Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062970004625
Vista Grande Elementary
7032 Purpleridge Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 · (310) 377-6066 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- B+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
22.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
39 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
63%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
80.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
81.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 59.3% | 21.1% | 10.8% | 8.8% |
| Math | 58.4% | 23.4% | 14.7% | 3.5% |
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 | 80.4% | 81.7% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 81.1% |
| 2022-23 | 85.4% | 82.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.5% | 78.9% |
| 2018-19 | 83.6% | 80.7% |
| 2017-18 | 82.1% | 81.8% |
| 2016-17 | 81.8% | 78.4% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 76.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
81.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Vista Grande Elementary
Vista Grande Elementary's state test result (81.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Grande Elementary this school | 355 | 11.0% | 81.1% |
| Stevens Creek Elementary Cupertino | 407 | 13.3% | 77.2% |
| Palo Verde Elementary Palo Alto | 334 | 12.6% | 81.4% |
| Beach Park Elementary Foster City | 347 | 14.7% | 74.0% |
| Franklin Elementary Burlingame | 357 | 17.1% | 81.2% |
| Meadows Elementary Millbrae | 360 | 14.7% | 75.5% |
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 Vista Grande Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #182 of 5,151 | #42 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #179 of 5,172 ▲ 5 | #38 of 1,129 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #252 of 5,172 ▼ 41 | #62 of 1,129 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #2,008 of 5,116 | #540 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #4,232 of 5,915 | #918 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,265 of 5,352 | #623 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,520 of 5,354 | #234 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #5,447 of 5,625 | #1,256 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #1,284 of 3,837 | #459 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
355
-34 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 355 | 16.1 | 22.1:1 | 11% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 15.5 | 24.0:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 15 | 25.1:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 16 | 24.3:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 17 | 26.5:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 17 | 25.8:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | N/A | N/A | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 22 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Grande Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (451 to 355); teachers down 6% (17 to 16.1).
About Vista Grande Elementary
Vista Grande Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, under Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified. Enrolled students number 355 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified counts 10,131 students in its 17 schools, and Vista Grande Elementary is one of them.
At 55%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Vista Grande Elementary combined. Other students are 19% White, 13% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 15% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Vista Grande Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school employs the equivalent of 16.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.1:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Vista Grande Elementary is 11%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Vista Grande Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Vista Grande Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.1% and a predicted 73.1%.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is Palos Verdes Intermediate, at about 0.7 miles. Vista Grande Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 81.1% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 389 to 355 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 22.1:1, from 24.3:1.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Soleado ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Cornerstone at Pedregal ElementaryElementary · 411 students
Other Vista Grande Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Vista Grande Elementary. Vista Grande Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Vista Grande ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 633 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryDanville, CA · 544 students
- Vista Grande ElementarySan Diego, CA · 364 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryOntario, CA · 358 students
- VISTA GRANDE ELEMENTARYRIO RANCHO, NM · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Palos Verdes Intermediate0.7 mi · 735
- Lunada Bay Elementary0.9 mi · 329
- Point Vicente Elementary1.0 mi · 334
- Palos Verdes High1.2 mi · 1,484
- Ridgecrest Intermediate1.4 mi · 881
- Montemalaga Elementary1.4 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Grande ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Vista Grande Elementary?
Vista Grande Elementary enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
Is Vista Grande Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vista Grande Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Vista Grande Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Vista Grande Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vista Grande Elementary?
At Vista Grande Elementary, the student body is approximately 19% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 55% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Vista Grande Elementary in?
Vista Grande Elementary is part of Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified.
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