Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003266
Palms Elementary
3520 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034 · (310) 838-7337 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
16.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
180 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Palms Elementary→Palms Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
24.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.2% | 19.5% | 18.6% | 40.7% |
| Math | 12.2% | 12.2% | 32.5% | 43.1% |
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 | 40.7% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 20.8% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 20.3% |
| 2018-19 | 33.9% | 27.1% |
| 2017-18 | 34.1% | 29.4% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 25.3% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 (30.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palms Elementary this school | 229 | 78.6% | 30.8% |
| Mark Twain Elementary Sacramento | 263 | 83.3% | 17.7% |
| Rowan Elementary San Diego | 205 | 79.0% | 42.9% |
| H. W. Harkness Elementary Sacramento | 287 | 81.2% | 21.0% |
| Freese Elementary San Diego | 280 | 82.1% | 35.7% |
| Nora Sterry Elementary Los Angeles | 188 | 84.0% | 33.6% |
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 | 30.8% | #3,409 of 5,151 | #853 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #3,836 of 5,172 ▼ 296 | #973 of 1,129 ▼ 91 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,861 of 5,172 ▲ 625 | #685 of 1,129 ▲ 149 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,913 of 5,116 | #518 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #5,225 of 5,915 | #1,183 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #72 of 5,352 | #19 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #1,731 of 5,354 | #257 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,314 of 5,625 | #724 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #578 of 3,837 | #245 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
229
-70 (-23%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 229 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 79% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 75% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 75% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 75% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 16 | 20.3:1 | 77% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | 74% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | N/A | N/A | 73% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 78% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 19 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palms Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (325 to 229); teachers down 12% (16 to 14).
About Palms Elementary
Palms Elementary is a small elementary school in Los Angeles Unified, located in Los Angeles, California. Its enrollment is 229 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified is the local district for Palms Elementary. It runs 784 schools with 406,887 students.
The largest group at Palms Elementary is Hispanic students, at 59%. Other groups include 12% Black, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Palms Elementary scores 61%.
A staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Palms Elementary counts 79% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Palms Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Palms Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 33.5%. Palms Elementary scores 30.8%, 2.6 points below that line.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Palms Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
About 0.5 miles separate Palms Elementary from the closest public school, Palms Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Palms Elementary ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 23%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.6 to 16.4 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Palms Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Other Palms Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Palms Elementary. Palms Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Palms ElementaryPerris, CA · 671 students
- Palms ElementaryLakewood, CA · 463 students
- Palms Elementary SchoolIRA, MI · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Palms Middle0.5 mi · 1,081
- La Ballona Elementary0.9 mi · 531
- Linwood E. Howe Elementary0.9 mi · 567
- Charnock Road Elementary0.9 mi · 281
- Castle Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 501
- Clover Avenue Elementary1.0 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Palms ElementaryHow many students attend Palms Elementary?
Palms Elementary enrolls approximately 229 students in grades KG-05.
Is Palms Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palms Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Palms Elementary have?
Palms Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Palms Elementary?
Student demographics at Palms Elementary are roughly 8% White, 59% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Palms Elementary?
Palms Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.