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Manzanita Elementary

Q: Is Manzanita Elementary a good school?

Manzanita Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.3% of California elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Manzanita Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 644 students attended Manzanita Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Manzanita Elementary?

Students at Manzanita Elementary are 94% Hispanic, 4% African American.

Q: What schools do graduates of Manzanita Elementary attend?

Students who attend Manzanita Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy High : William J. (Pete) Knight High

Public Grades K-8

5553^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,804 California Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of California elementary schools

Summary

Manzanita Elementary is a K–8 school in Palmdale Elementary School District serving 644 students in Palmdale, California. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency rates were below both district and state averages in English, math, and science: 23% in English language arts (ELA), 12% in math, and 8% in science. Science was 12 percentage points below the district and 28 below the state, while the math and ELA results were also well behind both. The most important takeaway is that low proficiency across all three core subjects—and especially science—remains the school’s clearest challenge.

Compared with nearby schools, science is a particular weakness: Manzanita’s 8% was the second-lowest reported result, against a nearby-school average of 15%. Its ELA and math results were also below nearby averages of 24% and 18%. There are brighter spots by grade: sixth-grade ELA was 35%, above the district’s 29%, and seventh-grade ELA was 49%, exceeding the district’s 39% and just below the state’s 51%. That seventh-grade result was also higher than the reported result at Innovations Academy of Palmdale (45%). By contrast, fourth-grade math was 10%, compared with 23% in the district and 42% statewide, and below every nearby school with a reported result, including Mesquite Elementary (17%) and Tumbleweed Elementary (34%).

Recent trends are mixed: science fell from 16% in 2023–2024 to 8% in 2025–2026, while the state rate rose from 31% to 36%; ELA, meanwhile, edged up from 22% to 23%. Chronic absenteeism improved by 14 percentage points over five years, reaching 18.1% in 2025–2026—slightly below the state’s 18.3% and below the district’s 24.9%. SchoolDigger ranked Manzanita in the 4th statewide percentile and gave it 0 stars in 2025–2026; its percentile fell from 11th three years earlier. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 23 students per teacher, below the nearby-school average of 26. In 2024–2025, 89% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; California is a statewide-free-meals state, so this eligibility measure does not mean students lack access to free meals.

644

Students ?

23.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,055

Per pupil spending ?

89.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

38620 33rd St.
Palmdale, CA 93550-4232

(661) 947-3128

District: Palmdale Elementary

Students who attend Manzanita Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy
High:	William J. (Pete) Knight High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.3%

African American:

3.6%

White:

0.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (11% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!Science scores 28 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school11%

District avg23%

California avg42%

Elementary school

5,553^rd of 5,804

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▬ steady since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,865^th of 2,703

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 31%

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 20Elementary Schools in the Palmdale Elementary

800^th of 968Palmdale Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	10.6	5553 of 5804	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.2	5400 of 5857	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.7	5237 of 5869	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	5574 of 5859	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	5248 of 5883	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	5645 of 5789	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	5444 of 5662	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	9.9	5499 of 5692	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	11.0	5375 of 5614	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.2	5335 of 5611	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	10.7	5267 of 5530	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.8	5031 of 5390	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	11.1	5165 of 5377	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	35.1	3486 of 5314	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	33.3	3488 of 5193	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2008	25.6	3919 of 5113	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	11.5	4848 of 5113	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	10.1	4623 of 4818	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.5	4564 of 4822	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	13.6	4448 of 4809	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	18.1	546 of 593	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	636 of 661	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	739 of 747	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	605 of 700	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.4	1953 of 2227	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	2183 of 2585	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	2030 of 2128	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.8	2625 of 3162	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	2943 of 3245	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	2500 of 3311	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.2	3243 of 3275	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	3135 of 3246	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	10.7	5365 of 5569	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.1	5300 of 5597	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.9	5201 of 5612	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	5424 of 5609	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	4846 of 5635	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.2	5450 of 5492	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	5199 of 5413	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	14.5	4754 of 5085	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	18.3	4563 of 5107	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	4188 of 5107	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	4533 of 5087	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	4353 of 5084	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	4786 of 4963	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	4511 of 4830	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	12.3	5179 of 5412	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.0	4929 of 5460	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	4844 of 5517	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	5075 of 5363	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	4726 of 5264	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.2	5045 of 5173	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.1	4826 of 5084	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	11.9	5299 of 5590	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.6	5059 of 5628	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	4828 of 5643	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	5248 of 5638	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	5180 of 5663	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	5234 of 5510	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.6	5181 of 5431	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	14.3	2910 of 2920	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.8	2725 of 2847	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2600 of 2635	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	2342 of 2420	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)17th percentile+6 vs school

Disabled (2022)12th percentile~ school

African American (2024)8th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)7th percentile~ school

Male (2026)5th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)<1st percentile-4 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2026)41st percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)40th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2026)32nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)31st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy23%-26 vs state

