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Alumni: what's one memory from Lakewood Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180000635
Lakewood Elementary School
3501 Kenwood Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 · (256) 428-7240 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
298 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Elementary School this school | 397 | 75.1% | 22.6% |
| Tuggle Elementary School Birmingham | 423 | 74.7% | 28.4% |
| Loachapoka Elementary School Loachapoka | 332 | 75.9% | 28.8% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary School Huntsville | 483 | 72.3% | 28.9% |
| Morningview Elementary School Montgomery | 434 | 78.6% | 19.8% |
| Barrett Elementary School Birmingham | 383 | 76.5% | 19.2% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lakewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #581 of 626 | #45 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #589 of 626 | #48 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #564 of 626 | #44 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #445 of 709 | #38 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #376 of 655 | #28 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #250 of 658 | #33 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #153 of 696 | #3 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #121 of 364 | #12 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
397
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 397 | 22.9 | 17.3:1 | 75% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 25.4 | 16.9:1 | 88% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 25.5 | 18.0:1 | 86% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 87% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 27.7 | 17.3:1 | 86% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 65% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 82% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 90% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (479 to 397); teachers down 17% (27.7 to 22.9).
About Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School is a small elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama, (ZIP code 35810). Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 397 students.
Huntsville City includes 44 schools. Together they enroll 24,222 students.
More than half of the students at Lakewood Elementary School are Black (62%). The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Madison County's population at about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lakewood Elementary School scores 54%.
A staff of 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is about 17.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%. Among public schools in Madison County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakewood Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 4% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 29.4% at Lakewood Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.6%.
In Madison County, home to about 405,718 people, the median household earns about $86,499 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Lakewood Elementary School shares Madison County with 88 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Academy For Science Foreign Language is about 1.0 miles from Lakewood Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Lakewood Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decrease, from 432 to 397.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huntsville City
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- GoldsmithSchiffman ElementaryElementary · 935 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Other Lakewood Elementary schools
31 other US public schools in 22 states are named Lakewood Elementary. Lakewood Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 32.
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolPhenix City, AL · 455 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,067 students
- Lakewood ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 866 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolTOMBALL, TX · 756 students
- Lakewood ElementaryBuchanan, TN · 752 students
Nearby schools
- Academy For Science Foreign Language1.0 mi · 303
- Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School1.0 mi · 194
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School1.1 mi · 458
- Lee High School1.4 mi · 877
- New Century Technology High School1.4 mi · 366
- Montview Elementary School1.4 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Lakewood Elementary School serve?
Lakewood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakewood Elementary School?
At Lakewood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 26% Hispanic, 62% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Lakewood Elementary School public or private?
Lakewood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huntsville City.
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