School district · Los Angeles County

Lancaster Elementary schools

Lancaster Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 16 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 50th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 16 schools

from bottom 1% to 50th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

13Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
0Strong

Middle · 9 schools

from 3rd to 71st · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Amargosa Creek Middle: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Linda Verde Dual Language Immersion: 18th percentile, Needs Support
  • John and Jacquelyn Miller K-8: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • iLEAD Lancaster Charter: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • New Vista Middle: 7th percentile, Needs Support
  • Endeavour Middle: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • Piute Middle: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
7Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
0Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count. One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 4 of the 21 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 21 ranked schools
  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around the Lancaster Elementary district

23 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary district score highest?

Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies is highest, at the 50th percentile.

That’s higher than 50 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Lancaster Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 13 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Lancaster Elementary district had 31 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

1 elementary school not ranked statewide
  • Promise AcademySpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it

Middle schools

Which middle schools in the Lancaster Elementary district score highest?

Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering is highest, at the 71st percentile.

That’s higher than 71 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Lancaster Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 6 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in the Lancaster Elementary district had 25 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

1 middle school not ranked statewide
  • RISECommunity day school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion, so we don’t rank it

The district

Where does Lancaster Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Lancaster Elementary district spent $23,225 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 65 cents of every Lancaster Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction65%
  • Instruction support9%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance10%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$305.9 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 52 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s all of its general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 194 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 60% of the money. The plan itself puts 75% of it toward staff.

  • Teacher Credentialing $89.0 million
  • Supplemental Materials, Supplies, and Services - Intervention $52.6 million
  • Special Education & Inclusive Practices $41.5 million
  • 49 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 52 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $2.0 million
  • Catch-up help $54.3 million
  • English learners $0.1 million

Largest of these

  • Supplemental Materials, Supplies, and Services - Intervention$52.6 million
  • Early Literacy$2.0 million
  • MTSS Para Program$1.7 million
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $67.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth.

What changed

The total is $60.4 million (25%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Safe Facilities, which went from $23.8 million to $38.3 million.

Largest increases

  • Safe Facilities+⁠$14.5 million
  • MTSS Para Program+⁠$1.6 million

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Special Education & Inclusive Practices$41.5 million
  • Equitable Distribution of Teachers and Professional Learning$15.7 million
  • Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Teachers$5.3 million
What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 125%25%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 114%15%up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 2 and 332 in 10032 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 24.3%3.4%down 0.9 pts

Goals 4 and 5 aren’t shown because they track named schools.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Teacher Credentialing · $88,962,942
  • Supplemental Materials, Supplies, and Services - Intervention · $52,568,511
  • Special Education & Inclusive Practices · $41,470,000
The full plan5 goals, 223 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($305.9 million).

Where does the money go?

70% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

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G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Academics – Every student will demonstrate continuous growth toward mastery of the Common Core State Standards$212.7 million70% of action budgets

17 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan · p. 29 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Teacher Credentialing$89.0 millionaction 1.1 · p. 145 ↗
  2. Supplemental Materials, Supplies, and Services - Intervention$52.6 millionaction 1.5 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $26.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Special Education & Inclusive Practices$41.5 millionaction 1.12 · p. 146 ↗
  4. Equitable Distribution of Teachers and Professional Learning$15.7 millionaction 1.2 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $12.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Instructional Coaching Support$3.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

