Lawton Elementary School

Lawton Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in LAWTON, Michigan, one of the schools within Lawton Community School District. Current enrollment sits at 397 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Lawton Community School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,027 students; Lawton Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lawton Elementary School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Van Buren County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lawton Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Lawton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lawton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.4%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the broader community, Van Buren County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Van Buren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), Lawton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lawton Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lawton Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lawton Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 397). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.