Lakeport Elementary

As a medium-sized primary school in Lakeport, California, Lakeport Elementary works with 530 students from grades K through 4, run under Lakeport Unified.

Lakeport Unified comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,361 students; Lakeport Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lakeport Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Native American, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lakeport Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lakeport Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at Lakeport Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Lake County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakeport Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $60,621, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Lake County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students), of which Lakeport Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Terrace Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Lakeport Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeport Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 21.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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