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Desert View Elementary

Lancaster Elementary Lancaster Los Angeles County 93534
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,634 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
718 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
93%
Teachers
28 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 23.1%
White 29.0%
Asian 1.3%
Black 34.4%
Other 12.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Desert View Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard3.7%
Met Standard11.4%
Below Standard84.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "15% proficient" for Desert View Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

3.7% of students exceeded standard while 11.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 17.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.6 points below the Lancaster Elementary district average of 7.3%. The 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 7.7% exceeded — 4.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 7.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.6%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
3.7%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
15.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-7.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,634
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 99 4.0% 15.2% 20.2% 60.6% 19.2%
4th 106 5.7% 17.9% 26.4% 50.0% 23.6%
5th 115 7.0% 7.8% 21.7% 63.5% 14.8%
6th 88 2.3% 13.6% 18.2% 65.9% 15.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 99 4.0% 15.2% 21.2% 59.6% 19.2%
4th 105 0.9% 14.3% 31.4% 53.3% 15.2%
5th 117 5.1% 4.3% 15.4% 75.2% 9.4%
6th 88 0.0% 3.4% 18.2% 78.4% 3.4%