This link takes you to a statistics page that will bend your brain when you look at it. Much more instructive is a report done by Bruce Phillips.

"As of April 2001, there were 2,744 students enrolled on the campus of the Hamilton complex. Of these, 56% are enrolled in the Community School (also known as 'Original Hamilton'), 32% are enrolled in the Academy of Music and 12% in the Humanities magnet."

He argues forceably for the establishment of the Academy of Music as a separate charter school, but he backs up his case with interesting figures that give a coherent look at the students in 'Hami High.' (Some sources.)

Before Hamilton was built, the teens from Palms went to Venice High School, which had been opened in 1925.

Click here for a colorful and fascinating look at Palms Middle School, the key element that holds the Palms community together. If you want to get an even more interesting picture of the students, go directly to its News From Palms page.

Why does Palms Boulevard run right through the middle of the campus? See what "The Mayor of Palms" had to say about it by clicking here.

Click here for the schedule at Palms Middle School for the current school year.

At this statistics-filled LAUSD link, you will find that in 2002-03 there were 1,510 students, of which 36.7% were Hispanic, 28.3% were black, 19.3% were white and 13% were Asian.

There is also a separate "gifted-high achiever" magnet school on the same campus, with 456 students, of which 41% were white, 28.9% Asian, 16.7% black and 11.2% Hispanic.

The second school in the area built after La Ballona School (which is now in the Culver City district), Palms Elementary had 561 students in 2002-2003. Sixty-one percent were Hispanic, 17.3 percent black, 11.1 percent white, 7.8% Asian and 1.5% Filipino. Statistics here.

This was the first school built in our area to handle the baby boom after World War II. In 2002-2003 it had 468 students, the smallest enrollment of any elementary school on this page. Almost fifty-five percent were Hispanic, 17 percent were black, 15% were Asian and 11.1 percent were white. Statistics here.

Clover is situated in Westlake Village. It had 526 students in 2002-2003. Thirty-nine percent were Asian, 25.9% white, 21.3% Hispanic, 11.8% black and 1.3% Filipino. Statistics here.

The newest of the public schools on this page, Pacifica Community is also the smallest. It had 90 students in 2002-2003. Forty-eight percent were white, 20% black, 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian and 7% Pacific Islander. See the school's Web site for more information on this new "humanistic, alternative" school. Statistics (but for only one year) here.

The Roman Catholic parish of St. Augustine has served the West Los Angeles area for more than 75 years; its parish community now includes more than 3,000 families. The Roman Gothic-style church is in Culver City, but the adjoining elementary school is in Palms. More school information here.

The four-campus Lycée Français (French High School) provides a bilingual education with diplomas awarded to graduates of the Westside Village campus in both U.S. and French tracks. Jodie Foster is perhaps the most widely known of the lycée’s grads (she was valedictorian). Founded by Esther and Raymond Kabbaz with the firm support of Walt Disney, the Lycée gives an international air to this part of Palms (an authentic French patisserie is only a few blocks away). Many of the teachers live in the area. More school information here.