Lake Crest Elem School

Set in Oakland, Illinois, Lake Crest Elem School is a modestly sized primary school, overseen by Oakland CUSD 5. It works with 185 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Oakland CUSD 5 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 246 students; Lake Crest Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Lake Crest Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lake Crest Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% 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, Lake Crest Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.4%; Lake Crest Elem School posts 24.1%, -20.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Coles County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,478, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Coles County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,973 students), Lake Crest Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oakland High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Crest Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lake Crest Elem School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 185 (now 185). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 94% to 99% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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