Lakeside Elementary

Lakeside Elementary is an elementary-level community of small scale in Cawker City, Kansas, part of Waconda, enrolling 163 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Lakeside Elementary sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Lakeside Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Waconda, a district that works with 336 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lakeside Elementary logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. Compared to Mitchell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Lakeside Elementary shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Lakeside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Lakeside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mitchell County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeside Elementary 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 35.2%; this one delivers 70.4%, a residual of +35.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Mitchell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,246 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakeside Elementary is one of 4 public schools in Mitchell County (combined enrollment of about 1,069 students).

Lakeside Junior/Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeside Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeside Elementary has expanded 28%, going from 127 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.