Is El Dorado Elementary a good school?

El Dorado Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend El Dorado Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 742 students attended El Dorado Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of El Dorado Elementary?

Students at El Dorado Elementary are 35% African American, 32% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of El Dorado Elementary attend?

Students who attend El Dorado Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Piute Middle High : Antelope Valley High

El Dorado Elementary

Summary:

El Dorado Elementary is a public elementary school in Lancaster, California, serving 755 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Lancaster Elementary District, which is ranked 1436 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

El Dorado Elementary faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, well below average academic performance in English Language Arts, Math, and Science, and large achievement gaps between its subgroups and state/district averages. The school has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 94.51% to 95.63% in recent years, and a relatively high student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools. These factors suggest that socioeconomic and resource-related issues may be contributing to the school's struggles.

While the nearby Linda Verde Elementary, Joshua Elementary, and other schools in the Lancaster Elementary District also face challenges, El Dorado Elementary consistently ranks lower than these schools across various metrics, indicating that it may require more targeted interventions and support to address its unique obstacles and improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-5

361 East Pondera
Lancaster, CA 93535-3012

(661) 942-8487

District: Lancaster Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5535^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,529

Students who attend El Dorado Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Piute Middle
High:	Antelope Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.5

Number of students: 742

Racial breakdown:

African American:

35.0%

White:

32.2%

Hispanic:

20.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details El Dorado Elementary ranks worse than 94.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 11^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.2. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at El Dorado Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (35%), White (32.2%), Hispanic (20.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at El Dorado Elementary is 25.5, which is the 4^th best among 15 elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare El Dorado Elementary employs 29 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at El Dorado Elementary is $8,529, which is the 2^nd highest among 15 elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

El Dorado Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks El Dorado Elementary 5535^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See El Dorado Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Lancaster Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lancaster Elementary 1436^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for El Dorado Elementary

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Rank History for all students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	22.11	3766^th	4809	21.7%
2005	13.93	4409^th	4822	8.6%
2006	19.07	4064^th	4818	15.6%
2007	15.38	4620^th	5113	9.6%
2008	15.01	4663^rd	5113	8.8%
2009	15.71	4693^rd	5193	9.6%
2010	11.56	5079^th	5314	4.4%
2011	13.13	5062^nd	5377	5.9%
2012	27.51	4133^rd	5390	23.3%
2013	29.74	4066^th	5530	26.5%
2015	10.90	5425^th	5611	3.3%
2016	9.59	5464^th	5614	2.7%
2017	20.48	4652^nd	5692	18.3%
2018	25.67	4179^th	5662	26.2%
2019	19.79	4819^th	5789	16.8%
2022	17.34	5124^th	5883	12.9%
2023	15.49	5281^st	5874	10.1%
2024	12.20	5535^th	5862	5.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.45	2635^th	3246	18.8%
2019	62.50	751^st	3275	77.1%
2022	50.04	1200^th	3311	63.8%
2023	49.57	1220^th	3250	62.5%
2024	17.93	3131^st	3160	0.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	20.65	2164^th	2420	10.6%
2024	20.73	2358^th	2634	10.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.74	3339^th	5084	34.3%
2019	26.57	4124^th	5173	20.3%
2022	24.07	4327^th	5264	17.8%
2023	20.89	4643^rd	5374	13.6%
2024	15.32	5123^rd	5511	7.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.14	266^th	336	20.8%
2024	33.07	274^th	364	24.7%

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Rank History for Female students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.68	3566^th	5413	34.1%
2019	17.65	4823^rd	5492	12.2%
2022	23.00	4413^th	5635	21.7%
2023	16.49	5006^th	5617	10.9%
2024	14.48	5163^rd	5605	7.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.62	1466^th	2128	31.1%
2019	24.00	2123^rd	2585	17.9%
2022	26.46	1664^th	2227	25.3%

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Rank History for Male students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.07	4571^st	5431	15.8%
2019	23.08	4378^th	5510	20.5%
2022	14.41	5263^rd	5663	7.1%
2023	16.03	5073^rd	5650	10.2%
2024	11.44	5401^st	5636	4.2%

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Rank History for African American students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.14	479^th	700	31.6%
2019	27.36	569^th	747	23.8%
2022	27.88	501^st	663	24.4%
2023	26.82	518^th	662	21.8%
2024	21.71	517^th	593	12.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.05	2544^th	4830	47.3%
2019	38.60	3051^st	4963	38.5%
2022	31.18	3603^rd	5084	29.1%
2023	29.32	3770^th	5098	26.0%
2024	17.47	4630^th	5102	9.3%

