Lakeland Elementary School

Set in ELK RAPIDS, Michigan, Lakeland Elementary School is a small primary school, run under Elk Rapids Schools. It works with 289 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Lakeland Elementary School sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Elk Rapids Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 947 students; Lakeland Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lakeland Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder reads as 3% Native American, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Antrim County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Antrim County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeland Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.1%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Antrim County put the typical household earns roughly $72,054 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Antrim County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,700 students), of which Lakeland Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cherryland Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeland Elementary School has declined 22%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.