Palms Elementary

Palms Elementary is a moderately sized primary school in Lakewood, California, one of the schools within ABC Unified. The school hosts 463 students in grades K through 6.

ABC Unified comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 17,570 students; Palms Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Palms Elementary records that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 17% Black, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Palms Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Palms Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Palms Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.5%; this one delivers 41.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Palms Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palms Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palms Elementary has fell 27%, going from 637 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 7% to 2% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

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