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.
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8.0
Student/teacher ratio
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$63,877
Per pupil spending
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66.7%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25)
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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)