Eastside Elementary

Eastside Elementary, a mid-sized K-5 school in Lancaster, California, overseen by Eastside Union Elementary, teaches 423 students, covering grades K through 6.

Eastside Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Eastside Union Elementary, a district that teaches 3,032 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Eastside Elementary records that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Eastside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at Eastside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eastside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Eastside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Enterprise Elementary, around 3.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eastside Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 18.9%.

Eastside Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastside Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 10% to 5% over that span.

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