English: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 3–5, spring 2026
- Palms
- 36%Advanced: 19%
- La Ballona
- Clearly ahead: 50%Advanced: 27%
- California
- 46%Advanced: 24%
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Palms and La Ballona
La Ballona is at the 59th percentile and Palms the 37th among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). La Ballona’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher; math is close between the two.
Palms 37th
La Ballona 59th
California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Palms 37th
La Ballona 59th
California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
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How do their test results compare?
From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school. California: the same grades statewide.
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Grades 3–5, spring 2026
- Palms
- 32%Advanced: 13%
- La Ballona
- 41%Advanced: 19%
- California
- 42%Advanced: 21%
Do students show up and stay in class?
Average school: the average California elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Missed 10% or more of school days · 2025–26 school year
- Palms
- 26 in 10061 of 236 students
- La Ballona
- Clearly ahead: 12 in 10065 of 546 students
- Average school
- 17 in 100
Suspended at least once
2025–26 school year
- Palms
- 0.4%1 of 248 students enrolled at any point in the year
- La Ballona
- 0.2%1 of 549 students enrolled at any point in the year
- Average school
- 1.6%
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state’s matched growth measure compares each student’s results with what the state expected from their earlier scores.
State growth measure, points vs expected
Grades 4–5, spring 2025 · students with scores in both years
- Palms
- −4 pts English −5 pts mathThe state calls both Average · 71 students
- La Ballona
- +6 pts English −7 pts mathThe state calls them Accelerated in English and Moderate in math · 173 students in English, 172 in math
How are they scored, who runs them, and how big are they?
Percentile among California elementary schools, with the Scope Score
Spring 2026 tests
- Palms
- 37th percentileDevelopingScope Score 30
- La Ballona
- 59th percentileSolidScope Score 40
Who runs the school
- Palms
- Los Angeles Unified
- La Ballona
- Culver City Unified
Teachers in their first year
2024–25 school year
- Palms
- 0%
- La Ballona
- 0%
Average years of teaching experience
2024–25 school year
- Palms
- 14
- La Ballona
- 10
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Students per teacher
Public schools: federal school directory, 2024–25 · a staffing ratio, not class size
- Palms
- 16
- La Ballona
- 21
Grades offered
- Palms
- TK–5
- La Ballona
- TK–5
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. A ✓ marks a figure ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error (on chronic absence, ahead means lower). Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts; “chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The absence and suspension references are the average California school we score at these schools’ level, each school counted once. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8, from the state’s spring 2025 release. Students per teacher is from the federal school directory, 2024–25, which also lists enrollment: Palms Elementary 229; La Ballona Elementary 531. Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only).