Lakeshore School

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Monroe, Louisiana, Lakeshore School serves 532 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Ouachita Parish.

Within Ouachita Parish, which oversees 36 schools and 17,435 students, Lakeshore School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeshore School records that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 25% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ouachita Parish runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakeshore School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 17.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Ouachita Parish put median household earnings sit near $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ouachita Parish's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students), Lakeshore School is one campus in the mix.

Cypress Point Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeshore School. On composite proficiency, Lakeshore School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.