Las Palmas Elementary

Las Palmas Elementary is one of the heavily attended elementary campuss in Sacramento, California, overseen by Twin Rivers Unified, with 1,001 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 115% larger than typical.

Across the 44 schools in Twin Rivers Unified (24,770 students total), Las Palmas Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Las Palmas Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%; the rest breaks down as 10% Asian, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Las Palmas Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Las Palmas Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Las Palmas Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.3%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of +5.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Las Palmas Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Las Palmas Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Las Palmas Elementary has expanded 96%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 1,001 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 67% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Las Palmas Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.