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Lancaster Elementary

Lancaster, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

13,769
Students enrolled
24
Public schools
610
Classroom teachers (FTE)
22.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,777
  • Grade 1 1,420
  • Grade 2 1,479
  • Grade 3 1,555
  • Grade 4 1,470
  • Grade 5 1,581
  • Grade 6 1,539
  • Grade 7 1,471
  • Grade 8 1,477

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 60%
  • Black or African American 26%
  • White 7%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 12,109 of 13,765 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 76%
  • Reduced-price lunch 12%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$21,234 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,570
  • Support services $7,445
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,218

Where the money comes from

  • Local 18%
  • State 72%
  • Federal 11%

Total revenue $347.8 milliontotal spending $329.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 08

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 95% suburb, 5% rural

Total staff (FTE)

2,000

District office

44711 North Cedar Ave., Lancaster CA 93534

County

Los Angeles County

Official website

NCES District ID

620880

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About Lancaster Elementary

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the Lancaster School District, a group of dedicated and caring professionals, is, with the support of the community, to develop academic and personal excellence in all students through a rigorous curriculum infused with high expectations within a safe and secure environment fostering socially responsible citizens who enrich our diverse community.
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