Life Source International Charter

Life Source International Charter operates as a compact primary school in Lancaster, California, run under Life Source International Charter District. Current enrollment sits at 210 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 55% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Operationally, Life Source International Charter answers to Life Source International Charter District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Life Source International Charter logs that 70% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, Life Source International Charter logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Life Source International Charter higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at Life Source International Charter 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Life Source International Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Leadership Academy, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Life Source International Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.