Yellen Learning Center

Yellen Learning Center operates as a minimally staffed elementary campus in Palmdale, California, one of the schools within Palmdale Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 58 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Yellen Learning Center sits 88% below that benchmark.

Across the 29 schools in Palmdale Elementary (17,941 students total), Yellen Learning Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Yellen Learning Center logs that Black students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 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 Yellen Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Buena Vista Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Yellen Learning Center's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 76 (now 58). Black enrollment moved from 46% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 7.4:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.