Community day school · Palmdale Elementary · Palmdale, California

Oak Tree Community Day

Palmdale · K–8 · 63 students (2024–25)

38136 35th Street East, 93550palmdalesd.org ↗(661) 285-1548

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Common questions

How are students placed here?

Students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion. Confirm placement with Palmdale Elementary. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, no student scored Advanced in English (reading and writing) or math. Every student scored below the standard in English and math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

55 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (64 of 116), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 30.2% of students (39 of 129) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

In grades 6–8, spring 2026, none of the students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English; none did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 38 in English, 40 in math
Comparison
None shown: students here are placed rather than chosen, so other schools’ students are not a like group.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 38 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
0%
Below the standard
100%

0% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 40 tested

Advanced
0%
Proficient
0%
Below the standard
100%

0% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancednot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Advancednot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Proficientnot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelnot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Minimalnot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Testednot on file610
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced0%0%0%
Advanced0%0%0%
Proficient0%0%0%
Developing level18%8%7%
Minimal82%92%93%
Tested111314

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancednot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Advancednot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Proficientnot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelnot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Minimalnot on filesuppressedsuppressed
Testednot on file610
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced0%0%0%
Advanced0%0%0%
Proficient0%0%0%
Developing level0%7%0%
Minimal100%93%100%
Tested111514

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 2% to 0% and math from 2% to 0%.

English · top two levels · grades 6–8

20252%44 tested
→
20260%38 tested

This school

Math · top two levels · grades 6–8

20252%44 tested
→
20260%40 tested

This school

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 6–8 · This school0%0%11%89%38
Math, grades 6–8 · This school0%0%3%97%40

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026.

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20175 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 6–8
This school
0%50%100%2017202220260%
Math top two levels, grades 6–8
This school
0%50%100%2017202220260%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

2026 was the lowest year in this series in both subjects. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis school
20175%
56 tested
2019—
20235%
44 tested
20252%
44 tested
20260%
38 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 6–8
YearThis school
20172%
57 tested
20194%
54 tested
20232%
44 tested
20252%
44 tested
20260%
40 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Oak Tree Community Day’s results?

The state has Oak Tree Community Day in extra targeted support; Palmdale Elementary’s board decides its plan.

Students at Oak Tree Community Day are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 3rd year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for Black or African American students and students with disabilities. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

The state is giving Palmdale Elementary extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Palmdale Elementary: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Palmdale Elementary’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Palmdale Elementary’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

55 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 30.2% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 64 of 116 students counted for it; suspension: 39 of 129 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

55 in 100This school

64 of 116 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

30.2%

of students were suspended at least once (39 of 129).

Ask: How does the school bring back students who are missing school, and what has it changed?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades K–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 57 in 100, 21 of 37
  • Grades 7–8: 61 in 100, 34 of 56
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Oak Tree Community Day

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Teach here? Tell us Palmdale Elementary’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 51%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 51%2. Black or African American: 44%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino51%
  2. Black or African American44%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share5%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

100%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 63 of 63.

10teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

56%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school set learning goals for each student placed here, and how does it share progress with families?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino51%
Black or African American44%
White—
Asian—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 56% of teaching positions, 4.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 8.5 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How are students placed here?

Confirm placement with Palmdale Elementary.

School website: palmdalesd.org ↗Office: (661) 285-1548Administrator: Fred Gatlin

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
38136 35th Street East, Palmdale 93550

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm placement with Palmdale Elementary.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?
  2. How does the school bring back students who are missing school, and what has it changed? 55 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (64 of 116 students)
  3. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Office (661) 285-154838136 35th Street East, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English560%2%
2026 · Math580%2%
2025 · English660%2%
2025 · Math660%2%
2024 · English620%0%
2024 · Math620%0%
2023 · English572%5%
2023 · Math570%2%
2022 · English500%10%
2022 · Math490%0%
2019 · English680%1%
2019 · Math710%4%
2018 · English700%3%
2018 · Math750%0%
2017 · English780%4%
2017 · Math800%1%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English——
2025 · Grade 4 · English9—
2025 · Grade 5 · English10—
2025 · Grade 6 · English110%
2025 · Grade 7 · English180%
2025 · Grade 8 · English157%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math——
2025 · Grade 4 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math10—
2025 · Grade 6 · Math110%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math180%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math157%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4—
2024 · Grade 4 · English7—
2024 · Grade 5 · English7—
2024 · Grade 6 · English8—
2024 · Grade 7 · English160%
2024 · Grade 8 · English200%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math4—
2024 · Grade 4 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 5 · Math7—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math160%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math200%
2023 · Grade 3 · English5—
2023 · Grade 4 · English4—
2023 · Grade 5 · English4—
2023 · Grade 6 · English128%
2023 · Grade 7 · English140%
2023 · Grade 8 · English186%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math128%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math150%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math170%
2022 · Grade 3 · English——
2022 · Grade 4 · English5—
2022 · Grade 5 · English9—
2022 · Grade 6 · English8—
2022 · Grade 7 · English10—
2022 · Grade 8 · English1513%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math——
2022 · Grade 4 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math150%
2019 · Grade 3 · English5—
2019 · Grade 4 · English10—
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English10—
2019 · Grade 7 · English220%
2019 · Grade 8 · English190%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math5—
2019 · Grade 4 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math119%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math244%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math190%
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English110%
2018 · Grade 5 · English119%
2018 · Grade 6 · English166%
2018 · Grade 7 · English190%
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math110%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math120%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math180%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math210%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English110%
2017 · Grade 6 · English180%
2017 · Grade 7 · English195%
2017 · Grade 8 · English1911%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math120%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math180%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math190%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math205%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide240%8%25%67%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1520Moderate−1420Moderate
English-only students−1120not categorized−1720not categorized
Low-income−1420Moderate−1420Moderate
Black or African American−1514Moderate−2314Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−15 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

20 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −15 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate.

State model · math−14 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

20 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 57 in 100 → 2025–26 · 55 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 27.1% (35 of 129) → 2025–26 · 30.2% (39 of 129) · +3.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female51 in 10067 in 100
Male56 in 10052 in 100
Black or African American59 in 10059 in 100
Hispanic or Latino49 in 10049 in 100
Students with disabilities66 in 10058 in 100
English learners46 in 10043 in 100
Foster youth46 in 100—
Low-income55 in 10057 in 100
All students54 in 10055 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,361 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 17,525 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$1,290 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 63

Central federal expenditures attributed here$438 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 63

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,456 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 60%Instruction support 11%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$208,574,23659.47%60%
Instruction support$39,726,95111.33%11%
Student services$42,683,15512.17%12%
Administration$23,730,3926.77%7%
Buildings & maintenance$34,464,7089.83%10%
Total$350,715,879100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $350,715,879 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,361 per pupil
2020$14,286 per pupil
2019$13,697 per pupil
2018$12,106 per pupil
2017$11,281 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93550 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93550 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$62,078
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10%
ZIP-area population80,645
Median age30.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 93550 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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