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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED·NCES 062955004567
Katherine Finchy Elementary
777 East Tachevah Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262 · (760) 416-8190 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
408 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
41.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
37.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.2% | 19.9% | 23.4% | 35.4% |
| Math | 17.6% | 19.8% | 18.9% | 43.6% |
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 | 41.1% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.2% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 40.3% |
| 2018-19 | 56.3% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.1% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 46.4% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Katherine Finchy Elementary
Katherine Finchy Elementary's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Finchy Elementary this school | 464 | 87.9% | 38.9% |
| Village TK-8 North Highlands | 463 | 89.0% | 19.7% |
| Manzanita SEED Elementary Oakland | 436 | 82.8% | 29.9% |
| Cahuilla Elementary Palm Springs | 399 | 91.5% | 27.9% |
| Kohler TK-8 North Highlands | 400 | 87.3% | 26.4% |
| Eshelman Avenue Elementary Lomita | 449 | 86.9% | 45.3% |
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 Katherine Finchy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,598 of 5,151 | #105 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,499 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #91 of 283 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,805 of 5,172 ▼ 217 | #128 of 283 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,009 of 5,116 | #32 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,864 of 5,915 | #253 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,023 of 5,352 | #19 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #2,519 of 5,354 | #103 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #1,339 of 5,625 | #98 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #505 of 3,837 | #9 of 207 |
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
464
-142 (-23%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 88% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 26.5 | 18.0:1 | 88% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 28.9 | 18.9:1 | 93% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 27 | 22.4:1 | 96% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 29 | 23.1:1 | 75% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 26 | 25.8:1 | 65% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | N/A | N/A | 69% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 51% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 28 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Katherine Finchy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (669 to 464); teachers down 21% (29 to 23).
About Katherine Finchy Elementary
The public elementary school Katherine Finchy Elementary is located in Palm Springs, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 464 students.
Palm Springs Unified serves 20,007 students across 27 schools.
About 66% of the student body at Katherine Finchy Elementary is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 9% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Katherine Finchy Elementary is 20.2:1, based on 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Katherine Finchy Elementary counts 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Katherine Finchy Elementary lands at B, ahead of 57% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Katherine Finchy Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 38.9% actual against 28.0% predicted.
Looking at the county, Riverside County, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Katherine Finchy Elementary, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Raymond Cree Middle sits about 0.5 miles from Katherine Finchy Elementary. Katherine Finchy Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 32.7% proficiency; Katherine Finchy Elementary posts 38.9%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Katherine Finchy Elementary enrolled 606 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 464. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.2:1.
Katherine Finchy Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palm Springs Unified
- Desert Hot Springs HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Palm Springs HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Rancho Mirage HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Cathedral City HighHigh · 1,334 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Palm Springs
- Palm Springs HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Cielo Vista CharterElementary · 824 students
- Raymond Cree MiddleMiddle · 721 students
- Vista del Monte ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Cahuilla ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Desert Learning AcademyCombined · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Raymond Cree Middle0.5 mi · 721
- Vista del Monte Elementary1.3 mi · 435
- Palm Springs High1.6 mi · 1,497
- Desert Learning Academy1.7 mi · 317
- Cahuilla Elementary2.0 mi · 399
- Cielo Vista Charter2.7 mi · 824
Frequently asked questions
About Katherine Finchy ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Katherine Finchy Elementary?
Katherine Finchy Elementary enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
Is Katherine Finchy Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Katherine Finchy Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Katherine Finchy Elementary?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Katherine Finchy Elementary.
How diverse is Katherine Finchy Elementary?
Katherine Finchy Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 66% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Katherine Finchy Elementary in?
Katherine Finchy Elementary is part of Palm Springs Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.