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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Las Palmas Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
743
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744000693
Las Palmas Elementary
1101 Calle Puente, San Clemente, CA 92672 · (949) 234-5333 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
25.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
363 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 158 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
53.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.5pp since 2014
Math
53.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.3% | 24.3% | 14.2% | 32.3% |
| Math | 28.4% | 25.1% | 21.3% | 25.1% |
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 | 53.5% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 47.6% | 49.0% |
| 2018-19 | 52.4% | 49.8% |
| 2017-18 | 54.0% | 54.9% |
| 2016-17 | 47.3% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Las Palmas Elementary
Las Palmas Elementary's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas Elementary this school | 743 | 48.9% | 50.3% |
| Dent Elementary Escalon | 671 | 50.2% | 37.1% |
| Liberty Elementary Tulare | 861 | 48.5% | 44.0% |
| Webster Elementary Madera | 634 | 47.6% | 47.2% |
| Tompkins Elementary Tehachapi | 615 | 51.5% | 29.0% |
| Hart-Ransom Elementary Modesto | 705 | 43.4% | 48.0% |
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 Las Palmas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,701 of 5,151 | #208 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,379 of 5,172 ▲ 81 | #182 of 382 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,784 of 5,172 ▲ 623 | #209 of 382 ▲ 50 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #1,584 of 5,116 | #104 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #563 of 5,915 | #44 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,717 of 5,352 | #281 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #2,097 of 5,354 | #174 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #3,955 of 5,625 | #230 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #2,005 of 3,837 | #186 of 324 |
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
743
-58 (-7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 27.6:1
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 | 743 | 29 | 25.6:1 | 49% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 748 | 31 | 24.1:1 | 47% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 50% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 29 | 27.6:1 | 41% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 875 | 31 | 28.2:1 | 46% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 845 | 30 | 28.2:1 | 49% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | N/A | N/A | 53% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 89% (659) |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 36 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Palmas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (875 to 743); teachers down 6% (31 to 29).
About Las Palmas Elementary
Las Palmas Elementary is a large elementary school in San Clemente, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 743 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Las Palmas Elementary reports to Capistrano Unified, which has 58 schools and 40,251 students.
Hispanic students are 52% of those enrolled at Las Palmas Elementary. Next come 38% White and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Las Palmas Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.6:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%.
Among California public elementary schools, Las Palmas Elementary outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Las Palmas Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 50.9%. Las Palmas Elementary scores 50.3%, within a point of that line.
Looking at the county, Orange County, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Las Palmas Elementary.
San Clemente High is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Las Palmas Elementary ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 50.3% against a local average of 61.1%.
NCES describes the area around Las Palmas Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 801 students in 2020-21 to 743 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 27.6:1 to 25.6:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Las Palmas Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Capistrano Unified
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Aliso Niguel HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Tesoro HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Dana Hills HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other schools in San Clemente
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- Bernice Ayer MiddleMiddle · 919 students
- Vista del Mar ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Shorecliffs MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Truman Benedict ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Concordia ElementaryElementary · 533 students
Other Las Palmas Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Las Palmas Elementary. Las Palmas Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Las Palmas ElementarySacramento, CA · 1,001 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryPatterson, CA · 642 students
Nearby schools
- San Clemente High1.0 mi · 2,740
- Shorecliffs Middle1.1 mi · 634
- Marblehead Elementary1.5 mi · 195
- Clarence Lobo Elementary1.6 mi · 328
- Concordia Elementary2.4 mi · 533
- Truman Benedict Elementary2.6 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Las Palmas ElementaryHow large is Las Palmas Elementary?
Las Palmas Elementary enrolls approximately 743 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Las Palmas Elementary serve?
Las Palmas Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Las Palmas Elementary?
Approximately 25.6:1 students per teacher at Las Palmas Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Las Palmas Elementary?
Student demographics at Las Palmas Elementary are roughly 38% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Las Palmas Elementary public or private?
Las Palmas Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.