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Mesquite Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4939^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 16% of California elementary schools

Summary

Mesquite Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 582 students in the Palmdale Elementary School District, facing significant academic challenges with performance well below state averages.

Academically, the school has strengths and weaknesses when compared to its neighbors; it performs slightly better in math than schools like Manzanita Elementary and Joshua Hills Elementary, but struggles more in English. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with about one in three students missing too much school, though this rate is lower than at Desert Rose Elementary. The school operates with larger class sizes than nearby schools like Buena Vista Elementary.

Performance varies greatly from grade to grade and from year to year for different groups of students, indicating inconsistent support. The school's overall state ranking has declined over the past decade. Interestingly, Innovations Academy of Palmdale, a nearby school with similar demographics, achieves better academic results and has much better attendance, showing that improvement is possible. The analysis suggests targeted efforts to improve attendance and ensure consistent, high-quality teaching across all grades are needed for progress.

582

Students ?

26.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,388

Per pupil spending ?

79%

Free/discounted lunch ?

37622 43rd St. East
Palmdale, CA 93552-3647

(661) 285-8376

District: Palmdale Elementary

Students who attend Mesquite Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet Academy
High:	William J. (Pete) Knight High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.2%

African American:

10.3%

White:

4.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 15th percentile in 2013 → 16th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg23%

California avg41%

4,939^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 19 pts since 2015

From bottom 35% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 20Elementary Schools in the Palmdale Elementary

1309^th of 1,543Palmdale 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	4939 of 5857	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	4980 of 5869	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	4991 of 5859	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	5182 of 5883	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.7	4294 of 5789	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	4447 of 5662	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.8	4446 of 5692	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.7	4121 of 5614	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.8	3639 of 5611	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	20.7	4692 of 5530	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.3	4629 of 5390	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	17.5	4827 of 5377	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	31.5	3743 of 5314	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.1	3972 of 5193	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	21.0	4271 of 5113	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.9	4378 of 5113	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	16.8	4234 of 4818	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	24.8	3631 of 4822	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	42.1	2538 of 4809	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	70.4	124 of 593	79.1%	★★★★☆
2023	22.9	561 of 661	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.3	437 of 663	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.4	568 of 747	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.5	385 of 700	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	42.4	1004 of 2227	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.4	1879 of 2585	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.7	1547 of 2128	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.3	2396 of 3162	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	49.9	1201 of 3245	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.9	1963 of 3311	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.6	1689 of 3275	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.8	2014 of 3246	38.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	4765 of 5597	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	5084 of 5612	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	4954 of 5609	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	5134 of 5635	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.5	3943 of 5492	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	4555 of 5413	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	3981 of 5107	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	4193 of 5107	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	3610 of 5087	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	4070 of 5084	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.0	2756 of 4963	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.2	3398 of 4830	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	4441 of 5460	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	4616 of 5517	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	4323 of 5363	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	4473 of 5264	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.5	3468 of 5173	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.0	3695 of 5084	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.8	4715 of 5628	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.8	4472 of 5643	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	4589 of 5638	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	4667 of 5663	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.4	4246 of 5510	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.8	3787 of 5431	30.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.4	2399 of 2847	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	1999 of 2420	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2024)79th percentile+64 vs school

Disabled (2022)55th percentile+43 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)24th percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile~ school

Female (2025)15th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics20%-17 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 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 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 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 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
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%)	18.8	4939^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.7%		18.5	4980^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.1%	41																					12.7		12.7	19.8	37.3	27.5				28.1	25.5	23.5	11.0				19.9							$17,388	$2,703	$14,685
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%)	24.6	4450^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.0%		10.2	5677^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.3%	1227																					14.0	21.1	18.4	31.4	30.4	32.6	32.7	32.9	28.2	31.2	37.1	19.6	20.9	23.1	28.6	25.4	25.4							$17,913	$2,136	$15,777
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%)	23.9	4505^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.1%		19.2	4927^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.1%	422																					24.5		24.5	22.3	19.5	38.7				26.8	30.2	17.7	27.4				24.8							$19,154	$2,900	$16,254
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%)	24.6	4449^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.0%		14.2	5377^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.4%	928																					18.4		18.4	36.6	25.0	31.0				31.3	37.8	20.0	14.9				24.4							$20,816	$2,938	$17,878
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	100.0%	3 (4.8%)	33 (52.4%)	22 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	4 (6.3%)								(n/a)																						6.7	4.0				0.0	0.0	6.7	1.5				0.0	0.0	6.7	1.5							$71,680	$3,676	$68,004
Yellen Learning Center	Public	K-8	37015 Goldenview Way	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 456-1600	58	11	5.4	86.2%	3 (5.2%)	36 (62.1%)	19 (32.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																						0.0	0.0				5.9		0.0	1.6				6.3		0.0	1.8							$113,889	$4,422	$109,467
Buena Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	37005 Hillcrest Dr.	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-4158	573	26	21.8	77.7%	29 (5.1%)	71 (12.4%)	455 (79.4%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	21.8	4688^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.0%		17.7	5059^th of 5869 public elementary schools	13.8%	371																					16.7		16.7	23.9	29.1	37.2				29.8	25.0	31.4	9.0				22.2							$21,725	$2,995	$18,730
Manzanita Elementary	Public	K-6	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%)	13.2	5400^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.8%		15.7	5237^th of 5869 public elementary schools	10.8%	163	6.5	9.2	2.6	7.7	6.5	19.6	11.5	23.7	9.6	16.6	6.5	13.8	2.6	19.2	9.8	3.3	6.9	0.0	3.9	3.6	14.3		14.3	10.1	17.5	25.8	39.6			20.7	11.9	10.7	15.2	17.0			13.2	97.5	98.4	97.5	97.5	97.5	98.4	$18,752	$2,811	$15,941
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%)	18.8	4940^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.7%		13.1	5467^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.8%	527																					21.3		21.3	24.8	21.7	28.7				24.8	31.7	16.0	14.9				20.8	97.0	98.0			97.0		$17,755	$2,665	$15,090
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%)	14.9	5267^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.1%		12.2	5537^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.7%	270																					5.3		5.3	32.3	25.0	16.8				24.3	28.1	20.4	5.3				17.3							$18,791	$2,748	$16,043

Frequently Asked Questions about Mesquite Elementary

How many students attend Mesquite Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 582 students attended Mesquite Elementary.

Is Mesquite Elementary a good school?

Mesquite Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.7% of California elementary schools.

What district is Mesquite Elementary in?

Palmdale Elementary

What schools do graduates of Mesquite Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mesquite Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet Academy
High : William J. (Pete) Knight High

What is the racial makeup of Mesquite Elementary?

Students at Mesquite Elementary are 79% Hispanic, 10% African American, 5% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian.

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