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What's the one class at Lake Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VISTA UNIFIED·NCES 064119009460
Lake Elementary
4950 Lake Blvd., Oceanside, CA 92056 · (760) 945-5300 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
252 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 165 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 81% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.4% | 29.0% | 22.3% | 21.3% |
| Math | 21.9% | 29.3% | 27.4% | 21.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.4% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 47.6% |
| 2022-23 | 55.7% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 52.2% | 47.5% |
| 2018-19 | 57.0% | 51.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.4% | 51.2% |
| 2016-17 | 51.2% | 50.6% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for California 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 California'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 Lake Elementary
Lake Elementary's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Elementary this school | 696 | 36.2% | 51.7% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary Oakdale | 785 | 36.9% | 50.6% |
| Lakeview Elementary Lakeside | 666 | 32.3% | 51.8% |
| Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA) Yucaipa | 717 | 36.8% | 56.4% |
| Browns Valley Elementary Napa | 651 | 37.8% | 50.9% |
| Hickman Charter Hickman | 647 | 41.3% | 35.5% |
Matched among California 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 Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,604 of 5,151 | #173 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,508 of 5,172 ▲ 149 | #157 of 393 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #1,588 of 5,172 ▲ 242 | #173 of 393 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,983 of 5,116 | #127 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #783 of 5,915 | #65 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,771 of 5,352 | #275 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #2,092 of 5,354 | #219 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #4,499 of 5,625 | #324 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #1,880 of 3,837 | #138 of 279 |
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
696
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 971
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 36% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 25 | 27.9:1 | 30% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 28.5 | 24.1:1 | 33% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 29 | 23.9:1 | 42% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 831 | 33 | 25.2:1 | 30% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 33 | 26.0:1 | 27% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 765 | N/A | N/A | 21% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 984 | 47 | 20.9:1 | 14% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 971 | 37 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (831 to 696); teachers down 12% (33 to 29).
About Lake Elementary
In Oceanside, California, Lake Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 696 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 50% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
District-wide, Vista Unified has 28 schools and 18,969 students.
More than half of the students at Lake Elementary are White (57%). The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of San Diego County's population at about 48%. The diversity index for Lake Elementary is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 29 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 24.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in San Diego County.
Lake Elementary is 6.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.7% versus 58.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
For San Diego County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 766 public schools and about 467,437 students.
Madison Middle, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Lake Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Lake Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 696, close to the 693 recorded in 2020-21.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vista Unified
- Rancho Buena Vista HighHigh · 1,949 students
- Vista HighHigh · 1,746 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
- Roosevelt MiddleMiddle · 866 students
- Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and MathMiddle · 836 students
Other schools in Oceanside
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Coastal Academy CharterCombined · 2,015 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- SIATechHigh · 1,174 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
Other Lake Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Elementary. Lake Elementary is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Lake ElementarySan Pablo, CA · 350 students
- Lake ElementaryOrland, CA · 196 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolHartville, OH · 1,223 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolSt. Amant, LA · 1,096 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolMillbury, OH · 763 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Middle0.1 mi · 1,158
- Breeze Hill Elementary0.8 mi · 742
- Rancho Buena Vista High0.9 mi · 1,949
- Bella Mente Montessori Academy1.6 mi · 424
- Major General Raymond Murray High1.7 mi · 146
- Calavera Hills Middle1.9 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Lake ElementaryHow large is Lake Elementary?
Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 696 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lake Elementary serve?
Lake Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Lake Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Elementary?
At Lake Elementary, the student body is approximately 57% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lake Elementary in?
Lake Elementary is part of Vista Unified.
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