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Pearblossom Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pearblossom Elementary
Pearblossom Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Pearblossom, California, one of the schools within Keppel Union Elementary, instructs 435 students, covering grades K through 8.
Pearblossom Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Keppel Union Elementary, a district that works with 2,784 students overall.
On demographics, Pearblossom Elementary records that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 20% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pearblossom Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Pearblossom Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 26.4%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Pearblossom Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Keppel Academy, around 4.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pearblossom Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 20.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pearblossom Elementary has expanded 23%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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