Promise Academy

Promise Academy is one of the tiny elementary-level communitys in Lancster, California, overseen by Lancaster Elementary, with 45 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Promise Academy sits 90% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Lancaster Elementary, which oversees 23 schools and 13,765 students, Promise Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Promise Academy reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 27% Black, 22% White, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Promise Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. Promise Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Promise Academy.

Promise Academy operates from an outer-ring location.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.