Joshua Hills Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Palmdale, California, Joshua Hills Elementary caters to 581 students from grades K through 5, operated by Palmdale Elementary. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Joshua Hills Elementary is one of 29 schools operated by Palmdale Elementary, a district that hosts 17,941 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joshua Hills Elementary shows that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 13% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Joshua Hills Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Joshua Hills Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.5%; this one delivers 15.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Joshua Hills Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Tech Magnet Acad, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joshua Hills Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joshua Hills Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 581 in 2025.

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