Listening16%-8 vs state

Mathematics12%-26 vs state

Science8%-28 vs state

Writing8%-9 vs state

Overall4%-6 vs state

Reading3%-5 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)						CSA Spanish Listening (2026)						CSA Spanish Writing (2026)						CSA Spanish Reading (2026)						CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Manzanita Elementary	Public	K-8	38620 33rd St.	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 947-3128	644	28	23.0	89.1%	4 (0.6%)	23 (3.6%)	607 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	10.6	5553^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	4.3%		13.2	5400^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.8%	153	1.3	4.4	1.2	7.8	6.1	3.8	17.5	10.9	20.2	12.5	18.4	15.7	7.5	6.5	4.8	10.9	12.2	7.9	0.0	3.3	2.4	4.7	4.1	2.7	8.0		8.0	16.3	14.4	20.0	34.9	49.0		23.3	17.4	9.9	5.0	18.8	12.2		12.1	97.5	98.4	97.5	97.5	97.5	98.4	$25,055	$23,764	$1,291
Oak Tree Community Day	Public	K-8	38136 35th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-1548	63	8	8.0	—	3 (4.8%)	33 (52.4%)	22 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	4 (6.3%)								(n/a)																										7.1	8.3				0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8				0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
Desert Rose Elementary	Public	K-8	37730 27th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 272-0584	614	24	25.4	91.4%	19 (3.1%)	93 (15.1%)	464 (75.6%)	11 (1.8%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.4%)	18.4	4931^st of 5804 public elementary schools	15.0%		18.8	4940^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.7%	9																									16.1		16.1	30.2	28.0	29.3				29.1	23.3	23.0	12.9				19.2	97.0	98.0			97.0		$24,633	$23,632	$1,001
Tamarisk Elementary	Public	K-5	1843 East Ave. Q5	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 225-9647	664	25	26.2	93.4%	25 (3.8%)	165 (24.8%)	446 (67.2%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.9%)	6	5755^th of 5804 public elementary schools	0.8%		6.6	5795^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.1%	40																									8.5		8.5	8.1	13.0	15.1				11.9	8.9	9.5	4.7				7.9	95.4	98.0		97.4	97.4		$24,952	$23,812	$1,140
Mesquite Elementary	Public	K-5	37622 43rd St. East	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-8376	582	22	26.7	79.0%	27 (4.6%)	60 (10.3%)	461 (79.2%)	7 (1.2%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.4%)	22	4624^th of 5804 public elementary schools	20.3%		18.8	4939^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.7%	315																									24.3		24.3	21.9	28.2	35.6				28.7	23.7	16.7	26.0				22.1							$24,410	$23,394	$1,016
Innovations Academy of Palmdale	Public, Virtual	K-8	37230 37th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 236-0161	409	15	28.0	87.3%	33 (8.1%)	76 (18.6%)	271 (66.3%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.9%)	40.1	3219^th of 5804 public elementary schools	44.5%		24.6	4450^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.0%	1231																									28.0	28.8	28.5	23.3	48.8	42.0	51.9	44.8	36.1	41.9	13.3	29.3	26.0	38.5	53.5	44.4	37.0							$23,644	$22,720	$924
Chaparral Prep Academy	Public	K-5	37500 50th St. East	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-9777	594	22	27.0	87.7%	23 (3.9%)	67 (11.3%)	485 (81.6%)	6 (1.0%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	21.1	4705^th of 5804 public elementary schools	18.9%		23.9	4505^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.1%	200																									15.7		15.7	23.7	20.4	35.7				27.2	32.6	17.2	26.1				25.3							$25,591	$24,394	$1,197
Joshua Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	3030 Fairfield	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 265-9992	581	24	24.4	92.3%	13 (2.2%)	74 (12.7%)	474 (81.6%)	7 (1.2%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.2%)	20.3	4770^th of 5804 public elementary schools	17.8%		14.9	5267^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.1%	497																									18.7		18.7	17.7	32.3	37.1				29.2	17.7	24.7	18.9				20.5							$26,201	$24,918	$1,283
Cimarron Elementary	Public	K-5	36940 45th St. East	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-9780	497	20	25.2	77.9%	15 (3.0%)	51 (10.3%)	410 (82.5%)	5 (1.0%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	21.5	4673^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	19.5%		24.6	4449^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.0%	224																									15.9		15.9	25.4	28.1	31.9				28.4	29.6	30.5	15.9				25.7							$27,501	$26,288	$1,213
Tumbleweed Elementary	Public	K-8	1100 East Avenue R-4	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 273-4166	502	21	24.3	95.0%	8 (1.6%)	35 (7.0%)	447 (89.0%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	28	4149^th of 5804 public elementary schools	28.5%		16.9	5111^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.7%	962	17.7	16.2	8.1	2.0		12.1	43.5	22.1	37.1	2.0		28.7	50.6	35.3	8.1	8.0		28.7	9.4	14.7	0.0	2.0		7.2	12.9		12.9	36.5	50.0	32.3	28.0			37.4	32.9	33.8	16.1	2.0			23.4	95.3		97.2	98.1	96.2	98.1	$26,926	$25,956	$970

Frequently Asked Questions about Manzanita Elementary

What schools do graduates of Manzanita Elementary attend?

Students who attend Manzanita Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy
High : William J. (Pete) Knight High

What district is Manzanita Elementary in?

Palmdale Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Manzanita Elementary?

Students at Manzanita Elementary are 94% Hispanic, 4% African American.

How many students attend Manzanita Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 644 students attended Manzanita Elementary.

Is Manzanita Elementary a good school?

Manzanita Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.3% of California elementary schools.

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