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What tradition at Lake Street Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180249000296
Lake Street Elementary School
475 Lake St, Crown Point, IN 46307 · (219) 663-5683 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
82 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
61.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
78.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lake Street Elementary School
Lake Street Elementary School's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Street Elementary School this school | 559 | 14.7% | 70.4% |
| Kolling Elementary School Saint John | 529 | 14.9% | 60.5% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School Crown Point | 494 | 14.0% | 65.3% |
| Hazel Dell Elementary School Noblesville | 642 | 18.7% | 67.3% |
| Heavilin Elementary School Valparaiso | 479 | 18.8% | 72.8% |
| Horizon Elementary School Granger | 679 | 17.2% | 67.4% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lake Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #47 of 983 | #2 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #46 of 986 | #3 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #101 of 986 | #3 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #246 of 1,079 | #20 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #764 of 991 | #39 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #552 of 996 | #53 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #1,024 of 1,058 | #67 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #350 of 353 | #26 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
559
-95 (-15%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 559 | 33.2 | 16.9:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 33.8 | 16.5:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 38 | 19.6:1 | 16% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 23% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 17% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 20 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Street Elementary School.
About Lake Street Elementary School
The public elementary school Lake Street Elementary School is located in Crown Point, Indiana. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 559 students. It has 28% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Lake Street Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Crown Point Community School Corp, which enrolls 9,147 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Lake Street Elementary School, about 77 are White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Lake County, the White share is about 55%. The diversity index for Lake Street Elementary School is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Lake Street Elementary School has a ratio of 16.9:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 1.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 15%. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Street Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 85% of Indiana public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lake Street Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 70.4% actual against 65.2% predicted.
Lake County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,493, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 121 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,661, Lake Street Elementary School among them.
Lake Street Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Colonel John Wheeler Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lake Street Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Lake Street Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.9:1) than in 2020-21 (13.6:1).
The allk12 page for Lake Street Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crown Point Community School Corp
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Other schools in Crown Point
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle School0.6 mi · 1,061
- Solon Robinson Elementary School0.9 mi · 516
- Robert Taft Middle School1.0 mi · 1,067
- Timothy Ball Elementary School1.3 mi · 638
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School1.4 mi · 494
- Crown Point High School1.6 mi · 3,038
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Street Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Street Elementary School?
Lake Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lake Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lake Street Elementary School have?
Lake Street Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lake Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lake Street Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lake Street Elementary School in?
Lake Street Elementary School is part of Crown Point Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.