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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIFE SCHOOL·NCES 480005511533
Life School Lancaster
950 S I-35 E, LANCASTER, TX 75146 · (972) 274-7950 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
336 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LIFE SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 19.0% | 32.0% | 43.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 10.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Life School Lancaster
Life School Lancaster's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life School Lancaster this school | 455 | 73.8% | 24.1% |
| Life School Cedar Hill CEDAR HILL | 450 | 76.4% | 35.0% |
| Sidney H Poynter FORT WORTH | 418 | 76.1% | 33.4% |
| Lantern Lane Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 434 | 74.7% | 31.1% |
| Pirrung Elementary School MESQUITE | 407 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
| High Pointe Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 411 | 77.4% | 28.4% |
Matched among Texas 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 Life School Lancaster ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #4,100 of 4,401 | #386 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,187 of 4,466 ▼ 23 | #401 of 429 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,191 of 4,466 ▼ 200 | #391 of 429 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #954 of 3,998 | #72 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #2,961 of 4,938 | #267 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,054 of 4,622 | #386 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #2,057 of 4,628 | #143 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #2,326 of 4,789 | #325 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #869 of 2,838 | #98 of 274 |
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
455
+33 (+8%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 455 | 26.1 | 17.4:1 | 74% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 25.1 | 19.1:1 | 77% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 24.6 | 16.9:1 | 81% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 72% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 68% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 62% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 58% (375) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Life School Lancaster.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (598 to 455); teachers down 25% (35 to 26.1).
About Life School Lancaster
Life School Lancaster is a public elementary school in LANCASTER, Texas. The school has 455 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
LIFE SCHOOL enrolls 5,735 students in 8 schools, including Life School Lancaster.
More than half of enrollment at Life School Lancaster is Black: 60%. Other groups make up 31% Hispanic, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
The school's 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Life School Lancaster falls short of its prediction by 18.0 points. The model expects 42.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 24.1%.
For the population of Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Dallas County's 771 public schools enroll about 459,645 students and include Life School Lancaster.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy, is the closest to Life School Lancaster. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Life School Lancaster ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Life School Lancaster has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe. NCES lists Life School Lancaster as a charter school.
Enrollment was 455 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 422. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.2:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIFE SCHOOL
- Life School Oak CliffCombined · 1,483 students
- Life H S WaxahachieHigh · 1,114 students
- Life School Red OakElementary · 1,045 students
- Life Middle WaxahachieMiddle · 551 students
- Life School Cedar HillElementary · 450 students
- Life School Mountain CreekElementary · 354 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- Lancaster High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Lancaster Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Iltexas Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 737 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- West Main Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy0.7 mi · 536
- Woodridge Elementary School0.9 mi · 362
- Rolling Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 388
- Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center1.8 mi · 402
- Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School2.0 mi · 416
- Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep)2.1 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Life School LancasterWhat is the total enrollment at Life School Lancaster?
Life School Lancaster enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-06.
Is Life School Lancaster an elementary, middle, or high school?
Life School Lancaster is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Life School Lancaster?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Life School Lancaster.
What is the student diversity at Life School Lancaster?
Student demographics at Life School Lancaster are roughly 5% White, 31% Hispanic, 60% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Life School Lancaster in?
Life School Lancaster is part of LIFE SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.