Sierra Elementary

Set in Lancaster, California, Sierra Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus, run under Lancaster Elementary. It teaches 707 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sierra Elementary sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Sierra Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 29% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Sierra Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.2%; this one delivers 14.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sierra Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sunnydale Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Sierra Elementary's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 616 (now 707). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 47% to 57% over that span.

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