Lakeside Elementary School

Lakeside Elementary School operates as an expansive elementary school in Lakeside, Montana, run under Somers Elem. Current enrollment sits at 303 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 81% above typical.

Somers Elem comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 534 students; Lakeside Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeside Elementary School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Flathead County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at Lakeside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Flathead County's rate of about 75%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Flathead County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,925 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Flathead County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), Lakeside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Somers Middle School, roughly 4.7 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Lakeside Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Lakeside Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 303). White enrollment moved from 99% to 92% across the same window.

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