Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274236001790
Lakeaires Elementary
3963 VAN DYKE, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN 55110 · (651) 653-2809 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
182 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
36.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 Lakeaires Elementary
Lakeaires Elementary's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeaires Elementary this school | 396 | 46.0% | 38.1% |
| CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 425 | 48.0% | 33.1% |
| Forest View Elementary FOREST LAKE | 345 | 51.0% | 38.6% |
| Madison Elementary BLAINE | 369 | 44.7% | 56.1% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY WINONA | 322 | 49.7% | 48.6% |
| PULLMAN ELEMENTARY SAINT PAUL PARK | 420 | 39.8% | 35.0% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Lakeaires Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #568 of 844 | #31 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #621 of 844 | #33 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #421 of 844 | #29 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #488 of 1,130 | #51 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #494 of 769 | #54 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #277 of 796 | #58 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #382 of 942 | #70 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #496 of 499 | #55 of 55 |
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
396
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 396 | 27.1 | 14.6:1 | 46% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 25.2 | 15.4:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 26.3 | 14.7:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 30% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 39% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 19% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 23 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeaires Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (397 to 396); teachers unchanged (27 to 27.1).
About Lakeaires Elementary
Lakeaires Elementary serves students in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, as a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 396 students in pre-K through 5.
White Bear Lake School District is the local district for Lakeaires Elementary. It runs 20 schools with 11,839 students.
At 59%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lakeaires Elementary combined. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 59% White, within a few points of the school. Lakeaires Elementary has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Lakeaires Elementary counts 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.6 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ramsey County is 57%.
allk12 grades Lakeaires Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lakeaires Elementary is 2.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.1% versus 40.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
In the county around the school, Ramsey County, median household income is about $81,568, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Lakeaires Elementary is among the 302 public schools in Ramsey County.
The next-closest public school is SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lakeaires Elementary.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Lakeaires Elementary was 388 in 2020-21 and 396 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in White Bear Lake School District
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Other schools in WHITE BEAR LAKE
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Nearby schools
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLE0.6 mi · 750
- Normandy Park Education Center0.8 mi · 154
- White Bear Lake District Center0.8 mi · 97
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR0.9 mi · 1,196
- Mariner Middle School0.9 mi · 881
- South Campus Education Center0.9 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeaires ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeaires Elementary?
Lakeaires Elementary enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lakeaires Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeaires Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lakeaires Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Lakeaires Elementary.
How diverse is Lakeaires Elementary?
Lakeaires Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Lakeaires Elementary public or private?
Lakeaires Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by White Bear Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.