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Rank History for White students at El Dorado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	15.28	2503^rd	2834	11.7%
2024	4.85	2575^th	2647	2.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for El Dorado Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	588	58	18	78	3	n/a	n/a	0	745
1989	749	83	28	115	10	n/a	n/a	0	985
1990	588	83	29	105	7	n/a	n/a	0	812
1991	517	84	25	136	7	n/a	n/a	0	769
1992	517	91	24	140	13	n/a	n/a	0	785
1993	473	95	18	142	9	n/a	n/a	0	737
1994	482	137	19	173	9	n/a	n/a	0	820
1995	464	230	17	197	11	n/a	n/a	0	919
1996	464	230	17	197	11	n/a	n/a	0	919
1997	323	223	15	172	10	n/a	n/a	0	743
1998	308	183	13	196	7	n/a	n/a	0	707
1999	289	193	26	205	7	n/a	n/a	0	720
2000	239	220	17	227	6	n/a	n/a	0	709
2001	217	218	13	258	3	n/a	n/a	0	709
2002	237	287	14	354	3	n/a	n/a	0	895
2003	237	287	14	354	3	n/a	n/a	0	895
2004	222	292	14	402	3	n/a	n/a	0	933
2005	208	290	16	427	3	n/a	n/a	0	944
2006	151	290	12	451	4	n/a	n/a	0	908
2007	123	243	11	454	3	n/a	n/a	1	835
2008	110	247	9	408	6	n/a	n/a	0	780
2009	96	248	5	392	8	0	6	0	755
2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	93	262	5	456	1	1	25	0	843
2012	72	224	2	448	0	0	20	0	766
2013	69	210	2	484	2	0	28	0	795
2014	67	225	2	472	1	0	33	0	800
2015	64	222	2	446	3	1	31	0	769
2016	47	213	3	393	4	0	37	0	697
2017	50	212	4	385	4	4	24	0	683
2018	73	213	6	329	8	2	32	0	663
2019	67	191	7	378	5	3	27	0	678
2020	54	192	6	369	5	3	26	0	655
2021	55	220	5	395	2	1	34	0	712
2022	51	225	6	392	1	1	34	0	710
2023	38	256	9	412	1	1	38	0	755
2024	239	260	20	150	11	11	51	0	742

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at El Dorado Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	745	28.9	25.7	n/a
1989	985	35.0	28.1	n/a
1990	812	30.0	27.0	n/a
1991	769	29.0	26.5	n/a
1992	785	29.5	26.6	47.4
1993	737	28.0	26.3	50.7
1994	820	29.0	28.3	51.7
1995	919	33.0	27.8	51.5
1996	919	33.0	27.8	51.5
1997	743	34.0	21.9	59
1998	707	38.0	18.6	64.6
1999	720	36.0	20.0	62.4
2000	709	34.0	20.9	65.6
2001	709	34.0	20.9	92.4
2002	895	43.0	20.8	88.4
2003	895	43.0	20.8	88.4
2004	933	42.0	22.2	69.2
2005	944	43.0	22.0	74.7
2006	908	43.5	20.9	73.7
2007	835	43.0	19.4	71.2
2008	780	43.0	18.1	70.1
2009	755	32.0	22.9	77.4
2010	0	24.0	0.0	n/a
2011	843	n/a	n/a	81.1
2012	766	26.0	29.4	n/a
2013	795	27.0	29.4	92.6
2014	800	27.0	29.6	90.4
2015	769	28.0	27.4	90
2016	697	26.0	26.8	94.4
2017	683	26.0	26.2	92.4
2018	663	25.0	26.5	94.4
2019	678	25.0	27.1	94
2020	655	n/a	n/a	95.1
2021	712	27.0	26.3	94.5
2022	710	25.5	27.7	94.5
2023	755	29.0	26.0	95.6
2024	742	29.0	25.5	91.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio El Dorado Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	745	28.9	25.7	n/a
1989	985	35.0	28.1	n/a
1990	812	30.0	27.0	n/a
1991	769	29.0	26.5	n/a
1992	785	29.5	26.6	47.4
1993	737	28.0	26.3	50.7
1994	820	29.0	28.3	51.7
1995	919	33.0	27.8	51.5
1996	919	33.0	27.8	51.5
1997	743	34.0	21.9	59
1998	707	38.0	18.6	64.6
1999	720	36.0	20.0	62.4
2000	709	34.0	20.9	65.6
2001	709	34.0	20.9	92.4
2002	895	43.0	20.8	88.4
2003	895	43.0	20.8	88.4
2004	933	42.0	22.2	69.2
2005	944	43.0	22.0	74.7
2006	908	43.5	20.9	73.7
2007	835	43.0	19.4	71.2
2008	780	43.0	18.1	70.1
2009	755	32.0	22.9	77.4
2010	0	24.0	0.0	n/a
2011	843	n/a	n/a	81.1
2012	766	26.0	29.4	n/a
2013	795	27.0	29.4	92.6
2014	800	27.0	29.6	90.4
2015	769	28.0	27.4	90
2016	697	26.0	26.8	94.4
2017	683	26.0	26.2	92.4
2018	663	25.0	26.5	94.4
2019	678	25.0	27.1	94
2020	655	n/a	n/a	95.1
2021	712	27.0	26.3	94.5
2022	710	25.5	27.7	94.5
2023	755	29.0	26.0	95.6
2024	742	29.0	25.5	91.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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