Editing Palmdale, California (section)

===Kindergarten – grade 12 schools===
Palmdale has three separate elementary school districts and one high school district:

* The [[Palmdale School District]] is one of the largest elementary school districts in the nation consisting of 29 schools with about 28,000 students. This school district covers the majority of the city's kindergarten through 8th grade students. One of the unique features of this school district was its practice of naming schools after desert flora and fauna. For instance, there are Tumbleweed, Juniper, Mesquite, Manzanita and Joshua Hills schools.
* The [[Westside Union School District]] covers the schools on the far west-side of Palmdale and its western suburbs. This school district has over 8,250 students and 11 schools for K–8 education.
* The [[Keppel Union School District]] covers the schools on the far east-side of Palmdale and its eastern suburbs. This school district has six schools and nearly 3,000 students for K–8 education.
* The [[Antelope Valley Union High School District]] covers nearly all of the 9th–12th grade education for the entire metropolitan area, with the exception of private high schools. It has 12 schools with over 25,000 students.
* [[The Palmdale Aerospace Academy]] is a joint venture between the city of Palmdale, the AERO Institute, and the Palmdale School District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmdalesd.org/tpaa|title=The Palmdale Aerospace Academy / Overview|date=January 5, 2013|website=Palmsdalesd.org|access-date=November 6, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105082443/http://www.palmdalesd.org/tpaa|archive-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref> It is a new independent charter school which opened in August 2012.
* [[Paraclete High School]] is a private high school that serves the greater Antelope Valley, including Palmdale.