📍 12915 Ave. 419, Orosi, Tulare County, 93647
Palm Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Orosi, Tulare County. The school has 567 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yovana Castillo. It is part of the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
Palm Elementary enrolls 567 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% Asian and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 543 | 96% |
| Asian | 14 | 2.5% |
| White | 9 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
535 of the school's 567 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palm Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Palm Elementary is one of 8 schools in Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified, based in Orosi, California. The district serves 3,815 students district-wide and employs 193 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 567 students, Palm Elementary is larger than the district average of about 477 students per school.