📍 40521 35th St. W., Palmdale, Los Angeles County, 93551
Esperanza Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palmdale, Los Angeles County. The school has 950 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kathryn Conner. It is part of the Westside Union Elementary school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
Esperanza Elementary enrolls 950 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 7.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 576 | 61% |
| White | 187 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 73 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 55 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
583 of the school's 950 students (61%) 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.
Esperanza Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Esperanza Elementary is one of 12 schools in Westside Union Elementary, based in Quartz Hill, California. The district serves 9,078 students district-wide and employs 346 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 950 students, Esperanza Elementary is larger than the district average of about 757 students per school.
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