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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062958007129
Cimarron Elementary
36940 45th St. East, Palmdale, CA 93552 · (661) 285-9780 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
387 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
24.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.3% | 21.0% | 25.8% | 42.9% |
| Math | 6.0% | 18.4% | 24.8% | 50.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.1% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.3% | 19.8% |
| 2018-19 | 39.6% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 32.7% | 25.3% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 23.1% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cimarron Elementary
Cimarron Elementary's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron Elementary this school | 497 | 77.9% | 22.7% |
| Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary San Jose | 454 | 79.5% | N/A |
| Rocketship Alma Academy San Jose | 532 | 80.5% | N/A |
| Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary Rialto | 436 | 78.0% | 25.2% |
| Mesquite Elementary Palmdale | 582 | 79.0% | 23.4% |
| Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary Rialto | 414 | 77.8% | 26.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cimarron Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,318 of 5,151 | #1,036 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #3,840 of 5,172 ▲ 747 | #974 of 1,129 ▲ 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,840 of 5,172 ▲ 908 | #941 of 1,129 ▲ 150 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.8pp | #957 of 5,116 | #321 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #2,470 of 5,915 | #498 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,542 of 5,352 | #1,027 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #3,911 of 5,354 | #727 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #2,377 of 5,625 | #747 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #2,000 of 3,837 | #619 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
497
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 23.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 497 | 19.7 | 25.2:1 | 78% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 18 | 25.7:1 | 84% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 19.9 | 25.0:1 | 87% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 86% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 22.5 | 26.0:1 | 85% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 28 | 26.5:1 | 86% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | N/A | N/A | 76% (644) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 55% (452) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cimarron Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (586 to 497); teachers down 12% (22.5 to 19.7).
About Cimarron Elementary
Cimarron Elementary is an elementary school in Palmdale, California, according to federal school records. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 497 students.
Cimarron Elementary is part of Palmdale Elementary, where 29 schools serve 17,941 students.
Of every 100 students at Cimarron Elementary, about 82 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 25.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Cimarron Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 78%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 8 points.
Cimarron Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of California public elementary schools.
Cimarron Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.7% and a predicted 33.9%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Yellen Learning Center, is about 0.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Cimarron Elementary is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Cimarron Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 507 to 497. The ratio was 23.1:1 in 2020-21 and 25.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmdale Elementary
- Los Amigos - Dual ImmersionElementary · 1,027 students
- Palmdale Academy CharterCombined · 989 students
- David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet AcademyMiddle · 952 students
- Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Tech Magnet AcadMiddle · 948 students
- Dos Caminos Dual ImmersionElementary · 945 students
- Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet AcademyMiddle · 822 students
Other schools in Palmdale
- Highland HighHigh · 2,706 students
- William J. (Pete) Knight HighHigh · 2,349 students
- Palmdale Aerospace AcademyCombined · 2,259 students
- Palmdale HighHigh · 2,208 students
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 1,100 students
- Antelope Valley Learning AcademyCombined · 1,059 students
Other Cimarron Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cimarron Elementary. Cimarron Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 669 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 495 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 393 students
- Cimarron ElemCimarron, KS · 312 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolLahoma, OK · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Yellen Learning Center0.5 mi · 58
- Antelope Valley Learning Academy0.5 mi · 1,059
- Buena Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 573
- Innovations Academy of Palmdale0.8 mi · 409
- Chaparral Prep Academy0.9 mi · 594
- Mesquite Elementary1.0 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Cimarron ElementaryHow many students attend Cimarron Elementary?
Cimarron Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cimarron Elementary serve?
Cimarron Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cimarron Elementary?
Approximately 25.2:1 students per teacher at Cimarron Elementary.
How diverse is Cimarron Elementary?
Cimarron Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cimarron Elementary public or private?
Cimarron Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palmdale Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.