Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies

Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Lancaster, California, one of the schools within Lancaster Elementary, enrolling 282 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies sits 39% below that benchmark.

Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies is one of 23 schools operated by Lancaster Elementary, a district that teaches 13,765 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder is composed of 22% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies is one.

The closest other public school is Sunnydale Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Five-year trend. Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies's enrollment has grew 370% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 282). Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

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