12 more funded actions in this goal

  • Professional Learning Communities · action 1.10 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.0 million
  • Early Literacy · action 1.11 · p. 146 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.0 million
  • Basic Instructional Supplies and Services · action 1.4 · p. 145 ↗$1.7 million
  • MTSS Para Program · action 1.9 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.7 million
  • Learning Centers · action 1.18 · p. 146 ↗$1.2 million
  • Supplemental Materials, Services and Supports - Enrichment · action 1.6 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $333,136 is state funding counted toward those services$0.9 million
  • Leadership Support and Professional Development · action 1.13 · p. 146 ↗$0.5 million
  • Professional Development Core Teaching Strategies · action 1.7 · p. 145 ↗$0.4 million
  • Increased Family Engagement for Academics · action 1.17 · p. 146 ↗$0.2 million
  • Access to Language Development: Multi-Language Learners · action 1.14 · p. 146 ↗$0.1 million
  • Support for Long-Term English Learners · action 1.15 · p. 146 ↗$0.1 million
  • Professional Development for Increased Needs · action 1.8 · p. 145 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1,788 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. MTSS Para Program+⁠$1.6 million$0.1 million → $1.7 million · p. 145 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Teacher Credentialing · $89.0 million → $89.0 million · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Supplemental Materials, Supplies, and Services - Intervention · $52.6 million → $52.6 million · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Special Education & Inclusive Practices · $41.5 million · p. 146 ↗new or renamed
  • Equitable Distribution of Teachers and Professional Learning · $15.7 million · p. 145 ↗new or renamed
  • Instructional Coaching Support · $3.2 million → $3.2 million · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Professional Learning Communities · $2.0 million → $2.0 million · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Early Literacy · $2.0 million → $2.0 million · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Basic Instructional Supplies and Services · $1.7 million → $1.7 million · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Learning Centers · $1.2 million · p. 146 ↗new or renamed
  • Supplemental Materials, Services and Supports - Enrichment · $881,688 → $881,688 · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Leadership Support and Professional Development · $500,000 · p. 146 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development Core Teaching Strategies · $439,979 → $439,979 · p. 145 ↗unchanged
  • Increased Family Engagement for Academics · $250,000 · p. 146 ↗new or renamed
  • Access to Language Development: Multi-Language Learners · $100,000 · p. 146 ↗new or renamed
  • Support for Long-Term English Learners · $75,000 · p. 146 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development for Increased Needs · $58,597 → $58,597 · p. 145 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 90 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 29 ↗.

Goal 2Equitable Learning Practices and Positive Learning Environments – Lancaster School District will provide the…$26.8 million9% of action budgets

“Equitable Learning Practices and Positive Learning Environments – Lancaster School District will provide the necessary resources and support to create and maintain positive learning environments to eliminate barriers to success for all students” p. 57 ↗

13 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $26.4 million (+⁠$450,000)

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanded Learning Opportunities$15.4 millionaction 2.9 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Capturing Kids Hearts$3.0 millionaction 2.7 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Culturally Responsive Positive Behaviors Interventions and Supports$2.6 millionaction 2.6 · p. 146 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Social Emotional Learning$2.2 millionaction 2.1 · p. 146 ↗
  5. Trauma Informed Practices$1.5 millionaction 2.3 · p. 146 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $486,120 is state funding counted toward those services

8 more funded actions in this goal

  • Alternate Education: Site · action 2.5 · p. 146 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.1 million
  • Student Mental Health Supports · action 2.2 · p. 146 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $53,423 is state funding counted toward those services$0.4 million
  • Dual Capacity Training · action 2.11 · p. 147 ↗$0.2 million
  • Alternative Education: Classes · action 2.4 · p. 146 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Increased Family Engagement for Social Emotional Learning · action 2.10 · p. 147 ↗$0.1 million
  • Family Translation Services · action 2.12 · p. 147 ↗$0.1 million
  • School Sponsored Family Events · action 2.13 · p. 147 ↗$0.1 million
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support · action 2.8 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Expanded Learning Opportunities · $15.4 million → $15.4 million · p. 147 ↗unchanged
  • Capturing Kids Hearts · $3.0 million → $3.0 million · p. 147 ↗unchanged
  • Culturally Responsive Positive Behaviors Interventions and Supports · $2.6 million → $2.6 million · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Social Emotional Learning · $2.2 million → $2.2 million · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Trauma Informed Practices · $1.5 million → $1.5 million · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Alternate Education: Site · $1.1 million → $1.1 million · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Student Mental Health Supports · $427,491 → $427,491 · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Dual Capacity Training · $150,000 · p. 147 ↗new or renamed
  • Alternative Education: Classes · $147,467 → $147,467 · p. 146 ↗unchanged
  • Increased Family Engagement for Social Emotional Learning · $100,000 · p. 147 ↗new or renamed
  • Family Translation Services · $100,000 · p. 147 ↗new or renamed
  • School Sponsored Family Events · $100,000 · p. 147 ↗new or renamed
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support · $1,355 → $1,355 · p. 147 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 45 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 57 ↗.

