Lancaster High

Set in Lancaster, California, Lancaster High is a high-enrollment four-year high school, run under Antelope Valley Union High. It hosts 2,688 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 221% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Lancaster High is one of 13 schools operated by Antelope Valley Union High, a district that serves 21,202 students overall.

On demographics, Lancaster High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Black, 10% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lancaster High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.9%; this one comes in at 22.4%, -17.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Lancaster High is one.

The closest other public school is Amargosa Creek Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lancaster High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lancaster High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

Lancaster High operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 2,447 students in 2018 compared to 2,688 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 in 2025.

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