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Lakeland Elementary School

235 WESTERN AVE, COLDWATER, MI 49036 · (517) 279-5980 · Branch County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • DTest 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.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools

Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
258 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 417847%
Grade 519753%
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
29879%
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
4913%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
123%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
113%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
21156%
Female
16444%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Lakeland Elementary School→Legg Middle School→Coldwater High School
Feeds from
Jefferson Elementary School02–03
Based on grade levels within Coldwater Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
36.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.3%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Lakeland Elementary School

Lakeland Elementary School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lakeland Elementary School this school37568.8%29.0%
Woodview Elementary School
BELDING
37267.2%33.6%
Jefferson Elementary School
COLDWATER
37864.0%41.5%
Bangor Central School
BAY CITY
33268.1%38.3%
South Elementary School
WATERVLIET
33566.9%N/A
Montabella Elementary
BLANCHARD
38968.1%29.1%
Matched among Michigan 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 Lakeland Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Branch County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
29.0%#960 of 1,085N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.3%#899 of 1,072N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
36.5%#842 of 1,139N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
375#767 of 1,630#4 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.5:1#1,318 of 1,424#7 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
34.9%#716 of 1,424#2 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
68.8%#529 of 1,563#3 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.9%#657 of 979#4 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 2024-25
Enrollment
375
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537519.219.5:169% (258)
2023-2439318.221.6:166% (260)
2022-2337318.719.9:165% (244)
2020-213942019.7:166% (259)
2017-1840719.221.2:160% (246)
2015-163701820.6:151% (188)
2010-112371121.6:141% (97)
2000-013231719.0:125% (80)
1990-91456N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeland Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (407 to 375); teachers unchanged (19.2 to 19.2).

About Lakeland Elementary School

Among the schools in COLDWATER, Michigan, is Lakeland Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches grades 4 through 5 and enrolls 375 students.

Lakeland Elementary School falls under Coldwater Community Schools, which has 5 schools enrolling 2,813 students.

More than half of enrollment at Lakeland Elementary School is White: 79%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 88% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lakeland Elementary School scores 35%.

With 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Roughly 69% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Branch County average 58%.

On the allk12 Grade, Lakeland Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 11% of Michigan public elementary schools.

Lakeland Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.0%, compared with a predicted 35.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.

The county, Branch County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $63,724, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 6,546 students.

Waldron Learning Center is about 0.1 miles from Lakeland Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Lakeland Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. The school's 29.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.

In the federal locale system, Lakeland Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

In 2020-21, Lakeland Elementary School enrolled 394 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 375.

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Branch County at a glance

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Population
45,300
Census ACS
Median income
$63,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,546 students

Quick facts

School name
Lakeland Elementary School
District
Coldwater Community Schools
Address
235 WESTERN AVE, COLDWATER, MI 49036
Phone
(517) 279-5980
County
Branch County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
04–05
Total enrollment
375
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
19.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
258 (69%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
261014004506
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Coldwater Community Schools
Other schools in COLDWATER
Other Lakeland Elementary schools

8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Lakeland Elementary. Lakeland Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.

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Frequently asked questions

About Lakeland Elementary School
How large is Lakeland Elementary School?
Lakeland Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Lakeland Elementary School serve?
Lakeland Elementary School serves grades 04-05.
How many students per teacher at Lakeland Elementary School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Lakeland Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeland Elementary School?
At Lakeland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lakeland Elementary School in?
Lakeland Elementary School is part of Coldwater Community Schools.
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