Las Palmas Elementary

Las Palmas Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Patterson, California, part of Patterson Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 642 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 465.

Patterson Joint Unified runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,064 students. Las Palmas Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Las Palmas Elementary shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 11% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Las Palmas Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Las Palmas Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 24.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household earnings sit near $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Las Palmas Elementary is one.

Patterson High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Las Palmas Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

Las Palmas Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 595 students in 2018 compared to 642 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.