Lakeview Elementary

Located at 111 N Chabal St, in Solon, Iowa, Lakeview Elementary is a sizable K-5 school that enrolls 490 students (grades pre-K through 3), overseen by Solon Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

Lakeview Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Solon Comm School District, a district that educates 1,477 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lakeview Elementary records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Lakeview Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 6% of students at Lakeview Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Johnson County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeview Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 88.8%; this one comes in at 78.0%, -10.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Johnson County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,935, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), Lakeview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Solon High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeview Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 78.0%.

Lakeview Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Lakeview Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.