Lower Lake Elementary

Lower Lake Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community in Lower Lake, California, one of the schools within Konocti Unified. The school educates 743 students in grades K through 7. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Lower Lake Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Konocti Unified, a district that instructs 3,985 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lower Lake Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 32% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lower Lake Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lower Lake Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.8%; Lower Lake Elementary posts 16.5%, -15.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $60,621 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students), of which Lower Lake Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Lower Lake High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lower Lake Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 14.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lower Lake Elementary's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 671 (now 743). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 46% to 32%.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lower Lake Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.