Is Las Palmas Elementary a good school?

Las Palmas Elementary ranks 2137 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Las Palmas Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 725 students attended Las Palmas Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Las Palmas Elementary?

Students at Las Palmas Elementary are 52% Hispanic, 40% White, 8% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Las Palmas Elementary attend?

Students who attend Las Palmas Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Bernice Ayer Middle High : San Clemente High

Las Palmas Elementary

Summary:

Las Palmas Elementary is a public elementary school in San Clemente, California, serving 725 students in grades K-5 and part of the Capistrano Unified School District.

While Las Palmas Elementary has some strengths, such as effectively serving its special education and disabled student populations, the school faces several challenges. Its test scores are generally lower than the district and state averages, with only 43.29% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 70.24% for the district and 47.04% for California. Las Palmas also has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 28.7%, well above the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 50.48%, much higher than the 18.33% at the closest comparable school, Truman Benedict Elementary.

When compared to other nearby high-performing schools in the Capistrano Unified School District, such as Truman Benedict Elementary and Vista del Mar Elementary, Las Palmas Elementary generally underperforms, particularly in test scores and chronic absenteeism. This suggests that Las Palmas may have room for improvement in aligning its practices and resources with those of the top-performing schools in the district.

Detail:

Public K-5

1101 Calle Puente
San Clemente, CA 92672-5019

(949) 234-5333

District: Capistrano Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2137^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,661

Students who attend Las Palmas Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Bernice Ayer Middle
High:	San Clemente High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.1

Number of students: 725

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

52.0%

White:

39.9%

Two or more races:

7.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Las Palmas Elementary ranks better than 63.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 29^th among 34 ranked elementary schools in the Capistrano Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.1. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (52%), White (39.9%), two or more races (7.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Las Palmas Elementary is 24.1. 17 elementary schools in the Capistrano Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Las Palmas Elementary employs 30 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Las Palmas Elementary is $9,661. 17 elementary schools in the Capistrano Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Las Palmas Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Las Palmas Elementary 2137^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Las Palmas Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Capistrano Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Capistrano Unified 204^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Las Palmas Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	34.21	2989^th	4809	37.8%
2005	28.47	3375^th	4822	30.0%
2006	40.96	2665^th	4818	44.7%
2007	38.93	2976^th	5113	41.8%
2008	45.75	2624^th	5113	48.7%
2009	57.14	2066^th	5193	60.2%
2010	38.93	3237^th	5314	39.1%
2011	49.99	2600^th	5377	51.6%
2012	53.24	2435^th	5390	54.8%
2013	47.39	2837^th	5530	48.7%
2015	55.38	2156^th	5611	61.6%
2016	58.85	2052^nd	5614	63.4%
2017	55.45	2255^th	5692	60.4%
2018	67.08	1717^th	5662	69.7%
2019	61.08	2012^th	5789	65.2%
2022	63.65	1862^nd	5883	68.3%
2023	66.89	1713^th	5874	70.8%
2024	58.10	2137^th	5862	63.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	71.64	184^th	610	69.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.10	1068^th	3246	67.1%
2019	38.39	1889^th	3275	42.3%
2022	43.15	1596^th	3311	51.8%
2023	43.91	1562^nd	3250	51.9%
2024	25.87	2792^nd	3160	11.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	80.04	308^th	2420	87.3%
2024	75.27	423^rd	2634	83.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.97	2361^st	5084	53.6%
2019	36.29	3405^th	5173	34.2%
2022	32.80	3595^th	5264	31.7%
2023	44.83	2713^th	5374	49.5%
2024	32.95	3701^st	5511	32.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	46.47	170^th	356	52.2%
2023	50.99	135^th	336	59.8%
2024	44.96	192^nd	364	47.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.80	1611^th	5413	70.2%
2019	58.01	2050^th	5492	62.7%
2022	60.27	1921^st	5635	65.9%
2023	63.45	1789^th	5617	68.2%
2024	56.03	2124^th	5605	62.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.96	320^th	2128	85.0%
2019	73.82	444^th	2585	82.8%
2022	68.25	444^th	2227	80.1%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	54.29	47^th	118	60.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.44	1786^th	5431	67.1%
2019	61.95	1871^st	5510	66.0%
2022	65.64	1700^th	5663	70.0%
2023	68.47	1573^rd	5650	72.2%
2024	59.18	2019^th	5636	64.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.02	2229^th	4830	53.9%
2019	45.39	2581^st	4963	48.0%
2022	48.60	2301^st	5084	54.7%
2023	51.50	2155^th	5098	57.7%
2024	41.29	2880^th	5102	43.6%

