LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in FORT PIERCE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE, works with 645 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ST. LUCIE comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 49,308 students; LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 31% Hispanic, 23% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above St. Lucie County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Around the school, St. Lucie County reports that median household income runs about $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across St. Lucie County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY, around 3.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 632 students in 2018 to 645 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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