Goal 3Safe and Supportive Environments – Lancaster School District will provide safe, secure, equitable and…$56.4 million18% of action budgets

“Safe and Supportive Environments – Lancaster School District will provide safe, secure, equitable and operationally efficient environments at all facilities for students, staff, and community members” p. 73 ↗

12 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $41.8 million (+⁠$14.6 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Safe Facilities$38.3 millionaction 3.1 · p. 147 ↗
  2. Additional Classified Support - Safety$10.4 millionaction 3.4 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $8.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Attendance Incentives$6.9 millionaction 3.3 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $5.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Attendance Monitoring$0.3 millionaction 3.2 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. District Safety Communication System$0.1 millionaction 3.7 · p. 148 ↗

7 more funded actions in this goal

  • Increased Family Engagement for Leadership · action 3.9 · p. 148 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Additional Support Staff · action 3.5 · p. 147 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $30,391 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
  • Alternative Educational Settings · action 3.6 · p. 147 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Family and Community Schools · action 3.10 · p. 148 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Family Ambassadors · action 3.11 · p. 148 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Community Partnerships and Schools · action 3.12 · p. 148 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Technology Systems · action 3.8 · p. 148 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Safe Facilities+⁠$14.5 million$23.8 million → $38.3 million · p. 147 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Additional Classified Support - Safety · $10.4 million → $10.4 million · p. 147 ↗unchanged
  • Attendance Incentives · $6.9 million → $6.9 million · p. 147 ↗unchanged
  • Attendance Monitoring · $311,218 → $311,218 · p. 147 ↗unchanged
  • District Safety Communication System · $147,313 → $147,313 · p. 148 ↗unchanged
  • Increased Family Engagement for Leadership · $106,512 → $106,512 · p. 148 ↗unchanged
  • Additional Support Staff · $81,891 → $81,891 · p. 147 ↗unchanged
  • Alternative Educational Settings · $50,000 · p. 147 ↗new or renamed
  • Family and Community Schools · $25,000 · p. 148 ↗new or renamed
  • Family Ambassadors · $25,000 · p. 148 ↗new or renamed
  • Community Partnerships and Schools · $25,000 · p. 148 ↗new or renamed
  • Technology Systems · $18,900 → $18,900 · p. 148 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 28 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 73 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalGoal 4: Increasing Teacher Effectiveness in Equity Multiplier Schools By the end of the 2026–27 school year…$7.2 million2% of action budgets

“Goal 4: Increasing Teacher Effectiveness in Equity Multiplier Schools By the end of the 2026–27 school year, Equity Multiplier schools (El Dorado Elementary, Joshua Elementary, Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies, New Vista Middle, RISE, Sierra Elementary, and Sunnydale Elementary) will increase the stability and effectiveness of participating teaching populations by 3% at each identified school site, as measured by Teacher Assignment Monitoring Outcomes (TAMO) data and YouthTruth Culture and Professional Development measures. The following student groups were identified at the lowest performance level on one or more state indicators based on the 2025 California School Dashboard Student Group Reports: El Dorado Elementary School • English Language Arts: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, Hispanic • Mathematics: African American, Students with Disabilities • Science: African American, Students with Disabilities • Suspension Rate: All Students, African American, Hispanic, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Joshua Elementary School • English Language Arts: Hispanic • Mathematics: All Students, African American, English Learners, Hispanic, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged • Chronic Absenteeism: Students with Disabilities, African American, White, Two or More Races Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies (LAVA) • Chronic Absenteeism: All Students, African American, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, White New Vista Middle School • English Language Arts: All Students, African American, English Learners, Long-Term English Learners, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, White” p. 85 ↗

