Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center

Set in Lancaster, California, Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center is a minimally staffed elementary-level community, one of the schools within Eastside Union Elementary. It instructs 10 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 98% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Eastside Union Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 3,032 students, Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gifford C. Cole Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center's enrollment has expanded 25% since 2018, when it stood at 8 (now 10). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 38% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 4.0:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.