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What's the one class at Lakewood Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURON VALLEY SCHOOLS·NCES 261899005582
Lakewood Elementary School
1500 BOGIE LAKE RD, WHITE LAKE, MI 48383 · (248) 684-8030 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+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.
- ·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
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
88 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lakewood Elementary School→Lakeland High School
Based on grade levels within Huron Valley Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
56.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Elementary School this school | 434 | 20.3% | 54.9% |
| Cherry Creek Elementary School MARQUETTE | 430 | 21.2% | 43.0% |
| Ashley Elementary School NEW BALTIMORE | 441 | 20.4% | 57.0% |
| Hartland Round Elementary School HARTLAND | 460 | 20.4% | 70.3% |
| Great Oaks Elementary School CHESTERFIELD | 468 | 18.2% | 58.8% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School ROCKFORD | 397 | 22.2% | 61.4% |
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 Lakewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #320 of 1,085 | #71 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #300 of 1,072 | #67 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #280 of 1,139 | #65 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #511 of 1,630 | #78 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #943 of 1,424 | #126 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #1,001 of 1,424 | #151 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #1,383 of 1,563 | #105 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #692 of 979 | #79 of 118 |
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
434
+147 (+51%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 434 | 25.7 | 16.9:1 | 20% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 28.6 | 14.9:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 25.7 | 18.2:1 | 18% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 23 | 19.9:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 641 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (468 to 434); teachers unchanged (25.7 to 25.7).
About Lakewood Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in WHITE LAKE, Michigan, under Huron Valley Schools. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 434 students.
Huron Valley Schools counts 7,372 students in its 16 schools, and Lakewood Elementary School is one of them.
At Lakewood Elementary School, White students make up 87% of the student body. The school is also 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 69%. Lakewood Elementary School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.9:1, with 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 20%. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Lakewood Elementary School is B. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lakewood Elementary School is 2.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 54.9%. Predicted: 57.3%.
In the county around the school, Oakland County, median household income is about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Lakewood Elementary School is among the 345 public schools in Oakland County.
The closest other public school is White Lake Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.7% on proficiency, and Lakewood Elementary School is above that at 54.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at Lakewood Elementary School as 287 in 2020-21 and 434 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.7:1 to 16.9:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huron Valley Schools
- Milford High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Lakeland High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Muir Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Oak Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- White Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Country Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in WHITE LAKE
- Lakeland High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- White Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Dublin ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Oxbow Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Houghton Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Harbor High SchoolHigh · 133 students
Other Lakewood Elementary schools
31 other US public schools in 22 states are named Lakewood Elementary. Lakewood Elementary School is the 18th largest of the 32.
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolLAKE ODESSA, MI · 461 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolHOLLAND, MI · 293 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolANN ARBOR, MI · 258 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,067 students
- Lakewood ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 866 students
Nearby schools
- White Lake Middle School0.2 mi · 525
- Lakeland High School0.3 mi · 1,012
- Walled Lake Northern High School1.4 mi · 1,383
- Oxbow Elementary School1.9 mi · 397
- Huron Valley Adult Education2.1 mi · 15
- Harbor High School2.1 mi · 133
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lakewood Elementary School serve?
Lakewood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lakewood Elementary School have?
Lakewood Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is Lakewood Elementary School?
Lakewood Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lakewood Elementary School public or private?
Lakewood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huron Valley Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.