The Leadership Academy

The Leadership Academy is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in Lancaster, California, one of the schools within Lancaster Elementary. The school serves 35 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so The Leadership Academy sits 92% below that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Leadership Academy shows that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment; the rest looks like 29% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The Leadership Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is RISE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for The Leadership Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.