Palms Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 16.6% |
| Met Standard | 15.8% |
| Below Standard | 67.6% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Palms Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
16.6% of students exceeded standard while 15.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 4.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.5 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 39.9% exceeded — 23.3 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 23.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 31.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 39 | 28.2% | 23.1% | 51.3% |
| 4th | 42 | 21.4% | 14.3% | 35.7% |
| 5th | 37 | 13.5% | 21.6% | 35.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 41 | 24.4% | 14.6% | 39.0% |
| 4th | 44 | 6.8% | 18.2% | 25.0% |
| 5th | 38 | 5.3% | 2.6% | 7.9% |
Nearby schools
24 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 59.4