Lakeside Elem

Set in Pittsburg, Kansas, Lakeside Elem is a mid-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Pittsburg. It hosts 406 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Lakeside Elem is one of 6 schools operated by Pittsburg, a district that caters to 3,375 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeside Elem logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lakeside Elem has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Crawford County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakeside Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 28.6%; actual is 50.4%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Crawford County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,844 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Crawford County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,146 students), Lakeside Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Westside Elem, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeside Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeside Elem has shrank 5%, going from 428 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 16% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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