%	Peers +0.32 · matches
UC San Diego	3.88	4.17	+0.29	15.2%	Peers +0.31 · matches
UC Santa Barbara	3.88	4.20	+0.32	26.9%	Peers +0.31 · matches
UC Irvine	3.86	4.13	+0.26	17.3%	Peers +0.29 · matches
UC Davis	3.94	4.20	+0.25	35.6%	Peers +0.23 · matches

📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.1%	14.4%	43.5%	57.3%	46.0%	64.1%
3.70–3.99	2.8%	1.5%	11.2%	9.2%	16.5%	27.5%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.9%	1.4%	2.3%	3.4%	9.1%
3.00–3.29	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%	2.1%
< 3.00	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Burbank Senior High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (17.4% actual vs. 20.1% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2024

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach % (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	96	11	5	11.5%	1.9%	45.5%	3.91	4.13
UCLA → Elite	147	13	10	8.8%	2.2%	76.9%	3.89	4.22
UC San Diego → Selective	125	19	—	15.2%	3.2%	—	3.88	4.17
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	108	29	4	26.9%	4.9%	13.8%	3.88	4.20
UC Irvine → Selective	133	23	8	17.3%	3.9%	34.8%	3.86	4.13
UC Davis →	59	21	4	35.6%	3.6%	19.0%	3.94	4.20

⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.

Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.

Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.

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