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Oak Tree Community Day

Public Grades K-8
Summary

Oak Tree Community Day is a K–8 school in Palmdale, California, serving 63 students in the Palmdale Elementary district. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were low in all three tested subjects: 2% in English language arts (ELA), 2% in math, and 8% in science. Attendance is the most urgent concern: 55% of students were chronically absent, the highest rate among the nearby schools in the supplied comparison.

Oak Tree’s test results trail both the district and state in every subject, and are among the lowest of nearby K–8 schools. Compared with state proficiency rates of 49% in ELA, 38% in math, and 36% in science, Oak Tree was behind by 47, 37, and 28 percentage points, respectively; the gaps with the district were 31, 19, and 11 points. Science is its relative bright spot: Oak Tree scored above two of the five nearby K–8 schools, though below the other three, and its 8% result was 6 points below their average. ELA is weakest: Oak Tree ranked last among the six K–8 schools in ELA and math. Its absenteeism rate was 30 points above the district, 37 points above the state, and 12 points above the next-highest nearby school, Tamarisk Elementary.

Science has improved over time, but ELA and math remain very low: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, science rose from 0% to 8%, while ELA fell from 5% to 2% and math stayed close to 2%. Chronic absenteeism eased from 60% in 2021–2022 to 55% in 2025–2026, but remains high. Oak Tree’s 8:1 student–teacher ratio is the second-lowest among nearby schools, yet this coincides with weak test results and attendance in the supplied data. The school reported 67% directly certified for free meals in 2024–2025 and is flagged as likely participating in Community Eligibility. SchoolDigger’s latest supplied rating for Oak Tree is old: in 2017–2018, it ranked 5,655 of 5,662 schools, at the 0th percentile, with 0 stars; there is no recent Oak Tree ranking for a fair comparison with nearby schools.

63
Students ?
8.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$63,877
Per pupil spending ?
66.7%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)
All students in California receive free school meals.
Not published
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
 38136 35th St. East
       Palmdale, CA  93550-5003

(661) 285-1548

District: Palmdale Elementary

Racial breakdown:

African American:
52.4%
Hispanic:
34.9%
Two or more races:
6.3%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2017 → <1st in 2018
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (3% vs 42% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (55% vs 18% California)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 47 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school3%
District avg26%
California avg42%
2,725th of 2,740
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
1212th of 1,530Palmdale 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20183.05655 of 56620.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.35688 of 56920.1%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20263.62725 of 27400.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.22729 of 27611.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.72782 of 27830.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.92758 of 27810.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.62718 of 27400.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.52696 of 27150.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.92478 of 24800.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.32491 of 25080.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.52471 of 24971.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.62464 of 24770.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.72374 of 23790.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.62250 of 22590.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.82226 of 22360.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20101.92173 of 21790.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20245.22379 of 23880.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.52499 of 25291.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.22478 of 25422.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.02576 of 25790.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.52511 of 25310.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.72427 of 24581.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.12346 of 23691.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.02229 of 22300.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20262.82514 of 25140.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.32546 of 25520.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.42384 of 24071.0%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2024)<1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Science8%-28 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy2%-47 vs state
Mathematics2%-37 vs state

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Students at Oak Tree Community Day are 52% African American, 35% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

In the 2024-25 school year, 63 students attended Oak Tree Community Day.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026


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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