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Las Palmas Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4480th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 23% of California elementary schools
Summary

Las Palmas Elementary serves 642 students in grades K–6 in Patterson, California, as part of Patterson Joint Unified. In 2025–26, its proficiency results were below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The clearest concern is math: 17% of students were proficient, compared with 38% statewide and 20% in the district, and the school scored below the average of nearby elementary schools.

Science is Las Palmas’s relative strength: 26% were proficient, 5 percentage points above the district and nearby-school averages, though 10 points below the state. It scored higher in science than five of the seven nearby K–6 or K–5 schools in the comparison. ELA proficiency was 34%, about 3 points below the district and 15 below the state. Math was the weakest subject against nearby schools too: the school’s 17% result was 8 points below their 25% average, and only Grayson Elementary scored lower. Within the school, grade 6 ELA was a relative bright spot at 45%, 9 points above the district.

Results have moved in different directions: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, science proficiency rose 11 percentage points to 26%, ELA rose 3 points to 34%, and math fell 5 points to 17%. Chronic absenteeism also improved, dropping from 41% in 2021–22 to 18% in 2025–26, matching the state rate. SchoolDigger gives the school 1 star and places it at the 23rd statewide percentile, below its 42nd-percentile standing in 2018–19. In 2024–25, its student–teacher ratio was 21.4, and 84% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show a notably higher standing for Special Education Students—42nd percentile versus 23rd overall in 2025–26—and a lower standing for White Students, at the 6th percentile.

642
Students ?
21.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,532
Per pupil spending ?
83.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 624 West Las Palmas Ave.
       Patterson, CA  95363-2697

(209) 892-4730

District: Patterson Joint Unified


Students who attend Las Palmas Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Creekside Middle
High:    Patterson High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.3%
White:
11.2%
Two or more races:
3.3%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 35th percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school26%
District avg27%
California avg42%
4,480th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 23%▼ down 19 pts since 2016
From bottom 42% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 5Elementary Schools in the Patterson Joint Unified
838th of 968Patterson Joint Unified 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202623.74480 of 580422.8%★☆☆☆☆
202526.14308 of 585726.4%★☆☆☆☆
202422.64619 of 586921.3%★☆☆☆☆
202326.04264 of 585927.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.74377 of 588325.6%★☆☆☆☆
201937.43352 of 578942.1%★★☆☆☆
201836.43379 of 566240.3%★★☆☆☆
201731.33732 of 569234.4%★★☆☆☆
201636.93274 of 561441.7%★★☆☆☆
201530.43674 of 561134.5%★★☆☆☆
201329.04126 of 553025.4%★☆☆☆☆
201224.64336 of 539019.6%★☆☆☆☆
201130.23964 of 537726.3%★☆☆☆☆
201028.93934 of 531426.0%★☆☆☆☆
200925.24054 of 519321.9%★☆☆☆☆
200826.93831 of 511325.1%★☆☆☆☆
200725.53890 of 511323.9%★☆☆☆☆
200628.73406 of 481829.3%★☆☆☆☆
200532.13152 of 482234.6%★★☆☆☆
200439.52662 of 480944.6%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202233.11346 of 222739.6%★★☆☆☆
201936.91433 of 258544.6%★★☆☆☆
201834.61242 of 212841.6%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202436.82048 of 316235.2%★★☆☆☆
202347.81303 of 324559.8%★★★☆☆
202244.61499 of 331154.7%★★★☆☆
201965.1673 of 327579.5%★★★★☆
201850.21246 of 324661.6%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202630.03859 of 556930.7%★★☆☆☆
202527.14074 of 559727.2%★☆☆☆☆
202422.84446 of 561220.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.93869 of 560931.0%★★☆☆☆
202230.73660 of 563535.0%★★☆☆☆
201929.83842 of 549230.0%★★☆☆☆
201825.64122 of 541323.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202629.53771 of 508525.8%★☆☆☆☆
202534.73398 of 510733.5%★★☆☆☆
202428.53833 of 510724.9%★☆☆☆☆
202336.13216 of 508736.8%★★☆☆☆
202232.53486 of 508431.4%★★☆☆☆
201942.92763 of 496344.3%★★☆☆☆
201841.52765 of 483042.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.54210 of 541222.2%★☆☆☆☆
202530.33960 of 546027.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.34121 of 551725.3%★☆☆☆☆
202333.03652 of 536331.9%★★☆☆☆
202232.13666 of 526430.4%★★☆☆☆
201950.12395 of 517353.7%★★★☆☆
201842.72838 of 508444.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.84720 of 559015.6%★☆☆☆☆
202525.94206 of 562825.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.74389 of 564322.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.74286 of 563824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202220.54666 of 566317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201945.22722 of 551050.6%★★★☆☆
201845.12717 of 543150.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202636.31704 of 292041.6%★★☆☆☆
202522.82427 of 284714.8%★☆☆☆☆
202418.92449 of 26357.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202331.31580 of 242034.7%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.82375 of 25326.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.92360 of 25989.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.32645 of 26610.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201953.81429 of 283449.6%★★☆☆☆
201837.11890 of 273730.9%★★☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2026)42nd percentile+19 vs school
Disabled (2022)40th percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile+14 vs school
Female (2026)31st percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2026)26th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)22nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)16th percentile-7 vs school
White (2026)6th percentile-17 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy34%-15 vs state
Science26%-10 vs state
Mathematics17%-21 vs state

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Students at Las Palmas Elementary are 81% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 642 students attended Las Palmas Elementary.

Las Palmas Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.8% of California elementary schools.

Students who attend Las Palmas Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Creekside Middle
High : Patterson High

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 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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