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Rank History for White students at Las Palmas Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	78.01	513^th	2737	81.3%
2019	71.02	780^th	2834	72.5%
2022	65.37	979^th	2726	64.1%
2023	69.87	806^th	2662	69.7%
2024	59.50	1145^th	2647	56.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Las Palmas Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	293	4	8	156	2	n/a	n/a	0	463
1989	491	11	17	211	2	n/a	n/a	0	732
1990	455	12	16	302	1	n/a	n/a	0	786
1991	463	12	16	335	0	n/a	n/a	0	826
1992	397	19	14	359	0	n/a	n/a	0	789
1993	406	21	11	404	0	n/a	n/a	0	842
1994	303	12	5	369	0	n/a	n/a	0	689
1995	169	12	6	433	0	n/a	n/a	0	620
1996	169	12	6	433	0	n/a	n/a	0	620
1997	151	13	6	477	0	n/a	n/a	0	647
1998	157	6	7	512	2	n/a	n/a	0	684
1999	156	2	7	524	0	n/a	n/a	0	689
2000	166	6	7	529	1	n/a	n/a	0	709
2001	151	4	4	580	0	n/a	n/a	0	739
2002	137	2	3	496	0	n/a	n/a	19	657
2003	137	2	3	496	0	n/a	n/a	19	657
2004	152	5	6	439	0	n/a	n/a	43	645
2005	150	3	8	442	0	n/a	n/a	53	656
2006	156	2	8	421	0	n/a	n/a	65	652
2007	175	5	8	406	0	n/a	n/a	55	649
2008	206	2	2	397	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	607
2009	186	1	3	363	0	0	120	0	673
2010	201	0	3	445	0	0	37	0	686
2011	230	0	3	446	1	0	34	0	714
2012	257	0	5	459	1	0	30	0	752
2013	265	0	7	464	1	0	32	0	769
2014	259	1	8	494	1	2	33	0	798
2015	280	1	8	497	1	2	31	0	820
2016	290	2	7	513	1	1	31	0	845
2017	325	1	6	480	0	1	43	0	856
2018	349	2	5	466	0	1	52	0	875
2019	381	2	3	453	0	0	50	0	889
2020	389	2	2	433	0	0	61	0	887
2021	328	2	2	413	0	0	56	0	801
2022	301	2	1	373	0	0	60	0	737
2023	289	2	2	377	0	0	55	0	725

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Las Palmas Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	463	21.0	22.0	n/a
1989	732	33.0	22.1	n/a
1990	786	33.0	23.8	n/a
1991	826	36.0	22.9	n/a
1992	789	36.6	21.5	50.8
1993	842	31.0	27.2	59.9
1994	689	29.0	23.8	71.6
1995	620	23.0	27.0	90.2
1996	620	23.0	27.0	90.2
1997	647	27.0	24.0	94.6
1998	684	34.0	20.1	91.4
1999	689	35.0	19.7	88.1
2000	709	36.0	19.7	86.2
2001	739	35.0	21.1	89.2
2002	657	33.0	19.9	99.7
2003	657	33.0	19.9	99.7
2004	645	29.0	22.2	83.9
2005	656	31.0	21.2	63.8
2006	652	31.2	20.9	65.8
2007	649	35.0	18.5	67.3
2008	607	38.0	16.0	77.8
2009	673	33.0	19.2	59.6
2010	686	32.0	21.4	55.7
2011	714	n/a	n/a	52.7
2012	752	31.8	23.6	n/a
2013	769	29.4	26.1	51.2
2014	798	29.0	27.5	48.7
2015	820	30.0	27.3	49.5
2016	845	30.0	28.1	48.6
2017	856	31.0	27.6	45.6
2018	875	31.0	28.2	46.4
2019	889	30.0	29.6	44
2020	887	n/a	n/a	43.1
2021	801	29.1	27.4	40.8
2022	737	30.0	24.5	38.7
2023	725	30.0	24.1	50.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Las Palmas Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	463	21.0	22.0	n/a
1989	732	33.0	22.1	n/a
1990	786	33.0	23.8	n/a
1991	826	36.0	22.9	n/a
1992	789	36.6	21.5	50.8
1993	842	31.0	27.2	59.9
1994	689	29.0	23.8	71.6
1995	620	23.0	27.0	90.2
1996	620	23.0	27.0	90.2
1997	647	27.0	24.0	94.6
1998	684	34.0	20.1	91.4
1999	689	35.0	19.7	88.1
2000	709	36.0	19.7	86.2
2001	739	35.0	21.1	89.2
2002	657	33.0	19.9	99.7
2003	657	33.0	19.9	99.7
2004	645	29.0	22.2	83.9
2005	656	31.0	21.2	63.8
2006	652	31.2	20.9	65.8
2007	649	35.0	18.5	67.3
2008	607	38.0	16.0	77.8
2009	673	33.0	19.2	59.6
2010	686	32.0	21.4	55.7
2011	714	n/a	n/a	52.7
2012	752	31.8	23.6	n/a
2013	769	29.4	26.1	51.2
2014	798	29.0	27.5	48.7
2015	820	30.0	27.3	49.5
2016	845	30.0	28.1	48.6
2017	856	31.0	27.6	45.6
2018	875	31.0	28.2	46.4
2019	889	30.0	29.6	44
2020	887	n/a	n/a	43.1
2021	801	29.1	27.4	40.8
2022	737	30.0	24.5	38.7
2023	725	30.0	24.1	50.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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