Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)
Burbank · CA · Burbank Unified · Public
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Berenece Carlson Home Hospital → Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies → Will Rogers Continuation → Renaissance Arts Academy → Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center → Monterey High (Continuation) → Cal Burke High → Mission Continuation →At a glance
- 10 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 2 calculus classes · 1 physics · 2 chemistry
- AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 84% in 2019 (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 22% nationally with 10 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Berenece Carlson Home Hospital, Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, Will Rogers Continuation and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
78th percentile nationally
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -13.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 140 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berenece Carlson Home Hospital North Hollywood |
Public | 3.4 | 152 | -39.7% |
| Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sun Valley |
Public | 5.0 | 155 | -32.6% |
| Will Rogers Continuation Van Nuys |
Public | 7.0 | 136 | -12.3% |
| Renaissance Arts Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 7.5 | 144 | -11.7% |
| Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center North Hollywood |
Public | 4.8 | 167 | +41.5% |
| Monterey High (Continuation) Burbank |
Public | 0.0 | 91 | -26.0% |
| Cal Burke High Panorama City |
Public | 7.2 | 127 | +8.5% |
| Mission Continuation San Fernando |
Public | 8.5 | 127 | +64.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantBurbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) is a public high school in Burbank, CA, enrolling 140 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 17% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 10 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 78% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
4 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 7% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 84% in the latest EDFacts release.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) offer? Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) offers 10 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 78% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)'s graduation rate? Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)'s federal four-year graduation rate was about 84% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)? Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) is a public high school in Burbank, CA, enrolling 140 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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