Palisades Charter Elementary

Set in Pacific Palisades, California, Palisades Charter Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified. It hosts 408 students across grades K through 5.

Palisades Charter Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Palisades Charter Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Palisades Charter Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 80.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Palisades Charter Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Palisades Charter High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palisades Charter Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Palisades Charter Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palisades Charter Elementary has shrank 18%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 77% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Palisades Charter Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.