Total enrollment
17,941
+416 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
29 schools in Palmdale Elementary
California · 17,941 students · 1 city
Public-school enrollment inside Palmdale Elementary comes to roughly 17,941 students across 29 schools (23 elementary and 5 middle).
4-year change in Palmdale Elementary
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
29
+1 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Palmdale Elementary ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #491 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,941 | #67 of 587 | #453 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 29 | #52 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #488 of 587 | #8,878 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 83.0% | #114 of 587 | #1,051 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #404 of 530 | #4,236 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Palmdale Elementary
State test results across the district's 23 scored schools run from Palmdale Learning Plaza at 40.7% proficient to Yucca Elementary at 12.3%, a gap of 28.4 points. That is the 228th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 28 district schools that reported both years went from 18,693 to 16,952 students (down 9%) and from 764 to 727 full-time teachers (down 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Palmdale Elementary
Across 29 schools, Palmdale Elementary teaches about 17,941 students in California. By footprint it is a small district.
Looking at the level breakdown, Palmdale Elementary is made up of 23 elementary, 5 middle, and 1 combined or other.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 17,941 students, held roughly steady from the 17,525 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 28 to 29 across the same 4-year window.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Palmdale Elementary discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.