Bursch Elementary, Compton CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bursch Elementary

Bursch Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Compton, a densely urban neighborhood in the southern part of Los Angeles County. The school is a regular public school, operating within the Compton Unified School District, which has recently invested in major facilities upgrades through bond measures that shape the longer-term tax environment for families in the area.

The student body is roughly evenly split between Hispanic and Black students, with the overwhelming majority—a very substantial share—qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small, concentrated in the lower elementary grades and thinning as grades progress toward eighth. Kindergarten, first, and second grade together account for a meaningful portion of the school's enrollment, while the middle grades sixth through eighth are quite small.

State test results from the 2024-25 school year show proficiency rates across both English language arts and math that fall below the midpoint among Los Angeles County districts. In ELA, performance ranges from roughly two-fifths proficient in fourth and seventh grades to about three-fifths in eighth grade, with third grade at just under one-half. Math proficiency is more uneven across grades. Third and fourth graders show rates in the low to mid-sixties and upper fifties respectively, but fifth grade plunges to less than three-tenths proficient, recovering somewhat to low-fifties in eighth grade. Sixth and seventh grades sit in the low-forties. The school administered California's science test in fifth and eighth grades only; eighth grade performance was near one-half proficient, but fifth grade was substantially lower at roughly one-seventh proficient. Science proficiency is a particular soft spot the school may want to examine.

The school has only one year of testing data available, so trend information is not yet present. A parent may want to look into how the school interprets and addresses these results, and what instructional shifts, if any, are underway.

Compton itself is an urban city with a significant industrial base tied to warehousing and logistics near the ports. Housing costs are below the state benchmark, and walkability varies by location; some areas near transit score quite high, while others score in the mid-range. The city is pursuing growth through affordable and multi-family housing, and the district recently opened a new Compton High School campus and launched Compton Academy of Technology and Innovation, a P-TECH dual-enrollment school offering a free associate degree alongside a diploma. These district-level developments signal investment, though they do not directly affect an elementary school's day-to-day instructional environment.

Enrollment and special-population data fields show counts but not rates for English learners and students with IEPs, so the full picture of those populations is not available from the data provided.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 46% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 33% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 44% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 43% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 40% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 50% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 47% · ▼ 5 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 45% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 50% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 57% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 53% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 21% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 19% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolCompton Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.