Westside Union Elementary School District
Serves Lancaster and Palmdale.
Lancaster’s School Grade C− better than 24% of California school districts
What stands out about Westside Union Elementary School District
- Its letter, B−: results better than 50% of California districts
- Math proficiency 5 pts below the state
- Spends 31% less per student than the CA average
- 26 students per teacher
- Debt of $41.3M, about $4,551 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B−: better than 50% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Lancaster. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. CA
2021–2298% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Graduation rate 78% at Antelope Valley Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
12 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.