LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a tight-knit primary school in JACKSON, Mississippi, LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 230 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 2,895 students; LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hinds County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Hinds County shows median household income runs about $49,402, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 84 public schools in Hinds County (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students).

Pecan Park Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 264 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2024. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 94% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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