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La Canada Unified

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At a glance

5^thof 1,530 California districts▲ 2

Better than 99% of California districts

Elementary 3 High 1Grades K-12

4490 Cornishon Ave.
La Canada, CA 91011-3243·(818) 952-8304·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 99.7% of districts

Schools

3,979

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedPalm Crest Elementary9^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Paradise Canyon Elementary up 41 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

La Canada Unified has four schools serving grades K–12: three elementary schools for grades K–6 and one high school for grades 7–12, with 3,979 students in total. In 2025–2026, every school scored above the state figure in all three reported subjects; the schools’ average results were 39 percentage points above the state in ELA, 47 in Math, and 49 in Science. The clearest area-wide finding is that results are strong compared with the state, although Science shows the widest gap among the schools.

Palm Crest Elementary stands out at the top, leading the all-grades results in ELA (91%), Math (90%), and Science (92%). Its Science score was 16 points above La Canada Elementary, which had the lowest ELA (86%) and Science (77%) results; La Canada Elementary’s Science result is also 13 points below Paradise Canyon Elementary (90%). La Canada High had the lowest Math result, at 83%, 8 points below Palm Crest. Paradise Canyon’s Science result rose 10 points from the previous year.

Science improved at all four schools between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, with the equal-weight school average rising 11 points; ELA and Math averages changed little. SchoolDigger ranks Palm Crest 9th, Paradise Canyon 42nd, La Canada Elementary 79th, and La Canada High 24th statewide, and gives all four schools five stars. Among the elementary schools, Palm Crest has the lowest student-teacher ratio (22.5), compared with 24.7 at Paradise Canyon and 25.4 at La Canada Elementary. Each school reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for SY 2024–2025: about 5% at the high school and at Palm Crest and Paradise Canyon, and 7% at La Canada Elementary; these are context, not an explanation for results. Because the high school serves grades 7–12 while the other schools serve K–6, their all-grades scores do not reflect the same grade mix.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
La Canada Elementary	Public	K-6	4540 Encinas Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 952-8350	633	25	25.4	6.8%	268 (42.3%)	3 (0.5%)	71 (11.2%)	199 (31.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	91 (14.4%)	97.8	80^th of 5817 public elementary schools	98.6%		97.9	78^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.7%	2	76.6			76.6	80.0	91.5	86.2	84.7				85.7	80.2	87.2	81.9	82.7				83.1	95%	0%	$25,055	$25,000	$55
La Canada High	Public	7-12	4463 Oak Grove Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 952-4205	1,989	86	23.0	4.7%	876 (44.0%)	7 (0.4%)	266 (13.4%)	620 (31.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	218 (11.0%)	98.2	24^th of 2135 public high schools	98.9%		98.9	18^th of 2162 public high schools	99.2%	6		82.2	77.4	79.8					89.8	88.2	88.8	89.0					89.0	80.6	77.6	82.7			$24,559	$24,222	$337
Paradise Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	471 Knight Way	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 952-8340	715	29	24.7	4.8%	293 (41.0%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (12.0%)	242 (33.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (13.0%)	98.3	42^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	99.3%		97.9	83^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	98.6%	41	89.8			89.8	86.1	81.9	89.8	89.5				86.8	89.5	82.8	80.6	84.8				84.2	≥ 99%		$23,281	$23,138	$143
Palm Crest Elementary	Public	K-6	5025 Palm Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 952-8360	642	28	22.5	4.8%	243 (37.9%)	1 (0.2%)	89 (13.9%)	223 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (13.4%)	99.1	9^th of 5817 public elementary schools	99.8%		98.3	40^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.3%	31	92.4			92.4	89.5	88.8	92.3	92.3				90.7	94.2	89.8	85.9	92.4				90.5	98%	0%	$25,743	$25,408	$335

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Glendale Unified	1.61 mi	34	363^rd
Los Angeles County Office of Education	2.63 mi	34	1338^th
Odyssey Charter District	2.63 mi	1	155^th
Pasadena Unified	2.78 mi	27	725^th
OCS - South District	3.36 mi	1	322^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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