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Which teacher or staff member at Tumbleweed Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062958004577
Tumbleweed Elementary
1100 East Avenue R-4, Palmdale, CA 93550 · (661) 273-4166 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
477 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 69% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
29.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
16.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 20.2% | 35.0% | 35.5% |
| Math | 2.9% | 13.1% | 33.5% | 50.5% |
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 | 29.6% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 15.9% |
| 2022-23 | 27.6% | 19.5% |
| 2021-22 | 26.6% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 29.6% | 20.5% |
| 2017-18 | 24.4% | 22.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.4% | 19.8% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Tumbleweed Elementary
Tumbleweed Elementary's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumbleweed Elementary this school | 502 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Langdon Avenue Elementary North Hills | 532 | 96.1% | 21.3% |
| Bradley Elementary San Bernardino | 530 | 94.9% | 34.3% |
| Ramona-Alessandro Elementary San Bernardino | 502 | 92.8% | 38.0% |
| Cypress Elementary Highland | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
| Riley Elementary San Bernardino | 462 | 95.9% | 29.4% |
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 Tumbleweed Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,344 of 5,151 | #1,040 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #4,656 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #1,092 of 1,129 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #4,030 of 5,172 ▼ 88 | #971 of 1,129 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,986 of 5,116 | #737 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #2,408 of 5,915 | #486 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,978 of 5,352 | #911 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #4,411 of 5,354 | #872 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #446 of 5,625 | #224 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.3% | #163 of 3,837 | #80 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
502
-162 (-24%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,005
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 502 | 20.6 | 24.3:1 | 95% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 22.9 | 27.2:1 | 96% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 22.2 | 28.0:1 | 96% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 26 | 25.5:1 | 99% (656) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 32.5 | 25.4:1 | 95% (787) |
| 2015-16 | 1,032 | 37 | 27.9:1 | 94% (967) |
| 2010-11 | 1,205 | N/A | N/A | 85% (1,021) |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 47 | 19.9:1 | 74% (697) |
| 1990-91 | 1,005 | 40 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tumbleweed Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (827 to 502); teachers down 36% (32.5 to 20.6).
About Tumbleweed Elementary
Tumbleweed Elementary is an elementary school in Palmdale, California, reachable at (661) 273-4166. It reported 502 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Palmdale Elementary, which runs Tumbleweed Elementary, has 29 schools and 17,941 students.
The share of students at Tumbleweed Elementary who are Hispanic is 89%. Other groups make up 7% Black. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at Tumbleweed Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.3:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. About 95% of students at Tumbleweed Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Test results at Tumbleweed Elementary are 1.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (22.4% actual, 23.9% predicted).
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Tumbleweed Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Palm Tree Elementary sits about 0.9 miles from Tumbleweed Elementary. Tumbleweed Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Tumbleweed Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Tumbleweed Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 24% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmdale Elementary
- Los Amigos - Dual ImmersionElementary · 1,027 students
- Palmdale Academy CharterCombined · 989 students
- David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet AcademyMiddle · 952 students
- Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Tech Magnet AcadMiddle · 948 students
- Dos Caminos Dual ImmersionElementary · 945 students
- Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet AcademyMiddle · 822 students
Other schools in Palmdale
- Highland HighHigh · 2,706 students
- William J. (Pete) Knight HighHigh · 2,349 students
- Palmdale Aerospace AcademyCombined · 2,259 students
- Palmdale HighHigh · 2,208 students
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 1,100 students
- Antelope Valley Learning AcademyCombined · 1,059 students
Other Tumbleweed Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tumbleweed Elementary. Tumbleweed Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Tumbleweed Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Palm Tree Elementary0.9 mi · 564
- Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy1.0 mi · 747
- Palmdale High1.2 mi · 2,208
- Palmdale Learning Plaza1.3 mi · 800
- Tamarisk Elementary1.3 mi · 664
- Yucca Elementary1.4 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Tumbleweed ElementaryHow many students attend Tumbleweed Elementary?
Tumbleweed Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tumbleweed Elementary serve?
Tumbleweed Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tumbleweed Elementary?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Tumbleweed Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tumbleweed Elementary?
At Tumbleweed Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Tumbleweed Elementary?
Tumbleweed Elementary is overseen by Palmdale Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.