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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Lakewood Elementary School?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. CHARLES PARISH·NCES 220144001633
Lakewood Elementary School
501 East Heather Drive, Luling, LA 70070 · (985) 785-1161 · St. Charles Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
178 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 158 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 162 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 181 | 36% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
49.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 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 Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Elementary School this school | 501 | 35.5% | 51.2% |
| Mimosa Park Elementary School Luling | 440 | 38.2% | N/A |
| Norco Elementary School Norco | 501 | 38.5% | 57.3% |
| Bayou Community Academy Charter School Thibodaux | 499 | 35.5% | 72.0% |
| North DeSoto Lower Elementary School Stonewall | 523 | 41.5% | N/A |
| Legacy Elementary School Bossier City | 560 | 30.7% | 67.7% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Lakewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Charles Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #98 of 583 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #94 of 582 ▼ 25 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #208 of 587 ▼ 40 | #5 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #201 of 540 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #258 of 714 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #104 of 655 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #321 of 655 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #679 of 705 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #188 of 436 | #2 of 6 |
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
501
-64 (-11%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
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 | 501 | 44.7 | 11.2:1 | 36% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 47.2 | 11.7:1 | 34% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 37.2 | 15.2:1 | 35% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 36% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 40.4 | 15.2:1 | 40% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 38% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 25% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (613 to 501); teachers up 11% (40.4 to 44.7).
About Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Luling, Louisiana. It reported 501 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25.
Lakewood Elementary School is one of 15 schools in St. Charles Parish, which enrolls 8,756 students in total.
At Lakewood Elementary School, 66% of students are White. Smaller groups are 23% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put St. Charles Parish at about 64% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lakewood Elementary School scores 50%.
Lakewood Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1, with 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school has 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in St. Charles Parish report 48%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Lakewood Elementary School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Lakewood Elementary School is 7.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Charles Parish show that median household income comes to about $80,897, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 15, with about 8,756 students.
Mimosa Park Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Lakewood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Lakewood Elementary School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Lakewood Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 565 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 501 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.3 to 11.2 over 4 years.
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St. Charles Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,396
Census ACS
Median income
$80,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
8,756 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Charles Parish
- Destrehan High SchoolHigh · 1,435 students
- Hahnville High SchoolHigh · 1,416 students
- J.B. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Harry M. Hurst Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- Luling Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
- St. Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Luling
- Luling Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
- Mimosa Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- R.K. Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 303 students
Other Lakewood Elementary schools
31 other US public schools in 22 states are named Lakewood Elementary. Lakewood Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 32.
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,067 students
- Lakewood ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 866 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolTOMBALL, TX · 756 students
- Lakewood ElementaryBuchanan, TN · 752 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Mimosa Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 440
- Luling Elementary School1.9 mi · 653
- R.K. Smith Middle School3.0 mi · 303
- Hahnville High School3.5 mi · 1,416
- Harry M. Hurst Middle School3.7 mi · 685
- St. Rose Elementary School4.5 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood Elementary SchoolHow large is Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 03-05.
Is Lakewood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakewood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School is overseen by St. Charles Parish in St. Charles Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.