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What's the most underrated thing about Daisy Gibson Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEPPEL UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061944010238
Daisy Gibson Elementary
9650 East Palmdale Blvd., Palmdale, CA 93591 · (661) 944-6590 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
551 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 49% larger than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
18.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.8pp since 2014
Math
17.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.3% | 13.9% | 22.1% | 59.6% |
| Math | 4.8% | 12.6% | 23.2% | 59.4% |
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 | 18.2% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 19.7% |
| 2021-22 | 22.9% | 16.9% |
| 2018-19 | 32.0% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 27.8% | 24.6% |
| 2016-17 | 30.4% | 21.8% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Daisy Gibson Elementary
Daisy Gibson Elementary's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy Gibson Elementary this school | 714 | 77.2% | 19.4% |
| Pedley Elementary Jurupa Valley | 736 | 76.4% | 18.4% |
| Lucas Elementary Ceres | 668 | 77.2% | 23.9% |
| Lorena Falasco Elementary Los Banos | 669 | 77.0% | 27.4% |
| Washington Elementary Montebello | 685 | 78.1% | 37.2% |
| Redwood Elementary Fontana | 654 | 76.1% | 29.8% |
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 Daisy Gibson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #4,623 of 5,151 | #1,084 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,531 of 5,172 ▼ 43 | #1,079 of 1,129 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,938 of 5,172 ▼ 676 | #1,115 of 1,129 ▼ 116 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #1,188 of 5,116 | #189 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #689 of 5,915 | #123 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,996 of 5,352 | #1,125 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #4,964 of 5,354 | #1,065 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.2% | #2,444 of 5,625 | #765 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #396 of 1,139 | #69 of 181 |
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
714
+32 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 27.3:1
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 | 714 | 27 | 26.4:1 | 77% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 24 | 26.7:1 | 87% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 24.4 | 27.2:1 | 80% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 25 | 27.3:1 | 94% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 24 | 26.1:1 | 86% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 25 | 25.0:1 | 90% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 93% (557) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 81% (527) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daisy Gibson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (627 to 714); teachers up 13% (24 to 27).
About Daisy Gibson Elementary
Daisy Gibson Elementary is an elementary school located in Palmdale, California, in Los Angeles County. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 714 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 54% larger than average.
Daisy Gibson Elementary is one of the 6 schools that make up Keppel Union Elementary (2,784 students in total).
Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at Daisy Gibson Elementary. The remaining shares are 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 26.4:1, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 4.1 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 77%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Daisy Gibson Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 34.3%. Actual: 19.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Daisy Gibson Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Littlerock High, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Daisy Gibson Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Daisy Gibson Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment climbed 5% from its 2020-21 level of 682.
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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 Keppel Union Elementary
- Alpine ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Lake Los Angeles ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- Pearblossom ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Antelope ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Keppel AcademyMiddle · 225 students
- Desert View Community DayElementary
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
Nearby schools
- Littlerock High1.3 mi · 1,507
- Antelope Elementary1.4 mi · 286
- William J. (Pete) Knight High3.0 mi · 2,349
- Los Amigos - Dual Immersion3.1 mi · 1,027
- Golden Poppy Elementary3.5 mi · 525
- Keppel Academy3.6 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Daisy Gibson ElementaryHow many students attend Daisy Gibson Elementary?
Daisy Gibson Elementary enrolls approximately 714 students in grades KG-08.
Is Daisy Gibson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Daisy Gibson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Daisy Gibson Elementary have?
Daisy Gibson Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
How diverse is Daisy Gibson Elementary?
Daisy Gibson Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Daisy Gibson Elementary?
Daisy Gibson Elementary is overseen by Keppel Union Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.