Cimarron Elementary

As a reasonably sized primary school in Palmdale, California, Cimarron Elementary enrolls 497 students from grades K through 5, part of Palmdale Elementary.

Across the 29 schools in Palmdale Elementary (17,941 students total), Cimarron Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Cimarron Elementary reports that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 10% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cimarron Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at Cimarron Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cimarron Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.1%; actual is 17.7%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Cimarron Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Yellen Learning Center, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cimarron Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.0%.

Cimarron Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cimarron Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 586 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 82% across the same window.

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