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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATIONAL ELEMENTARY·NCES 062667004046
Las Palmas
1900 East 18th St., National City, CA 91950 · (619) 336-8500 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- C-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.
- DThree-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
24.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
382 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
31%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
24.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.4pp since 2014
Math
19.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.8% | 14.8% | 23.4% | 52.0% |
| Math | 8.5% | 11.0% | 26.8% | 53.7% |
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 | 24.6% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 31.2% | 22.9% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 25.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.8% | 31.4% |
| 2017-18 | 43.3% | 34.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.0% | 27.8% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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
Las Palmas's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas this school | 458 | 83.4% | 23.9% |
| Merwin Elementary Covina | 462 | 84.2% | 43.0% |
| Edgewood Academy La Puente | 478 | 83.9% | 47.0% |
| Lincoln Acres National City | 423 | 86.3% | 22.1% |
| Baldwin Academy La Puente | 519 | 85.2% | 35.5% |
| Esther L. Walter Anaheim | 442 | 84.8% | 31.5% |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,197 of 5,151 | #337 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #4,346 of 5,172 ▼ 779 | #347 of 393 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #4,524 of 5,172 ▼ 461 | #361 of 393 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #396 of 5,116 | #30 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #2,921 of 5,915 | #223 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,834 of 5,352 | #282 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #3,885 of 5,354 | #339 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,839 of 5,625 | #83 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #485 of 3,837 | #27 of 279 |
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
458
-108 (-19%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 679
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 458 | 19 | 24.1:1 | 83% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 21.4 | 22.8:1 | 79% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 76% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | 70% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 85% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 28 | 24.2:1 | 71% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | N/A | N/A | 86% (620) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 37 | 19.7:1 | 100% (726) |
| 1990-91 | 679 | 29 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Palmas.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (662 to 458); teachers down 32% (28 to 19).
About Las Palmas
Families in National City, California, are served by Las Palmas, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 458 students in kindergarten through 6.
A total of 10 schools make up National Elementary, with 3,964 students enrolled.
At Las Palmas, 82% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Census figures show San Diego County is about 35% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
There are about 24.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Las Palmas, which has 19. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Las Palmas is about 83%. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 29 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Las Palmas outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Las Palmas would score about 30.7%. It scores 23.9%, 6.7 points below that figure.
For San Diego County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, Las Palmas among them.
Lincoln Acres, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Las Palmas is 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 458, down from 566 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 21.8:1 to 24.1:1.
The Las Palmas discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in National Elementary
- Central ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- OlivewoodElementary · 424 students
- Lincoln AcresElementary · 423 students
- Ira HarbisonElementary · 393 students
- Palmer WayElementary · 387 students
- El Toyon ElementaryElementary · 381 students
Other schools in National City
- San Diego Workforce Innovation HighHigh · 2,722 students
- Sweetwater HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Granger Junior HighMiddle · 724 students
- National City MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- OlivewoodElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Acres0.4 mi · 423
- Granger Junior High0.6 mi · 724
- Palmer Way0.7 mi · 387
- John A. Otis Elementary0.8 mi · 367
- Olivewood0.9 mi · 424
- National City Middle0.9 mi · 709
Frequently asked questions
About Las PalmasHow many students attend Las Palmas?
Las Palmas enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Las Palmas serve?
Las Palmas serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Las Palmas?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Las Palmas.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Las Palmas?
At Las Palmas, the student body is approximately 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Las Palmas public or private?
Las Palmas is a public K-12 school, overseen by National Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.