High · California

Desert Sands Charter

Charter

Desert Sands Charter, a public high school in Lancaster, California: grades 8–12, 727 students, — students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Desert Sands Charter District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 727
Teachers (FTE): —
Students per teacher: —
Grades: 8–12; High

The school reported no teacher count for this year.

Larger than 59% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Larger than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 8–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Desert Sands Charter District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Desert Sands Charter District.

Location

Address: 44130 20th St. West, Lancaster, CA 93534
Phone: (661)942-3357
City or town: Lancaster
County: Los Angeles County

Website Quality of life in Lancaster Schools in Lancaster

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Empower GenerationsCharterMostly virtual	9–12	81	36.5	1.0 mi
SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)AlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	670	26.7	1.4 mi
Lancaster HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,688	25.1	1.6 mi
Antelope Valley HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,498	21.6	2.2 mi
Assurance Learning AcademyCharter	8–12	3,014	26.1	2.2 mi
Mission AcademyCharterFully virtual	6–12	694	20.2	2.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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