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What's one thing Lakeside Elem gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURG·NCES 201071000202
Lakeside Elem
709 South College, Pittsburg, KS 66762 · (620) 235-3140 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
285 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · 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 Pittsburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
42.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 35.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Kansas 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 22 points, placing it in Kansas'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 Lakeside Elem
Lakeside Elem's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Elem this school | 406 | 70.2% | 50.4% |
| Heusner Elem Salina | 392 | 69.4% | 35.2% |
| Nelson Elem Haysville | 442 | 67.2% | 36.0% |
| Northridge Elementary Newton | 345 | 71.9% | 28.0% |
| Rex Elem Haysville | 386 | 64.0% | 37.0% |
| Pauline Central Primary Topeka | 406 | 70.7% | 27.9% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Lakeside Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #218 of 625 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #310 of 625 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #390 of 625 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #179 of 714 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #170 of 539 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #210 of 540 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #173 of 658 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #307 of 377 | N/A |
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
406
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 406 | 32.3 | 12.6:1 | 70% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 28.5 | 13.7:1 | 69% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 29.5 | 14.3:1 | 68% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 62% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 27.5 | 15.6:1 | 65% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 63% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 68% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 63% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (428 to 406); teachers up 17% (27.5 to 32.3).
About Lakeside Elem
Lakeside Elem is a public elementary school in Pittsburg, Kansas. School enrollment was 406 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Kansas is roughly 313 students; this school is 30% bigger than that.
Pittsburg is the district for Lakeside Elem. It has 6 schools and 3,375 students.
Roughly 63% of students at Lakeside Elem are White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Crawford County residents are about 87% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Lakeside Elem total 32.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The school counts 285 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 70%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Crawford County is 62%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 50.4%, is 21.8 points above the 28.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Kansas schools.
Federal survey data for Crawford County show that the median household income is $52,844, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Crawford County is home to 17 public schools and about 6,146 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Westside Elem is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lakeside Elem. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lakeside Elem ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 22 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (15.3:1).
The Lakeside Elem community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,008
Census ACS
Median income
$52,844
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,146 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Pittsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 692 students
- Westside ElemElementary · 498 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Geo E Nettels ElemElementary · 343 students
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Pittsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 692 students
- Westside ElemElementary · 498 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- Geo E Nettels ElemElementary · 343 students
Other Lakeside Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Lakeside Elementary. Lakeside Elem is the 7th largest of the 16.
- Lakeside ElementaryCawker City, KS · 163 students
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 726 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 527 students
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPEMBROKE PINES, FL · 500 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolHonesdale, PA · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Westside Elem0.7 mi · 498
- Pittsburg Middle School1.3 mi · 692
- Geo E Nettels Elem1.3 mi · 343
- Pittsburg High2.2 mi · 1,033
- Meadowlark Elementary2.5 mi · 403
- Frontenac Jr. High3.8 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeside Elem?
Lakeside Elem enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lakeside Elem serve?
Lakeside Elem serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lakeside Elem have?
Lakeside Elem employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeside Elem?
At Lakeside Elem, the student body is approximately 63% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lakeside Elem public or private?
Lakeside Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pittsburg.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.