Lake Elementary School

Lake Elementary School, a modestly sized primary school in Lake, Mississippi, overseen by Scott County School District, instructs 333 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 25% smaller than typical.

Scott County School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,989 students; Lake Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lake Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 41% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.

On the resource side, Lake Elementary School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at Lake Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, Scott County reports that median household income runs about $48,786, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Lake Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 5,627 students).

The closest other public school is Lake High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lake Elementary School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 327 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.