Palm Crest Elementary

Palm Crest Elementary is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in La Canada, California, one of the schools within La Canada Unified, hosting 642 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

La Canada Unified comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,979 students; Palm Crest Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Palm Crest Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 35% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Palm Crest Elementary records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Palm Crest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.6%, the actual is 90.7%, a residual of +14.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Palm Crest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mountain Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palm Crest Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 74.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Palm Crest Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 654 (now 642). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 43% to 38%.

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