Editing Burbank, California (section)

==Education==
[[File:Providencia School.jpg|thumb|Providencia School]]
Burbank is within the [[Burbank Unified School District]]. The district was formed on June 3, 1879, following a petition filed by residents S.W. White and nine other citizens.{{r|Ref-1}} First named the Providencia School District, Burbank's district started with one schoolhouse built for $400 on a site donated by Dr. Burbank, the area's single largest landholder. The first schoolhouse, a single redwood-sided building serving nine families, is on what is now [[Burbank Boulevard]] near Mariposa Street. In 1887, a new schoolhouse was constructed at [[San Fernando Boulevard]] and [[Magnolia Boulevard]], which was in Burbank's center of commerce.

In 1908, citizens passed a bond measure to raise money to build a high school. At the time, Burbank-area high school students were attending schools in Glendale. When it opened on September 14, 1908, the original [[Burbank High School (Burbank, California)|Burbank High School]] had 42 students and two instructors.{{r|Ref-1}}

Burbank is home to several California Distinguished Schools including the [[Luther Burbank]] Middle School and David Starr Jordan Middle School. Both its [[Public school (government funded)|public]] and [[Private school|private]] [[K–12 (education)|K–12]] schools routinely score above state and national average [[Standardized testing|test]] scores. According to U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, the district contains three schools that received gold, silver or bronze medals in the publication's latest rankings.<ref>"[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/burbank-unified-school-district] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114050149/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/burbank-unified-school-district|date=November 14, 2013}}." US News.com. Retrieved on November 29, 2014.</ref>

The largest university in Burbank is [[Woodbury University]]. Woodbury has a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, including business, architecture, and several design programs. A number of smaller colleges are also located in Burbank, including several makeup and beauty trade schools serving the entertainment industry.

During the early 1920s, Burbank was a contender to become the location for the southern branch of the [[University of California]]. Planners were considering locating the university in the Ben Mar Hills area near Amherst Drive and San Fernando Boulevard. The seaside community of [[Rancho Palos Verdes]] was also considered for the campus. Both sites were eventually bypassed when the [[Janss Investment Company]] donated property now known as Westwood to build the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name="Ref-4" />

[[PUC Schools]] has its administrative offices in Burbank.<ref>"[http://www.pucschools.org/contact/ Contact PUC Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206222534/http://www.pucschools.org/contact/ |date=December 6, 2011}}." [[PUC Schools]]. Retrieved on November 27, 2011. "
PUC Schools (Home Office) 1405 North San Fernando Blvd. Suite 303 Burbank, CA 91504"</ref>

[[The Concordia Schools]] Concordia Burbank, a K–6 private school, is in the city.<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120331125825/http://www.concordiaburbank.com/ Home]}}." Concordia Burbank. Retrieved on September 1, 2011. "1001 S. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502"</ref>

In April 2012, [[Lycee International de Los Angeles]], a bilingual French American college preparatory school, submitted an application with the city of Burbank to operate a private school for grades 6–12 on the site of the former General Motors Training Center on Riverside Drive. The school opened in August 2013 and now features 23 classrooms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burbankca.gov/index.aspx?page=1157 |title=Burbank, CA : 1105 Riverside Dr. (Proposed School) |publisher=Burbankca.gov |access-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530010144/http://www.burbankca.gov/index.aspx?page=1157 |archive-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref>