Lakeside Elementary

Set in Hanford, California, Lakeside Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus, part of Lakeside Union Elementary. It works with 238 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Lakeside Union Elementary runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,742 students. Lakeside Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lakeside Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Other groups include 5% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 58% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lakeside Elementary lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Lakeside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Kings County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakeside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.9%; this one delivers 23.0%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,995, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Kings County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students), Lakeside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, roughly 5.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Lakeside Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Lakeside Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 326 (now 238). Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Lakeside Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.