Lake Mills Elementary School

Lake Mills Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Lake Mills, Iowa, part of Lake Mills Comm School District, with 303 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Lake Mills Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Lake Mills Comm School District, a district that instructs 642 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake Mills Elementary School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lake Mills Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Mills Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 76.4%; this one delivers 86.4%, a residual of +9.9 points.

Around the school, Winnebago County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,642, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Lake Mills Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 2,190 students).

Lake Mills Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lake Mills Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Mills Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Mills Elementary School has shrank 6%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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