Lakeview Elementary

As a medium-sized primary school in Lakeside, California, Lakeview Elementary hosts 666 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Lakeside Union Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Lakeside Union Elementary comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,742 students; Lakeview Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeview Elementary lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 35% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Lakeview Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakeview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 50.3%.

In the surrounding community, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Lakeview Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Tierra del Sol Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeview Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeview Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeview Elementary has edged down 8%, going from 724 students in 2018 to 666 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 71% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.