Lakewood Elementary

Lakewood Elementary is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Modesto, California, one of the schools within Modesto City Elementary, with 395 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Modesto City Elementary runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 14,444 students. Lakewood Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lakewood Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 33% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lakewood Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakewood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 61.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) logs that median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakewood Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Sonoma Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lakewood Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakewood Elementary has ticked up 8%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 27% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.