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What's something Palms Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRIS ELEMENTARY·NCES 063018003601
Palms Elementary
255 East Jarvis, Perris, CA 92571 · (951) 940-5112 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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
24.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
565 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
27.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 16.3% | 23.0% | 49.7% |
| Math | 5.5% | 12.8% | 21.9% | 59.7% |
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 | 27.3% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 14.2% |
| 2022-23 | 30.8% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 35.4% | 24.8% |
| 2017-18 | 34.6% | 21.5% |
| 2016-17 | 32.1% | 18.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palms Elementary this school | 671 | 84.2% | 20.9% |
| Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center Los Angeles | 616 | 86.4% | 41.5% |
| Emerson Elementary Riverside | 669 | 84.3% | 27.8% |
| Baldy View Elementary Upland | 624 | 83.7% | 38.6% |
| Chaparral Prep Academy Palmdale | 594 | 87.7% | 24.4% |
| Grand Terrace Elementary Grand Terrace | 654 | 79.8% | 24.5% |
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 Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,503 of 5,151 | #239 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,453 of 5,172 ▲ 292 | #229 of 283 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #4,237 of 5,172 ▲ 145 | #227 of 283 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,124 of 5,116 | #135 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #889 of 5,915 | #125 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,720 of 5,352 | #189 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #3,791 of 5,354 | #192 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #1,739 of 5,625 | #133 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #1,052 of 3,837 | #35 of 207 |
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
671
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 816
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 671 | 28 | 24.0:1 | 84% (565) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 27 | 25.2:1 | 85% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 29.4 | 25.0:1 | 84% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 29 | 24.8:1 | 79% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | 35 | 25.0:1 | 80% (701) |
| 2015-16 | 966 | 39 | 24.8:1 | 88% (852) |
| 2010-11 | 822 | N/A | N/A | 91% (744) |
| 2000-01 | 816 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 73% (593) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palms Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (876 to 671); teachers down 20% (35 to 28).
About Palms Elementary
Palms Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Perris, California. Its enrollment is 671 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Palms Elementary is one of 9 schools in Perris Elementary, which enrolls 5,518 students in total.
At Palms Elementary, 81% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. The diversity index for Palms Elementary is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 24.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Palms Elementary, which has 28. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 84%. Public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
Palms Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 30.2%. Palms Elementary scores 20.9%.
The county, Riverside County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Riverside County has 543 public schools with about 424,872 students, including Palms Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Perris High, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Palms Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Palms Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 719 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 671 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Palms Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perris Elementary
- Innovative Horizons CharterElementary · 894 students
- Skyview ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- Railway ElementaryElementary · 715 students
- Clearwater ElementaryElementary · 651 students
- Good Hope ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Perris ElementaryElementary · 617 students
Other schools in Perris
- Orange Vista HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Perris HighHigh · 2,096 students
- Citrus Hill HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- California Military InstituteHigh · 1,031 students
- Tomas Rivera MiddleMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Palms Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Palms Elementary. Palms Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Palms ElementaryLakewood, CA · 463 students
- Palms ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 229 students
- Palms Elementary SchoolIRA, MI · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Perris High0.6 mi · 2,096
- Skyview Elementary0.7 mi · 725
- California Military Institute0.8 mi · 1,031
- Pathways for Adult Life Skills0.9 mi · 130
- Innovative Horizons Charter1.0 mi · 894
- Clearwater Elementary1.1 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Palms ElementaryHow many students attend Palms Elementary?
Palms Elementary enrolls approximately 671 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Palms Elementary serve?
Palms Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Palms Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Palms Elementary.
How diverse is Palms Elementary?
Palms Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Palms Elementary public or private?
Palms Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perris Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.