Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE MILLS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191611000963
Lake Mills Elementary School
102 S 4th Ave E, Lake Mills, IA 50450 · (641) 592-1882 · Winnebago County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
94 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 35 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Lake Mills Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
90.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
88.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.1% | 88.6% |
| 2023-24 | 85.8% | 88.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Mills Elementary School
Lake Mills Elementary School's state test result (86.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Mills Elementary School this school | 303 | 31.0% | 86.4% |
| Bertha Godfrey Elementary School Algona | 283 | 29.7% | N/A |
| Farley Elementary School Farley | 273 | 29.3% | 74.1% |
| Taft Elementary School Humboldt | 369 | 30.6% | 84.7% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Council Bluffs | 271 | 33.9% | 68.0% |
| Whittier Elementary School Indianola | 369 | 31.2% | 70.4% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Mills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #33 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.6% | #53 of 564 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.1% | #24 of 564 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #371 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #412 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #339 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #484 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #270 of 359 |
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
303
-22 (-7%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 303 | 20.8 | 14.6:1 | 31% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 21.8 | 14.5:1 | 32% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 28% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 26.4 | 12.3:1 | 36% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 39% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | 33% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 23% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 17 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Mills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (323 to 303); teachers down 21% (26.4 to 20.8).
About Lake Mills Elementary School
Lake Mills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Iowa, with an address in Lake Mills. The school enrolls 303 students in pre-K through 5.
Lake Mills Comm School District is responsible for 3 schools, Lake Mills Elementary School included, with 642 students in all.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at Lake Mills Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Lake Mills Elementary School comes to 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1. Lake Mills Elementary School counts 31% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Lake Mills Elementary School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 76.4% for Lake Mills Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 86.4%. The 9.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Iowa schools.
In Winnebago County, home to about 10,583 people, median household income comes to about $67,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Winnebago County's 9 public schools enroll about 2,190 students and include Lake Mills Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lake Mills Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Lake Mills Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Lake Mills Elementary School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 22 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,583
Census ACS
Median income
$67,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Mills Comm School District
- Lake Mills Senior High SchoolHigh · 193 students
- Lake Mills Middle SchoolMiddle · 146 students
Other schools in Lake Mills
- Lake Mills Senior High SchoolHigh · 193 students
- Lake Mills Middle SchoolMiddle · 146 students
Other Lake Mills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lake Mills Elementary. Lake Mills Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lake Mills ElementaryLake Mills, WI · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Mills Middle School0.0 mi · 146
- Lake Mills Senior High School0.0 mi · 193
- Forest City Middle School11.9 mi · 330
- Forest City High School11.9 mi · 304
- Forest City Elementary School12.1 mi · 448
- Northwood-Kensett Middle/High School15.7 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Mills Elementary SchoolHow large is Lake Mills Elementary School?
Lake Mills Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lake Mills Elementary School serve?
Lake Mills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Mills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Mills Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lake Mills Elementary School?
Lake Mills Elementary School reports a student body of 83% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lake Mills Elementary School in?
Lake Mills Elementary School is part of Lake Mills Comm School District.
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