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What's the most underrated thing about Soleado Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062970004623
Soleado Elementary
27800 Longhill Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 · (310) 377-6854 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
59 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
86.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.2pp since 2014
Math
88.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.8% | 22.4% | 9.1% | 4.7% |
| Math | 66.4% | 22.1% | 8.1% | 3.4% |
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 | 86.2% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 87.2% | 87.8% |
| 2022-23 | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2021-22 | 84.9% | 84.3% |
| 2018-19 | 81.9% | 80.3% |
| 2017-18 | 80.8% | 74.5% |
| 2016-17 | 81.3% | 79.0% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Soleado Elementary
Soleado Elementary's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soleado Elementary this school | 443 | 13.3% | 87.4% |
| Phoebe Apperson Hearst Elementary Pleasanton | 467 | 16.3% | 69.3% |
| Country Club Elementary San Ramon | 500 | 14.8% | 67.8% |
| Duveneck Elementary Palo Alto | 376 | 13.6% | 81.0% |
| Noddin Elementary San Jose | 500 | 15.2% | 71.5% |
| Sandpiper Elementary Redwood City | 534 | 10.3% | 74.1% |
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 Soleado Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #40 of 5,151 | #11 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #39 of 5,172 ▲ 15 | #7 of 1,129 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.2% | #75 of 5,172 ▼ 23 | #16 of 1,129 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,408 of 5,116 | #610 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #3,120 of 5,915 | #648 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,274 of 5,352 | #626 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #875 of 5,354 | #145 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #5,377 of 5,625 | #1,245 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #3,314 of 3,837 | #853 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
443
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 443 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 18.3 | 24.7:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 16 | 28.6:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 17 | 24.6:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 18 | 25.9:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 17 | 27.0:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | N/A | N/A | 3% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 3% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 18 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Soleado Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (467 to 443); teachers up 11% (18 to 20).
About Soleado Elementary
Soleado Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, (ZIP code 90275). The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 443 students.
Soleado Elementary is one of 17 schools in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified, which enrolls 10,131 students in total.
Asian students account for 49% of enrollment at Soleado Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups include 18% White, 17% Hispanic, and 15% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 15% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Soleado Elementary scores 68%.
Soleado Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 13% at Soleado Elementary. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Soleado Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of California public elementary schools.
Soleado Elementary is 15.7 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Soleado Elementary.
Palos Verdes Peninsula High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Soleado Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Soleado 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.
Enrollment increased 6% over 4 years, reaching 443 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.6:1 to 22.1:1.
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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 Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
- Palos Verdes Peninsula HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Palos Verdes HighHigh · 1,484 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Palos Verdes IntermediateMiddle · 735 students
- Miraleste IntermediateMiddle · 720 students
- Dapplegray ElementaryElementary · 639 students
Other schools in Rancho Palos Verdes
- Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson MiddleMiddle · 1,337 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Miraleste IntermediateMiddle · 720 students
- Silver Spur ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Cornerstone at Pedregal ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Mira Catalina ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Palos Verdes Peninsula High0.4 mi · 2,075
- Ridgecrest Intermediate0.8 mi · 881
- Palos Verdes Distance Learning Academy1.1 mi · 33
- Silver Spur Elementary1.1 mi · 540
- Rancho Vista Elementary1.1 mi · 329
- Rancho del Mar High (Continuation)1.2 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Soleado ElementaryHow large is Soleado Elementary?
Soleado Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Soleado Elementary serve?
Soleado Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Soleado Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Soleado Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Soleado Elementary?
Student demographics at Soleado Elementary are roughly 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 49% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Soleado Elementary in?
Soleado Elementary is part of Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.