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What's something Nancy Cory Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER ELEMENTARY·NCES 062088009559
Nancy Cory Elementary
3540 West Ave. K-4, Lancaster, CA 93536 · (661) 722-1010 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
576 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.8% | 25.9% | 26.8% | 33.5% |
| Math | 8.4% | 16.3% | 31.5% | 43.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 22.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 21.2% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 22.2% |
| 2016-17 | 36.1% | 25.8% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nancy Cory Elementary
Nancy Cory Elementary's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Cory Elementary this school | 728 | 79.1% | 29.4% |
| John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary Lancaster | 697 | 81.2% | 33.8% |
| La Jolla Elementary Moreno Valley | 671 | 84.1% | 27.0% |
| Ontario Center Ontario | 585 | 75.4% | 24.1% |
| Powell Academy for Success Long Beach | 706 | 80.0% | 31.2% |
| Victoriano Elementary Moreno Valley | 608 | 83.9% | 44.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nancy Cory Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,588 of 5,151 | #903 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #3,799 of 5,172 ▲ 118 | #966 of 1,129 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #2,953 of 5,172 ▲ 919 | #709 of 1,129 ▲ 213 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.8pp | #513 of 5,116 | #193 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #629 of 5,915 | #113 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,856 of 5,352 | #1,095 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #1,354 of 5,354 | #205 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #2,264 of 5,625 | #712 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #3,353 of 3,837 | #860 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
728
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 25.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 728 | 28 | 26.0:1 | 79% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 715 | 27 | 26.5:1 | 80% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 26 | 27.3:1 | 82% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 29 | 25.5:1 | 82% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 28 | 27.3:1 | 76% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 24 | 27.5:1 | 74% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | N/A | N/A | 64% (456) |
| 2000-01 | 992 | 45 | 22.0:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 823 | 28 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nancy Cory Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (765 to 728); teachers unchanged (28 to 28).
About Nancy Cory Elementary
Families in Lancaster, California, are served by Nancy Cory Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 728 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
A total of 23 schools make up Lancaster Elementary, with 13,765 students enrolled.
At 52%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Nancy Cory Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 13% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Nancy Cory Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Nancy Cory Elementary operates with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 26.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. About 79% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
Nancy Cory Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.4% and a predicted 33.2%.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) is located about 0.7 miles from Nancy Cory Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Nancy Cory Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 739 in 2020-21 to 728 in 2024-25, a change of 11 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Nancy Cory Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lancaster Elementary
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
- New Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Endeavour MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- El Dorado ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- West Wind ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- Assurance Learning AcademyHigh · 3,014 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 2,688 students
- Eastside HighHigh · 2,631 students
- Antelope Valley HighHigh · 1,498 students
- Sundown ElementaryElementary · 941 students
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
Nearby schools
- SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)0.7 mi · 670
- West Wind Elementary0.9 mi · 757
- Endeavour Middle1.1 mi · 805
- Valley View Elementary1.2 mi · 659
- John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary1.4 mi · 697
- Amargosa Creek Middle1.5 mi · 859
Frequently asked questions
About Nancy Cory ElementaryHow large is Nancy Cory Elementary?
Nancy Cory Elementary enrolls approximately 728 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Nancy Cory Elementary serve?
Nancy Cory Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Nancy Cory Elementary?
Approximately 26.0:1 students per teacher at Nancy Cory Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nancy Cory Elementary?
At Nancy Cory Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 52% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Nancy Cory Elementary in?
Nancy Cory Elementary is part of Lancaster Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.