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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274146004916
Laketown Elementary
960 AIRPORT ROAD, WACONIA, MN 55387 · (952) 442-0690 · Carver County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
53 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Laketown Elementary→Waconia Middle School
Based on grade levels within WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
69.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
76.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Laketown Elementary
Laketown Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Elementary this school | 530 | 10.0% | 65.5% |
| Twin Cities German Immersion Chrtr SAINT PAUL | 563 | 8.7% | 59.6% |
| SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY WACONIA | 544 | 13.6% | 59.9% |
| Redtail Ridge Elementary School SAVAGE | 556 | 10.6% | 56.5% |
| WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY STILLWATER | 648 | 10.8% | N/A |
| SCHUMANN ELEMENTARY LONG LAKE | 611 | 6.9% | N/A |
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 Laketown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Carver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #71 of 844 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #55 of 844 | #2 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #50 of 844 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #249 of 1,130 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #338 of 769 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #670 of 796 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #927 of 942 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #448 of 499 | #10 of 10 |
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
530
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 530 | 39.9 | 13.3:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 34.9 | 15.0:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 32.4 | 16.4:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 33.5 | 16.3:1 | 7% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laketown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (546 to 530); teachers up 19% (33.5 to 39.9).
About Laketown Elementary
Laketown Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in WACONIA, Minnesota. Total enrollment is 530 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Minnesota have about 344 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.
Laketown Elementary belongs to WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 10 schools and 3,984 students.
Laketown Elementary is 89% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Carver County, where about 87% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Laketown Elementary scores 20%.
The school's 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. At Laketown Elementary, 10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Laketown Elementary outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Laketown Elementary is 5.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Carver County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $125,946, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Carver County's 57 public schools enroll about 18,076 students and include Laketown Elementary.
The closest school to Laketown Elementary is SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, located about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Laketown Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% rise, from 506 to 530. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Laketown Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Carver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,041
Census ACS
Median income
$125,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
18,076 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Waconia High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Waconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 544 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 67 students
- Waconia Early Learning CenterElementary · 53 students
Other schools in WACONIA
- Waconia High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Waconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 544 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 67 students
- Waconia Early Learning CenterElementary · 53 students
Other Laketown Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Laketown Elementary. Laketown Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Laketown Elementary SchoolSpringfield, IL · 135 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 544
- TRANSITIONS 1101.3 mi · 11
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 530
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION1.6 mi · 67
- Waconia Early Learning Center1.6 mi · 53
- Waconia Middle School2.4 mi · 885
Frequently asked questions
About Laketown ElementaryHow large is Laketown Elementary?
Laketown Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
Is Laketown Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laketown Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Laketown Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Laketown Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Laketown Elementary?
Student demographics at Laketown Elementary are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Laketown Elementary in?
Laketown Elementary is part of WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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