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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Yucca Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062958004578
Yucca Elementary
38440 Second St. East, Palmdale, CA 93550 · (661) 273-5052 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
476 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 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
49%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
16.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
11.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 11.9% | 22.0% | 61.2% |
| Math | 0.9% | 10.7% | 22.3% | 66.1% |
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 | 16.7% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 6.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.4% | 10.0% |
| 2021-22 | 16.1% | 6.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.5% | 18.4% |
| 2017-18 | 22.2% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 17.3% | 15.2% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Yucca Elementary
Yucca Elementary's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yucca Elementary this school | 495 | 96.2% | 12.3% |
| ISANA Nascent Academy Los Angeles | 488 | 94.9% | N/A |
| Raymond Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 457 | 96.7% | 34.8% |
| Barton Elementary San Bernardino | 485 | 96.1% | 15.9% |
| West Athens Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 97.4% | 21.3% |
| Reach Academy Elementary Oakland | 425 | 99.5% | 17.1% |
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 Yucca Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #5,051 of 5,151 | #1,124 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #4,970 of 5,172 ▲ 142 | #1,121 of 1,129 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,994 of 5,172 ▲ 74 | #1,120 of 1,129 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #2,325 of 5,116 | #598 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #2,504 of 5,915 | #504 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #4,761 of 5,352 | #1,074 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #2,828 of 5,354 | #467 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #301 of 5,625 | #158 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,397 of 3,837 | #488 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
495
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 495 | 19.2 | 25.8:1 | 96% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 19.4 | 24.6:1 | 97% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 19.7 | 24.5:1 | 92% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 23 | 23.5:1 | 99% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 23.5 | 26.4:1 | 98% (606) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 25 | 31.3:1 | 97% (760) |
| 2010-11 | 950 | N/A | N/A | 93% (880) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 41 | 20.1:1 | 75% (616) |
| 1990-91 | 772 | 31 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yucca Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (621 to 495); teachers down 18% (23.5 to 19.2).
About Yucca Elementary
Yucca Elementary is an elementary school in Palmdale, California, reachable at (661) 273-5052. The school had 495 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Palmdale Elementary includes 29 schools. Together they enroll 17,941 students.
At 67%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Yucca Elementary combined. It is also 24% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Yucca Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Teachers at Yucca Elementary total 19.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 96%. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
On BeatsExpectations, Yucca Elementary is 10.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
R. Rex Parris High is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Yucca Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Yucca Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 495, 9% below the 541 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 23.5 to 25.8 over 4 years.
Community posts for Yucca Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Yucca Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Yucca Elementary. Yucca Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- YUCCA ELEMENTARYARTESIA, NM · 354 students
- YUCCA ELEMENTARYALAMOGORDO, NM · 179 students
- Yucca Elementary SchoolYucca, AZ · 27 students
Nearby schools
- R. Rex Parris High0.6 mi · 469
- Palmdale Learning Plaza0.7 mi · 800
- Palm Tree Elementary0.8 mi · 564
- Tumbleweed Elementary1.4 mi · 502
- Ocotillo Elementary1.6 mi · 588
- Dos Caminos Dual Immersion1.7 mi · 945
Frequently asked questions
About Yucca ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Yucca Elementary?
Yucca Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades KG-05.
Is Yucca Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Yucca Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Yucca Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yucca Elementary is approximately 25.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Yucca Elementary?
Student demographics at Yucca Elementary are roughly 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Yucca Elementary?
Yucca 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.