Gregg Anderson Academy

Gregg Anderson Academy is a K-5 school of sizable scale in Palmdale, California, one of the schools within Westside Union Elementary, caters to 893 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 92% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Gregg Anderson Academy is one of 12 schools operated by Westside Union Elementary, a district that educates 9,078 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Gregg Anderson Academy reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Asian. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Gregg Anderson Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Gregg Anderson Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hillview Middle, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gregg Anderson Academy comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

Gregg Anderson Academy operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gregg Anderson Academy's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 888 (now 893). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 46% to 31%. Class-load math has fell: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 26.3:1 in 2025.

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