📍 954 S I 35 e, Lancaster, Dallas County, 75146
Life School Lancaster is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lancaster, Dallas County. The school has 415 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Veronica Pelton. It is part of the Life School school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Life School Lancaster enrolls 415 students across grades K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 271 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 27% |
| White | 20 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 415 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 304 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Life School Lancaster is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 23, state house district 109.
Life School Lancaster is one of 8 schools in LIFE SCHOOL, based in RED OAK, Texas. The district serves 5,735 students district-wide and employs 341 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 415 students, Life School Lancaster is smaller than the district average of about 717 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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