Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062970004609
Lunada Bay Elementary
520 Paseo Lunado, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 · (310) 377-3005 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
37 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
79.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
74.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.0% | 33.3% | 14.0% | 6.7% |
| Math | 54.0% | 20.0% | 19.3% | 6.7% |
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 | 79.3% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 74.7% |
| 2022-23 | 75.6% | 75.6% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 77.3% |
| 2018-19 | 67.0% | 62.8% |
| 2017-18 | 76.6% | 58.0% |
| 2016-17 | 72.2% | 60.2% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Lunada Bay Elementary
Lunada Bay Elementary's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunada Bay Elementary this school | 329 | 11.2% | 75.4% |
| William Brooks Elementary El Dorado Hills | 372 | 12.6% | 68.8% |
| Del Mar Heights Elementary Del Mar | 293 | 10.2% | 82.5% |
| White Oak Elementary Westlake Village | 365 | 14.8% | 77.5% |
| Mira Catalina Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 366 | 13.9% | 77.6% |
| Tierra Bonita Elementary Poway | 377 | 8.2% | 77.8% |
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 Lunada Bay Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #414 of 5,151 | #90 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #454 of 5,172 ▼ 29 | #98 of 1,129 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #303 of 5,172 ▲ 206 | #73 of 1,129 ▲ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,102 of 5,116 | #176 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #4,485 of 5,915 | #983 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,779 of 5,352 | #516 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #1,774 of 5,354 | #267 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #5,438 of 5,625 | #1,255 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #2,593 of 3,837 | #726 of 947 |
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
329
+29 (+10%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 329 | 15.4 | 21.4:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 15.1 | 22.3:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 13 | 24.2:1 | 7% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 8% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 15 | 24.6:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 14 | 24.4:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | N/A | N/A | 2% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 15 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lunada Bay Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (369 to 329); teachers up 2% (15 to 15.4).
About Lunada Bay Elementary
Lunada Bay Elementary is a small elementary school in Palos Verdes Estates, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 329 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Lunada Bay Elementary reports to Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified, which has 17 schools and 10,131 students.
At Lunada Bay Elementary, White students make up 59% of the student body. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 3% Black. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school's share is higher. Lunada Bay Elementary's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lunada Bay Elementary was 21.4:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 21.4:1 here. Lunada Bay Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 11%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Lunada Bay Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lunada Bay Elementary is 2.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 75.4%. Predicted: 73.0%.
Across Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
The shortest distance from Lunada Bay Elementary to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Palos Verdes Intermediate. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 80.3%, higher than Lunada Bay Elementary's 75.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lunada Bay Elementary's enrollment climbed from 300 in 2020-21 to 329 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.6:1 to 21.4:1.
Community posts for Lunada Bay Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
- Palos Verdes Peninsula HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Palos Verdes HighHigh · 1,484 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Palos Verdes IntermediateMiddle · 735 students
- Miraleste IntermediateMiddle · 720 students
- Dapplegray ElementaryElementary · 639 students
Other schools in Palos Verdes Estates
- Palos Verdes HighHigh · 1,484 students
- Palos Verdes IntermediateMiddle · 735 students
- Montemalaga ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Sunrise Pre-SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Palos Verdes Intermediate0.7 mi · 735
- Palos Verdes High0.9 mi · 1,484
- Vista Grande Elementary0.9 mi · 355
- Point Vicente Elementary1.0 mi · 334
- Montemalaga Elementary2.0 mi · 416
- Ridgecrest Intermediate2.2 mi · 881
Frequently asked questions
About Lunada Bay ElementaryHow large is Lunada Bay Elementary?
Lunada Bay Elementary enrolls approximately 329 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lunada Bay Elementary serve?
Lunada Bay Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lunada Bay Elementary?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Lunada Bay Elementary.
How diverse is Lunada Bay Elementary?
Lunada Bay Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Lunada Bay Elementary public or private?
Lunada Bay Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.