Enterprise Elementary

Located at 3730 East Ave. J-4, in Lancaster, California, Enterprise Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school that serves 646 students (grades K through 6), run under Eastside Union Elementary. That puts it 39% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Demographically, Enterprise Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%; the rest reads as 29% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Enterprise Elementary shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Enterprise Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 29.2%; actual is 13.9%, a gap of -15.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Enterprise Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Eastside High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Enterprise Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Enterprise Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 19.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Enterprise Elementary's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 706 (now 646). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 52% to 62% over that span.

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