Anaverde Hills

Anaverde Hills operates as an average-sized elementary school in Palmdale, California, part of Westside Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 517 students spanning grades K through 6.

Westside Union Elementary comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,078 students; Anaverde Hills is among them.

On the student-mix side, Anaverde Hills logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Black, 10% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Anaverde Hills sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.8%; actual is 32.0%, a gap of -14.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Anaverde Hills is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Highland High, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Anaverde Hills comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 16% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.