Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062970004612
Mira Catalina Elementary
30511 Lucania Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 · (310) 377-6731 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+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
21.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
51 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 | 88 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
66%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
75.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
71.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.2% | 31.9% | 11.2% | 13.6% |
| Math | 50.9% | 20.1% | 21.3% | 7.7% |
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 | 75.2% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 80.5% |
| 2022-23 | 82.3% | 82.9% |
| 2021-22 | 78.8% | 75.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.6% | 71.0% |
| 2017-18 | 76.4% | 68.1% |
| 2016-17 | 76.7% | 68.9% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Mira Catalina Elementary
Mira Catalina Elementary's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mira Catalina Elementary this school | 366 | 13.9% | 77.6% |
| Grattan Elementary San Francisco | 392 | 13.8% | 71.6% |
| Walnut Heights Elementary Walnut Creek | 427 | 15.2% | 72.8% |
| Austin Creek Elementary Santa Rosa | 366 | 16.4% | 78.0% |
| Ortega Elementary Pacifica | 404 | 13.6% | 51.4% |
| Valley View Elementary Rocklin | 414 | 15.2% | 77.7% |
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 Mira Catalina Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #330 of 5,151 | #69 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #556 of 5,172 ▼ 350 | #122 of 1,129 ▼ 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #491 of 5,172 ▼ 373 | #112 of 1,129 ▼ 83 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #692 of 5,116 | #107 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #4,110 of 5,915 | #886 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,488 of 5,352 | #447 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #1,161 of 5,354 | #178 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.9% | #5,357 of 5,625 | #1,242 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #3,742 of 3,837 | #936 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
366
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 366 | 17.5 | 21.0:1 | 14% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 16.2 | 22.8:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 15 | 24.1:1 | 7% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 14 | 26.4:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 16 | 25.4:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | N/A | N/A | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 3% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 18 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mira Catalina Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (370 to 366); teachers up 25% (14 to 17.5).
About Mira Catalina Elementary
Mira Catalina Elementary is a public elementary school in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The school enrolls 366 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.
Mira Catalina Elementary is part of a district of 17 schools: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified, with 10,131 students.
By race and ethnicity, Mira Catalina Elementary is 52% White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 31% White. Mira Catalina Elementary has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.0 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 14%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 56 points.
Mira Catalina Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mira Catalina Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.6%, compared with a predicted 71.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Mira Catalina Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Mira Catalina Elementary is Miraleste Intermediate, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mira Catalina Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 5 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Mira Catalina Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 374 to 366. The ratio was 23.4:1 in 2020-21 and 21.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Rancho Palos Verdes
- Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson MiddleMiddle · 1,337 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Miraleste IntermediateMiddle · 720 students
- Silver Spur ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Soleado ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Cornerstone at Pedregal ElementaryElementary · 411 students
Nearby schools
- Miraleste Intermediate1.0 mi · 720
- Seventh Street Elementary Arts Integration Magnet1.4 mi · 306
- South Shores/CSUDH Visual and Performing Arts1.4 mi · 407
- Crestwood Street STEAM Magnet1.5 mi · 289
- Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center1.5 mi · 166
- Rancho del Mar High (Continuation)1.9 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Mira Catalina ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mira Catalina Elementary?
Mira Catalina Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mira Catalina Elementary serve?
Mira Catalina Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mira Catalina Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mira Catalina Elementary is approximately 21.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mira Catalina Elementary?
Student demographics at Mira Catalina Elementary are roughly 52% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Mira Catalina Elementary in?
Mira Catalina Elementary is part of Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.