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How has LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVILLE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 271778002436
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY
20500 JACQUARD AVE, LAKEVILLE, MN 55044 · (952) 232-2600 · Dakota County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
103 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 48%
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 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
40%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
68.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
74.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 588 | 17.5% | 66.1% |
| BIG WOODS ELEMENTARY SAINT MICHAEL | 656 | 18.0% | 63.6% |
| HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY EDINA | 564 | 14.9% | 67.9% |
| RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 573 | 20.2% | 43.6% |
| JONATHAN ELEMENTARY CHASKA | 541 | 20.0% | 61.3% |
| Hamilton Ridge Elementary School SAVAGE | 586 | 19.5% | 47.9% |
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 LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #60 of 844 | #3 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #67 of 844 | #3 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #64 of 844 | #3 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #174 of 1,130 | #21 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #516 of 769 | #40 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #473 of 796 | #52 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.5% | #865 of 942 | #63 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #479 of 499 | #34 of 36 |
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
588
+130 (+28%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
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 | 588 | 39.6 | 14.8:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 40.4 | 13.2:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 38.2 | 13.6:1 | 21% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 34.6 | 17.2:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 33 | 19.7:1 | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (596 to 588); teachers up 15% (34.6 to 39.6).
About LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY is a public large elementary school in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota. Enrollment totals 588 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 71% above the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY is one school in Lakeville Area Schools, a system of 21 schools with 12,025 students.
Of every 100 students at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY, about 76 are White. The school is also 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among Dakota County residents, the White share is about 74%. The diversity index for LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 18% of the student body. Across public schools in Dakota County, the average is 34%.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 90% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY scores 66.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.7%.
In the wider Dakota County area, median household income comes to about $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Dakota County counts 170 public schools with about 74,687 students.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
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 increased 28% over 4 years, reaching 588 in 2024-25.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeville Area Schools
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,816 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- MCGUIRE MIDDLEMiddle · 844 students
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
Other schools in LAKEVILLE
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,816 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- East Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- MCGUIRE MIDDLEMiddle · 844 students
Other Lakeview Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 23 states are named Lakeview Elementary. LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY is the 10th largest of the 44.
- Lakeview ElementaryALBERT LEA, MN · 400 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARYCOTTONWOOD, MN · 389 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARYROBBINSDALE, MN · 318 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSAINT CLOUD, FL · 752 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolStow, OH · 745 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 727
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH0.8 mi · 1,816
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH0.9 mi · 1,871
- Lakeville Pathways Academy1.1 mi · 58
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 854
- MCGUIRE MIDDLE1.4 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY?
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 588 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY serve?
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY have?
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY are roughly 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY?
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY is overseen by Lakeville Area Schools in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.