Lakeside Elementary

Lakeside Elementary operates as a very small primary school in Los Gatos, California, run under Lakeside Joint. Current enrollment sits at 64 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lakeside Elementary sits 86% smaller than that benchmark.

Lakeside Joint is the operating authority for Lakeside Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Lakeside Elementary shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 22% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lakeside Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 73.0%; this one comes in at 53.6%, -19.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Lakeside Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

The closest other public school is Lexington Elementary, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeside Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 78.9%.

Lakeside Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeside Elementary has decreased 14%, going from 74 students in 2018 to 64 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 12% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.