Lakewood Elementary

Set in Sunnyvale, California, Lakewood Elementary is an intimate elementary school, overseen by Sunnyvale. It serves 372 students across grades K through 5.

Sunnyvale comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,753 students; Lakewood Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Lakewood Elementary records that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 18% Asian, 10% White, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lakewood Elementary lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lakewood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lakewood Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.5%; Lakewood Elementary posts 35.8%, -23.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, Santa Clara County reports that median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakewood Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

San Miguel Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakewood Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 29.2:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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