CaliforniaSchoolsThe Leadership Academy

The Leadership Academy

PublicAlternative/other
Lancaster, California · Lancaster Elementary
Teachers3.0FTE
Ratio13.0:1students per teacher
Students39enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students39
Grade Span0–8
Student:Teacher13.0:1
Free/Reduced Lunch92%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
46.2%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
5
67%vs prior yr
Enrollment
35
10.3%vs prior yr
Years of Data
4
2021–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

6.3:18.3:110.2:112.2:114.1:116.1:1202120222023202412.2:113.0:113.0:17.0:1The Leadership AcademyUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

3437404447503344552021202220232024493939354335EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric2021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment49393935
Teacher FTE4335
Pupil : Teacher ratio12.2:113.0:113.0:17.0:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20212024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.