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Rise

Q: How many students attend Rise?

In the 2024-25 school year, 16 students attended Rise.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Rise?

Students at Rise are 69% African American, 13% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Public Grades 4-8

Summary

Rise is a very small public K-8 school in the Lancaster Elementary district, serving only 16 students in a high-need community where over 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Despite having significant resources, including a very low student-teacher ratio of 5-to-1 and high per-student spending of nearly $30,000, the school faces severe academic challenges, with 0% of students testing proficient in English, math, and science for the 2024-2025 year. A primary factor is chronic absenteeism, with 61.4% of students missing a significant amount of school; while this is an improvement from over 90% two years ago, it remains more than triple the state average and severely impacts learning.

When compared to nearby schools, Rise's situation is unique; The Leadership Academy is similarly small and high-poverty but has a much lower absenteeism rate of 10.0%, while other local schools like Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies and Linda Verde Elementary have higher test scores and lower absenteeism, suggesting that addressing attendance is a critical need for improvement at Rise.

Students ?

5.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,036

Per pupil spending ?

81.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

44231 Fig Ave.
Lancaster, CA 93534

(661) 940-4355

District: Lancaster Elementary

Racial breakdown:

African American:

68.8%

Hispanic:

12.5%

White:

6.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2009 → <1st in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 5 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (0% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (61% vs 19% California)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 49 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school0%

District avg19%

California avg41%

2,756^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2017

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SchoolDigger rating ?

1395^th of 1,543Lancaster 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)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	4.2	2756 of 2761	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.0	2733 of 2783	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.9	2712 of 2715	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.9	2477 of 2480	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	3.1	2504 of 2508	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	1.7	2373 of 2379	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	2.5	2239 of 2259	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	3.4	2202 of 2236	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	7.7	2076 of 2179	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	4.5	2021 of 2063	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	5.5	1943 of 2005	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	9.6	1877 of 1999	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	3.5	1800 of 1804	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	5.2	1758 of 1777	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	7.6	1725 of 1769	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.2	605 of 609	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	625 of 627	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.6	642 of 643	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	600 of 600	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	4.3	2537 of 2542	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	2533 of 2579	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.1	2366 of 2369	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.1	2228 of 2230	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	4.1	2529 of 2534	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	2405 of 2407	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.7	2272 of 2273	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Middle school

African American (2025)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy0%-49 vs state

Mathematics0%-37 vs state

Science0%-33 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rise	Public	4-8	44231 Fig Ave.	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 940-4355	16	3	5.3	81.3%	1 (6.3%)	11 (68.8%)	2 (12.5%)	1 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	4.2				7	2733^rd of 2783 public middle schools	1.8%	(n/a)	0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	$11,036	$8,904	$2,132
New Vista Middle	Public	6-8	753 East Avenue K-2	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 726-4271	835	46	18.1	91.3%	38 (4.6%)	312 (37.4%)	450 (53.9%)	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.4%)	7.6	2690^th of 2761 public middle schools	2.6%		9.1	2692^nd of 2783 public middle schools	3.3%	2	4.4	4.4	14.0	14.4	15.9	14.8	4.1	8.6	3.8	5.6	$8,509	$6,032	$2,477
Piute Middle	Public	6-8	425 East Avenue H-11	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 942-9508	729	42	17.4	94.2%	34 (4.7%)	195 (26.7%)	464 (63.6%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.6%)	7.8	2681^st of 2761 public middle schools	2.9%		7.7	2722^nd of 2783 public middle schools	2.2%	41	8.2	8.2	16.0	13.2	17.0	15.3	3.1	3.3	5.2	4.0	$6,800	$4,348	$2,452
Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering	Public	6-8	831 East Ave. K-2	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 899-7836	414	13	31.9	76.6%	42 (10.1%)	71 (17.1%)	272 (65.7%)	9 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	64.9	790^th of 2761 public middle schools	71.4%		76.6	552^nd of 2783 public middle schools	80.2%	238	38.6	38.6	51.4	60.9	59.9	57.3	25.0	45.1	43.2	37.5	$3,768	$1,422	$2,346
Amargosa Creek Middle	Public	6-8	44333 27th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 729-6064	859	47	18.4	85.9%	78 (9.1%)	219 (25.5%)	484 (56.3%)	26 (3.0%)	4 (0.5%)	7 (0.8%)	39 (4.5%)	19	2269^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.8%		19.1	2294^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.6%	25	15.8	15.8	20.6	36.7	30.3	30.0	6.4	17.6	9.0	11.3	$6,222	$3,732	$2,490
Endeavour Middle	Public	6-8	43755 45th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-8270	805	40	20.3	81.7%	94 (11.7%)	225 (28.0%)	410 (50.9%)	27 (3.4%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.2%)	9.4	2636^th of 2761 public middle schools	4.5%		11.9	2591^st of 2783 public middle schools	6.9%	45	11.3	11.3	15.5	20.1	16.9	17.4	5.6	8.8	3.1	5.8	$4,064	$1,696	$2,368
Gifford C. Cole Middle	Public	7-8	3126 East Avenue I	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	Eastside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 946-1041	697	33	21.3	82.1%	31 (4.4%)	156 (22.4%)	471 (67.6%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.3%)	12.1	2546^th of 2761 public middle schools	7.8%		16.4	2421^st of 2783 public middle schools	13.0%	125	9.5	9.5		21.0	25.8	23.5		8.5	6.3	7.3	$22,954	$20,562	$2,392
Joe Walker Middle	Public	6-8	5632 West Ave. L-8	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-3258	781	33	23.7	59.2%	201 (25.7%)	95 (12.2%)	405 (51.9%)	21 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.2%)	37	1584^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.6%		40.7	1437^th of 2783 public middle schools	48.4%	147	24.5	24.5	97.0	39.9	39.1	42.0	75.8	23.8	21.7	25.1	$19,593	$18,604	$989
Hillview Middle	Public	6-8	40525 Peonza Ln.	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 722-9993	1,100	45	24.6	53.0%	214 (19.5%)	108 (9.8%)	648 (58.9%)	60 (5.5%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (5.6%)	55.9	1009^th of 2761 public middle schools	63.5%		53.8	1046^th of 2783 public middle schools	62.4%	37	32.5	32.5	87.5	53.3	43.9	52.4	78.4	32.7	31.7	36.2	$19,669	$18,596	$1,073
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy	Public	6-8	39221 22nd St. West	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 947-3075	952	42	22.7	75.3%	46 (4.8%)	187 (19.6%)	659 (69.2%)	24 (2.5%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	26 (2.7%)	15.4	2417^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.5%		17.1	2390^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.1%	27	12.8	12.8	23.0	25.4	27.2	25.4	12.1	13.7	10.3	11.9	$25,534	$24,300	$1,234

Frequently Asked Questions about Rise

How many students attend Rise?

In the 2024-25 school year, 16 students attended Rise.

What district is Rise in?

Lancaster Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Rise?

Students at Rise are 69% African American, 13% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

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