Joshua Elementary Primary School
43926 North Second St East
Lancaster CA, 93535, Los Angeles County
Phone: 661-948-0743
Ranking: 
(6,756 out of 6,930, bottom 3%)*
(6,756 out of 6,930, bottom 3%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Lancaster Elementary School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 24 | 24 | 26 | NA | NA | 37 | 51 | |||||
| Total Students: | 682 | 671 | 692 | 739 | 823 | 917 | ||||||
| Kindergarten: | 143 | 21.0% | 114 | 17.0% | 117 | 16.9% | 116 | 15.7% | 133 | 16.2% | 155 | 16.9% |
| Grade 1: | 109 | 16.0% | 118 | 17.6% | 113 | 16.3% | 136 | 18.4% | 149 | 18.1% | 154 | 16.8% |
| Grade 2: | 119 | 17.4% | 109 | 16.2% | 115 | 16.6% | 118 | 16.0% | 140 | 17.0% | 147 | 16.0% |
| Grade 3: | 99 | 14.5% | 125 | 18.6% | 107 | 15.5% | 121 | 16.4% | 116 | 14.1% | 163 | 17.8% |
| Grade 4: | 127 | 18.6% | 94 | 14.0% | 105 | 15.2% | 135 | 18.3% | 144 | 17.5% | 153 | 16.7% |
| Grade 5: | 85 | 12.5% | 109 | 16.2% | 135 | 19.5% | 113 | 15.3% | 141 | 17.1% | 145 | 15.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 371 | 54.4% | 341 | 50.8% | 355 | 51.3% | 371 | 50.2% | 436 | 53.0% | 479 | 52.2% |
| Female: | 311 | 45.6% | 330 | 49.2% | 337 | 48.7% | 368 | 49.8% | 387 | 47.0% | 434 | 47.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 7 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.8% |
| Asian: | 6 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.0% | 12 | 1.7% | 13 | 1.8% | 15 | 1.8% | 14 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic: | 332 | 48.7% | 311 | 46.3% | 317 | 45.8% | 350 | 47.4% | 391 | 47.5% | 469 | 51.1% |
| Black: | 257 | 37.7% | 265 | 39.5% | 276 | 39.9% | 286 | 38.7% | 286 | 34.8% | 314 | 34.2% |
| White: | 63 | 9.2% | 71 | 10.6% | 72 | 10.4% | 76 | 10.3% | 111 | 13.5% | 113 | 12.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 2.3% | 13 | 1.9% | 13 | 1.9% | 12 | 1.6% | 14 | 1.7% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 556 | 81.5% | 551 | 82.1% | NA | NA | 515 | 69.7% | 540 | 65.6% | 543 | 59.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 54 | 7.9% | 51 | 7.6% | NA | NA | 63 | 8.5% | 78 | 9.5% | 79 | 8.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 28.54 | 28.06 | 27.14 | NA | NA | 21.10 | 18.00 | |||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| STAR | ||||||
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 318.4 | 315.2 | 330.5 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.9 | 321.4 | 336.5 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 323.1 | 327.5 | 344.3 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.6 | 325.2 | 345 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 311.2 | 328.8 | 348 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327 | 332.7 | 352.8 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 307.7 | 333.7 | 356.6 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.8 | 336 | 359.5 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313 | 333.9 | 361.5 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.3 | 335.1 | 357.3 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 350.9 | 336.4 | 358 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 338.7 | 347.6 | 366 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 322.7 | 340.4 | 372.5 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.1 | 343 | 369.2 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 301.2 | 341.4 | 372.4 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 338.2 | 351 | 376.7 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 301.4 | 344.7 | 381.6 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 308.7 | 349.9 | 382.2 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 312.6 | 349.5 | 382.7 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 2nd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 316.9 | 352.9 | 379.9 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 301.5 | 303.4 | 321.5 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 299.9 | 304.4 | 324.1 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 305.5 | 311.6 | 330.8 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 305.9 | 308.5 | 330 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 293.5 | 307.7 | 332.8 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 299.9 | 313.7 | 340.3 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 303.6 | 313.1 | 342.2 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 300.4 | 314.4 | 345.3 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 312.4 | 319.3 | 347.1 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 299.0 | 317.4 | 345.7 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.6 | 321.9 | 353.1 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332.4 | 330.9 | 362.1 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332.4 | 337.2 | 368.9 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.5 | 330.1 | 370.9 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 305.7 | 327.5 | 379 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.5 | 339.9 | 387.7 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.5 | 342 | 395.4 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.2 | 349.6 | 400.6 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.8 | 355.9 | 399.2 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.7 | 351.9 | 399.0 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.4 | 322.3 | 338.5 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.3 | 329.5 | 346.2 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 342 | 329.1 | 351.1 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 327.9 | 332.9 | 353.2 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328 | 333.4 | 357.8 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334.5 | 339.4 | 366.8 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 350.6 | 345.6 | 369.9 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 343 | 347.1 | 371.6 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 347.5 | 350 | 375.2 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334.4 | 348.9 | 374.2 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.9 | 321.6 | 343.2 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.9 | 327.7 | 354 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.6 | 329.5 | 361.6 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.3 | 334.4 | 366.1 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.5 | 334.3 | 373.9 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.3 | 338.8 | 382.5 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.5 | 347.7 | 389.9 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 346.7 | 354 | 392.2 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 337.6 | 354.9 | 395.2 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 335.5 | 357.3 | 394.9 |
| 2004 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 321.6 | 322.7 | 337.7 |
| 2005 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.6 | 321.6 | 340.5 |
| 2006 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 316.2 | 323.3 | 342.6 |
| 2007 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 314.2 | 321.6 | 342.8 |
| 2008 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 317.5 | 326 | 347.6 |
| 2009 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 333.2 | 333.3 | 356.2 |
| 2010 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 338.2 | 337.6 | 359.4 |
| 2011 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326.5 | 338.5 | 362 |
| 2012 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 331.5 | 343.1 | 366.1 |
| 2013 | English Language Arts Standards | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 330.8 | 341.3 | 365.2 |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 334.3 | 314.5 | 335.8 |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 323.6 | 319.6 | 349.6 |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.1 | 321 | 356.6 |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 324.6 | 319.1 | 356.8 |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 333.8 | 321.6 | 364.6 |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 339.2 | 331.2 | 375.8 |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 329.5 | 334.5 | 383.4 |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 323.8 | 341.8 | 392.6 |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 332.4 | 344.3 | 395.3 |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 325.6 | 347.0 | 393.2 |
| 2004 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320 | 310.9 | 318.5 |
| 2005 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 300.8 | 307.5 | 324.6 |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 302.5 | 308.7 | 328.7 |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 299.9 | 308.6 | 334.3 |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 306.6 | 314.9 | 345.2 |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 320.1 | 319.8 | 354.1 |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 328.3 | 332.3 | 362.2 |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 319.1 | 339.3 | 367.2 |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 323.2 | 341.7 | 367.4 |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 313.9 | 340.5 | 366.9 |
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* Joshua Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.