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What advice would you give to incoming students at Eastside High?
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Enrollment
2,631
High
DISTRICT 1,631 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HIGH·NCES 060282010823
Eastside High
3200 East Ave. J-8, Lancaster, CA 93535 · (661) 946-3800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,801 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
CA avg 47.1% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
5.4%
CA avg 35.6% . -14.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,631
+289 (+12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 23.6:1
% White
4%
was 6%
% Hispanic
69%
was 61%
% Black
22%
was 26%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Eastside High
Eastside High is a four-year high school of large scale in Lancaster, California, part of Antelope Valley Union High, educateing 2,631 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 214% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.
Eastside High is one of 13 schools operated by Antelope Valley Union High, a district that teaches 21,202 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Eastside High logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 22% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Eastside High reports 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eastside High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.7%; this one comes in at 20.4%, -18.4 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Eastside High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Enterprise Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Eastside High comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 18.6%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. Eastside High's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 2,342 (now 2,631). Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Antelope Valley Union High
- Quartz Hill HighHigh · 3,175 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,706 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 2,688 students
- William J. (Pete) Knight HighHigh · 2,349 students
- Palmdale HighHigh · 2,208 students
- Littlerock HighHigh · 1,507 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- Assurance Learning AcademyHigh · 3,014 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 2,688 students
- Antelope Valley HighHigh · 1,498 students
- Sundown ElementaryElementary · 941 students
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
- New Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
Nearby schools
- Enterprise Elementary0.5 mi · 646
- Columbia Elementary0.8 mi · 620
- Tierra Bonita Elementary1.3 mi · 636
- Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center1.4 mi · 10
- Gifford C. Cole Middle1.5 mi · 697
- Lincoln Elementary1.9 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside HighHow large is Eastside High?
Eastside High enrolls approximately 2,631 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Eastside High serve?
Eastside High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastside High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastside High is approximately 25.1:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastside High?
At Eastside High, the student body is approximately 4% White, 69% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastside High?
Eastside High is overseen by Antelope Valley Union High in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.