SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)

Located at 3041 West Avenue K, in Lancaster, California, SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) is a modestly sized secondary school that caters to 670 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Antelope Valley Union High. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

Antelope Valley Union High comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 21,202 students; SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) is among them.

On the student-mix side, SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) records that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% White, 12% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

West Wind Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise).

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 60%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 57% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 31.3:1 in 2018 to 26.7:1 today.

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