Palmdale Learning Plaza

Palmdale Learning Plaza is a big elementary campus in Palmdale, California, run under Palmdale Elementary. The school enrolls 800 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Palmdale Elementary runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 17,941 students. Palmdale Learning Plaza is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Palmdale Learning Plaza lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at Palmdale Learning Plaza qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Palmdale Learning Plaza sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 39.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Palmdale Learning Plaza is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Palm Tree Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palmdale Learning Plaza ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palmdale Learning Plaza has held roughly steady, going from 803 students in 2018 to 800 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.