4 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Teachers$5.3 millionaction 4.1 · p. 148 ↗
  2. Teacher Collaboration and Professional Learning Communities$1.3 millionaction 4.4 · p. 149 ↗
  3. Professional Development and Instructional Support$0.5 millionaction 4.2 · p. 149 ↗
  4. Support for New and Early Career Teachers$0.1 millionaction 4.3 · p. 149 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Teachers · $5.3 million · p. 148 ↗new or renamed
  • Teacher Collaboration and Professional Learning Communities · $1.3 million · p. 149 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development and Instructional Support · $519,294 · p. 149 ↗new or renamed
  • Support for New and Early Career Teachers · $112,000 · p. 149 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 18 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 85 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalGoal 5: Equity Multiplier Schools – Academic Achievement, Attendance, School Climate, and English Learner…$2.7 million1% of action budgets

“Goal 5: Equity Multiplier Schools – Academic Achievement, Attendance, School Climate, and English Learner Progress By the end of the 2026–27 school year, Equity Multiplier schools (El Dorado Elementary, Joshua Elementary, Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies, New Vista Middle, RISE, Sierra Elementary, and Sunnydale Elementary) will improve outcomes for student groups performing at the lowest performance level on one or more state indicators as measured by the California School Dashboard. Equity Multiplier schools will increase English Language Arts and Mathematics performance by at least 3 Distance from Standard points annually, increase English Learner Progress by at least 2 percentage points annually and maintain or achieve the Increased performance level on the English Learner Progress Indicator, reduce Chronic Absenteeism by at least 0.5 percentage points annually, and reduce Suspension Rates by at least 0.3 percentage points annually for identified student groups. The following student groups were identified at the lowest performance level on one or more state indicators based on the 2025 CA Dashboard Student Group Reports: El Dorado Elementary School • English Language Arts: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, Hispanic • Mathematics: African American, Students with Disabilities • Science: African American, Students with Disabilities • Suspension Rate: All Students, African American, Hispanic, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Joshua Elementary School • English Language Arts: Hispanic • Mathematics: All Students, African American, English Learners, Hispanic, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged • Chronic Absenteeism: Students with Disabilities, African American, White, Two or More Races Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies (LAVA)” p. 99 ↗

6 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Enhanced Inclusive Practices$1.2 millionaction 5.4 · p. 151 ↗
  2. Walk to Learn$0.1 millionaction 5.3 · p. 151 ↗
  3. Transportation Support$0.1 millionaction 5.5 · p. 152 ↗
  4. SEL Center$0.1 millionaction 5.6 · p. 152 ↗

2 more actions are in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 150 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Enhanced Inclusive Practices · $1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 151 ↗unchanged
  • Title not confirmed · $1.1 million · p. 150 ↗not compared
  • Walk to Learn · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 151 ↗unchanged
  • Transportation Support · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 152 ↗unchanged
  • Title not confirmed · $100,000 · p. 150 ↗not compared
  • SEL Center · $73,151 → $73,151 · p. 152 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 42 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 99 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 14,768 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 59%2. Black or African American: 27%3. White: 7%4. Two or more races: 5%5. Filipino: <1%6. Asian: <1%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino59%
  2. Black or African American27%
  3. White7%
  4. Two or more races5%
  5. Filipino<1%
  6. Asian<1%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

87%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 12,882 of 14,764 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Lancaster Elementary extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 41% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (579 of 1,407 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

4 schools getting state support, 2025–26

1 in most intensive support · 2 in extra targeted support · 1 in targeted support

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in the Lancaster Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies, 50th percentile (Solid). Middle: Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering, 71st percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Lancaster Elementary district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in the Lancaster Elementary district good?

Lancaster Elementary’s 16 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 50th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 2 Developing and 13 Needs Support. Lancaster Elementary’s 9 public middle schools run from the 3rd to the 71st percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid and 7 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in the Lancaster Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Lancaster Elementary district had 31 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in the Lancaster Elementary district had 25 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Lancaster Elementary district spend per student?

The Lancaster Elementary district spent $23,225 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 65 cents of every Lancaster Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in the Lancaster Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $305.9 million into 52 funded actions in 5 goals, all of its general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $212.7 million, 70% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Lancaster Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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