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Eastside Elementary

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Eastside Elementary ranks 4218 th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

4218^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of California elementary schools

Summary

Eastside Elementary serves 423 students in grades K–6 in Lancaster, California. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were 30% in English language arts (ELA), 26% in math and 30% in science; all three were above the district rates but below state rates. The clearest concern alongside these improving scores is attendance: 35% of students were chronically absent, compared with 18% statewide.

Compared with nearby schools reporting scores, Eastside stands out most in science and math: it had the highest results in both, while its ELA result was second-highest. Its rates were also above the eight-school nearby averages in science (15%), math (16%) and ELA (22%). Compared with the Eastside Union Elementary district, Eastside was ahead by 20 percentage points in science, 9 in math and 6 in ELA. Still, it trailed the state by 6 points in science, 13 in math and 20 in ELA, making ELA its largest state gap. Chronic absenteeism was 2 points below the district rate, but far above the state rate.

Proficiency has risen in all three subjects since 2022–23: by 11 points in ELA, 16 in math and 20 in science. The gaps with state results narrowed in each subject, although the latest science score jumped 19 points from the previous year, a rise to watch over time. SchoolDigger ranked Eastside at the 27th percentile statewide with 1 star in 2025–26, up from the 5th percentile in 2022–23; it ranked ahead of nearby schools with reported results, but its statewide standing remains low. Eastside reported 96% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–25, the highest rate among nearby schools reporting that measure for the same year; its 23.5:1 student-teacher ratio was middle-of-the-pack locally. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings differed notably: English learner students were at the 72nd percentile in 2023–24, versus 19th overall that year, while African American students were at the 1st percentile in 2025–26, versus 27th overall.

423

Students ?

23.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,550

Per pupil spending ?

96.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

93%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

6742 East Avenue H
Lancaster, CA 93535-7849

(661) 946-3907

District: Eastside Union Elementary

Students who attend Eastside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Gifford C. Cole Middle
High:	Eastside High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.3%

African American:

10.9%

Two or more races:

5.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 24th percentile in 2015 → 27th in 2026

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Eastside Union Elementary

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 42% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 18% California)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school28%

District avg19%

California avg42%

4,218^th of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 7 pts since 2016

From bottom 20% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Elementary Schools in the Eastside Union Elementary

1435^th of 1,530Eastside Union Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.1	4218 of 5817	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.8	4761 of 5857	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	4739 of 5869	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	5573 of 5859	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	5247 of 5883	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.5	5416 of 5789	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	5327 of 5662	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.4	5411 of 5692	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	21.5	4468 of 5614	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.6	4277 of 5611	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.8	5000 of 5530	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	17.4	4818 of 5390	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	12.9	5081 of 5377	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	12.4	5036 of 5314	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	9.6	5017 of 5193	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.6	4982 of 5113	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	14.6	4672 of 5113	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	23.3	3777 of 4818	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.7	4353 of 4822	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	19.8	3947 of 4809	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	11.1	504 of 508	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	663 of 747	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.2	464 of 700	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	20.0	2351 of 2585	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	2032 of 2128	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	56.1	879 of 3162	72.2%	★★★★☆
2023	31.5	2427 of 3245	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	50.9	1151 of 3311	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.3	1532 of 3275	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	36.0	2002 of 3246	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	22.1	4499 of 5581	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.0	4860 of 5597	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	4820 of 5612	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.5	5268 of 5609	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	4897 of 5635	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	5158 of 5492	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	5215 of 5413	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	44.2	2729 of 5094	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.2	3743 of 5107	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	3681 of 5107	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	4699 of 5087	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	4242 of 5084	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.2	4494 of 4963	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.8	4517 of 4830	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	60.3	104 of 364	71.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	35.6	3528 of 5423	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.2	4113 of 5460	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.6	4089 of 5517	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.5	4994 of 5363	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	4368 of 5264	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	4637 of 5173	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	4731 of 5084	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	34.0	3552 of 5603	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	25.6	4230 of 5628	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.8	4291 of 5643	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	5354 of 5638	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	5148 of 5663	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	5111 of 5510	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	4956 of 5431	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	2188 of 2847	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)72nd percentile+53 vs school

Homeless (2024)71st percentile+52 vs school

Hispanic (2026)46th percentile+19 vs school

Male (2026)37th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)19th percentile-8 vs school

Disabled (2019)9th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2026)1st percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

