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What's the most underrated thing about Palm Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUTLER-OROSI JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061035001160
Palm Elementary
12915 Avenue 419, Orosi, CA 93647 · (559) 528-4751 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
542 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 134 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Palm Elementary→El Monte Middle
Based on grade levels within Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.0pp since 2014
Math
47.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.7% | 24.3% | 23.5% | 25.5% |
| Math | 19.7% | 27.6% | 22.1% | 30.7% |
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 | 51.0% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 42.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 42.6% |
| 2021-22 | 41.2% | 33.5% |
| 2020-21 | 33.1% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 49.4% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 43.7% | 41.0% |
| 2016-17 | 40.5% | 41.9% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in California's top 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 Palm Elementary
Palm Elementary's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Elementary this school | 573 | 94.6% | 47.2% |
| Kerman-Floyd Elementary Kerman | 567 | 93.8% | 29.8% |
| Pioneer Elementary Escondido | 598 | 93.8% | 18.8% |
| Walnut Park Elementary Huntington Park | 555 | 95.3% | 32.7% |
| Palm View Elementary Coachella | 561 | 94.8% | 26.3% |
| Dool Elementary Calexico | 568 | 93.7% | 14.9% |
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 Palm Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,915 of 5,151 | #11 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,774 of 5,172 ▲ 232 | #11 of 102 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,957 of 5,172 ▲ 119 | #15 of 102 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.8pp | #402 of 5,116 | #15 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,616 of 5,915 | #31 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,040 of 5,352 | #25 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #5,064 of 5,354 | #89 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #497 of 5,625 | #16 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #2,876 of 3,837 | #55 of 77 |
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
573
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 573 | 28.4 | 20.2:1 | 95% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 28.3 | 19.3:1 | 94% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 27.3 | 20.8:1 | 94% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 95% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 25.5 | 24.6:1 | 97% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 27 | 25.4:1 | 95% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | N/A | N/A | 100% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 92% (636) |
| 1990-91 | 631 | 25 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palm Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (626 to 573); teachers up 11% (25.5 to 28.4).
About Palm Elementary
Palm Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Orosi, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 573 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Palm Elementary is run by Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified, whose 8 schools enroll 3,815 students.
Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at Palm Elementary. Next come 2% Asian. That compares with about 67% Hispanic among all Tulare County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
Palm Elementary has 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.2:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Tulare County.
Among California public elementary schools, Palm Elementary outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Palm Elementary is +23.0 points, in the top 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.2%, and the predicted rate is 24.1%.
For Tulare County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,300 a year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting Palm Elementary, Tulare County has 196 public schools.
Orosi High, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.9%; Palm Elementary's is 47.2%, ranking 1st of 6.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Enrollment decreased by 6% across 4 years, from 610 in 2020-21 to 573 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.5:1 in 2020-21, and 20.2:1 in 2024-25.
Palm Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified
- Orosi HighHigh · 1,108 students
- El Monte MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Cutler ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- Golden Valley ElementaryElementary · 603 students
- Lovell HighHigh · 54 students
- Esperanza HighCombined · 19 students
Other schools in Orosi
- Orosi HighHigh · 1,108 students
- El Monte MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Golden Valley ElementaryElementary · 603 students
Other Palm Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Palm Elementary. Palm Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Palm ElementaryHacienda Heights, CA · 375 students
- Palm Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 329 students
- Palm Elementary SchoolLorain, OH · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Orosi High0.2 mi · 1,108
- El Monte Middle0.5 mi · 844
- Golden Valley Elementary0.6 mi · 603
- Cutler Elementary1.7 mi · 607
- Monson-Sultana Elementary2.9 mi · 440
- Esperanza High3.3 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Palm ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Palm Elementary?
Palm Elementary enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Palm Elementary serve?
Palm Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Palm Elementary?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Palm Elementary.
How diverse is Palm Elementary?
Palm Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Asian.
Is Palm Elementary public or private?
Palm Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.