Lake Early Learning Center

Lake Early Learning Center is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, run under ST. JOSEPH, enrolling 211 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so Lake Early Learning Center sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Lake Early Learning Center is one of 22 schools operated by ST. JOSEPH, a district that caters to 10,430 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake Early Learning Center shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Buchanan County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting Lake Early Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Buchanan County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Buchanan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,158 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lake Early Learning Center is one of 36 public schools in Buchanan County (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students).

Nearest neighbor: HOSEA ELEM., around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Early Learning Center.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.