Science30%-6 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-20 vs state

Mathematics26%-12 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Eastside Elementary	Public	K-6	6742 East Avenue H	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 946-3907	423	18	23.5	96.0%	20 (4.7%)	46 (10.9%)	331 (78.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.0%)	27.1	4218^th of 5817 public elementary schools	27.5%		20.8	4761^st of 5857 public elementary schools	18.7%	543	30.0		30.0	20.4	31.7	38.3	26.9			29.7	16.3	31.7	31.7	22.4			25.9	93%	0%	$23,550	$2,427	$21,123
Enterprise Elementary	Public	K-6	3730 East Ave. J-4	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 946-6277	646	29	22.6	84.4%	18 (2.8%)	187 (28.9%)	401 (62.1%)	6 (0.9%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.0%)	13.3	5371^st of 5817 public elementary schools	7.7%		11.3	5554^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.2%	183	15.9		15.9	16.0	25.9	20.3	11.0			18.9	24.3	19.8	15.9	10.8			17.8	95%	0%	$23,076	$2,420	$20,656
Eastside Academy/Transitional Learning Center	Public	K-8	45006 North 30th St. East	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 952-1200	10	1	10.9	90.0%	0 (0.0%)	6 (60.0%)	3 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)								(n/a)																				$18,813	$2,336	$16,477
Tierra Bonita Elementary	Public	K-6	44820 North 27th St. East	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 946-3038	636	28	22.7	86.0%	20 (3.1%)	136 (21.4%)	446 (70.1%)	13 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (2.7%)	20.2	4795^th of 5817 public elementary schools	17.6%		18.5	4969^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.2%	174	18.5		18.5	24.2	22.7	28.6	36.2			28.0	28.7	20.5	22.0	16.1			21.9	95%	0%	$23,498	$2,395	$21,103
Columbia Elementary	Public	K-6	2640 East Avenue J-4	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 946-5656	620	28	22.1	88.5%	27 (4.4%)	150 (24.2%)	414 (66.8%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.1%)	12.5	5434^th of 5817 public elementary schools	6.6%		14.7	5290^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.7%	144	5.1		5.1	18.0	22.1	13.3	26.7			19.8	20.5	20.8	11.2	19.1			17.5	93%	0%	$23,432	$2,591	$20,841
Discovery	Public	K-5	44910 17th St. East	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 949-3175	662	27	24.5	90.5%	27 (4.1%)	115 (17.4%)	498 (75.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.0%)	19.9	4828^th of 5817 public elementary schools	17.0%		19.2	4902^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	16.3%	74	19.4		19.4	22.1	36.0	29.3				29.1	21.2	28.6	8.5				19.6	95%	0%	$23,662	$2,574	$21,088
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	44021 15th St. East	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 726-9913	738	27	27.3	93.1%	25 (3.4%)	265 (35.9%)	420 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (3.5%)	11.7	5498^th of 5817 public elementary schools	5.5%		16.8	5115^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.7%	383	15.4		15.4	20.6	18.6	18.0				19.1	17.6	17.0	12.0				15.6	95%	0%	$25,139	$2,463	$22,676
Promise Academy	Public	K-8	1331 East Ave. J-8	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 940-6678	45	7	6.3	82.2%	10 (22.2%)	12 (26.7%)	21 (46.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.4%)								(n/a)
Linda Verde Dual Language Immersion	Public	K-8	44924 North Fifth St. East	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 942-0431	680	31	21.9	88.5%	12 (1.8%)	42 (6.2%)	621 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	12.3	5447^th of 5817 public elementary schools	6.4%		12	5509^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.9%	62	16.4	28.1	21.5	24.3	17.1	16.7	12.9	27.5	42.6	22.7	29.3	9.7	13.7	7.8	17.0	14.3	15.5	94%	0%	$25,640	$2,837	$22,803
Jack Northrop Elementary	Public	K-5	835 East Avenue K-4	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 949-0435	645	26	24.8	89.3%	37 (5.7%)	166 (25.7%)	391 (60.6%)	8 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.0%)	12.5	5435^th of 5817 public elementary schools	6.6%		13.1	5416^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.5%	19	15.7		15.7	17.8	31.3	20.2				22.9	15.6	14.5	6.8				12.3	96%	0%	$23,238	$2,325	$20,913

Frequently Asked Questions about Eastside Elementary

What schools do graduates of Eastside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Eastside Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gifford C. Cole Middle
High : Eastside High

How many students attend Eastside Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 423 students attended Eastside Elementary.

Is Eastside Elementary a good school?

Eastside Elementary ranks 4218^th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Eastside Elementary in?

Eastside Union Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Eastside Elementary?

Students at Eastside Elementary are 78% Hispanic, 11% African American, 5% Two or more races, 5% White.

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