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What's one thing Palms Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000025
Palms Elementary
12445 East 207th St., Lakewood, CA 90715 · (562) 229-7900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- C+Three-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
24.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
381 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
42.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 32.4% |
| Math | 19.1% | 23.5% | 23.5% | 33.8% |
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 | 43.3% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 39.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.9% | 35.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.8% | 37.3% |
| 2020-21 | 80.0% | 66.7% |
| 2018-19 | 46.7% | 38.1% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 45.3% | 39.1% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Palms Elementary
Palms Elementary's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palms Elementary this school | 463 | 82.3% | 42.4% |
| Flora Arca Mata Stockton | 487 | 80.1% | 28.4% |
| Dover Elementary Fairfield | 463 | 81.4% | 15.0% |
| Adams Elementary Stockton | 492 | 84.1% | 12.4% |
| McKinley Elementary San Leandro | 454 | 82.6% | 30.9% |
| Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy Vallejo | 423 | 81.6% | 14.7% |
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 Palms Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,276 of 5,151 | #543 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,091 of 5,172 ▲ 165 | #520 of 1,129 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,618 of 5,172 ▼ 322 | #634 of 1,129 ▼ 110 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,858 of 5,116 | #702 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #2,873 of 5,915 | #581 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,014 of 5,352 | #916 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #1,855 of 5,354 | #281 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #1,939 of 5,625 | #643 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #737 of 3,837 | #308 of 947 |
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
463
-89 (-16%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 463 | 19 | 24.4:1 | 82% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 81% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 22 | 23.5:1 | 77% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 22 | 25.1:1 | 75% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 25 | 25.5:1 | 73% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 25 | 26.0:1 | 73% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | N/A | N/A | 68% (406) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 33 | 21.3:1 | 45% (319) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 23 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palms Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (637 to 463); teachers down 24% (25 to 19).
About Palms Elementary
Palms Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Lakewood, California. It teaches 463 students in kindergarten through 6.
ABC Unified has 17,570 students in 30 schools, and Palms Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 59% of those enrolled at Palms Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 12% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Palms Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Palms Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.4% actual against a predicted 31.3%.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Palms Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Palms Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Palms Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 16% over 4 years, reaching 463 in 2024-25.
People who know Palms Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABC Unified
- Cerritos HighHigh · 1,996 students
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
Other Palms Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Palms Elementary. Palms Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Palms ElementaryPerris, CA · 671 students
- Palms ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 229 students
- Palms Elementary SchoolIRA, MI · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle0.3 mi · 542
- Artesia High0.4 mi · 1,384
- Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary0.5 mi · 338
- Nixon (Patricia) Elementary0.8 mi · 681
- Fedde (Pharis F.) Middle0.8 mi · 291
- Willow Elementary0.9 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Palms ElementaryHow large is Palms Elementary?
Palms Elementary enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Palms Elementary serve?
Palms Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palms Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Palms Elementary is approximately 24.4:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Palms Elementary?
Student demographics at Palms Elementary are roughly 2% White, 59% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Palms Elementary in?
Palms Elementary is part of ABC Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.