Lakeview Elementary

As a substantial elementary campus in Centerville, Iowa, Lakeview Elementary serves 498 students from grades K through 5, run under Centerville Comm School District. That puts it 53% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Centerville Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,224 students. Lakeview Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeview Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Lakeview Elementary shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 65.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Appanoose County) records that median household income runs about $54,934, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Appanoose County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students), of which Lakeview Elementary is one.

Howar Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lakeview Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Lakeview Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 498). The White share of enrollment fell from 94% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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