LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community in LAKE VILLAGE, Arkansas, one of the schools within LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Chicot). The school serves 292 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Chicot), a district that works with 842 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 10% Hispanic, 7% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 18.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Chicot County put median household income runs about $39,045, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Chicot County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,147 students), LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 37%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 69% to 82% across the same window.

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