LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY

LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in COTTONWOOD, Minnesota, run under LAKEVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 389 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in LAKEVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT (720 students total), LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Lyon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lyon County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.2%; this one delivers 50.6%.

Around the school, census data for Lyon County shows median household earnings sit near $75,303, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY is one of 21 public schools in Lyon County (combined enrollment of about 4,803 students).

LAKEVIEW SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 389). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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