Total enrollment
13,765
+178 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
24 schools in Lancaster Elementary
California · 13,765 students · 2 cities
24 public K-12 schools operate under Lancaster Elementary in California, teaching roughly 13,765 students (19 elementary and 5 middle).
4-year change in Lancaster Elementary
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
23
+2 (+10%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Lancaster Elementary ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #521 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 13,765 | #103 of 587 | #623 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 23 | #82 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #416 of 587 | #8,791 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 88.0% | #66 of 587 | #808 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #245 of 530 | #2,159 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Lancaster Elementary
State test results across the district's 19 scored schools run from Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering at 50.0% proficient to Joshua Elementary at 7.9%, a gap of 42.1 points. That is the 119th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 21 district schools that reported both years went from 14,048 to 13,685 students (down 3%) and from 577 to 598 full-time teachers (up 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Lancaster Elementary
As a rural-scale district in California, Lancaster Elementary instructs 13,765 students across 24 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Lancaster Elementary consists of 19 elementary and 5 middle.
Trend over the past 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 13,765 students, remained close to its prior level from the 13,587 reported in SY 2020-21. Over that span, Lancaster Elementary opened 2 schools, going from 21 to 23.
On allk12, the community for Lancaster Elementary discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.