Monte Vista Elementary

Monte Vista Elementary is one of the sprawling primary schools in Lancaster, California, operated by Lancaster Elementary, with 788 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 69% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 23 schools in Lancaster Elementary (13,765 students total), Monte Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Monte Vista Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Monte Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.7%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Monte Vista Elementary is one.

Desert View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monte Vista Elementary. On composite proficiency, Monte Vista Elementary comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 16.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monte Vista Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 777 students in 2018 to 788 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 45% to 62% over that span.

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