Lakeforest Elementary

As a substantial primary school in Greenville, North Carolina, Lakeforest Elementary serves 821 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Pitt County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 76% above the state mean of about 467.

Pitt County Schools comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 24,470 students; Lakeforest Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Lakeforest Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 98% of students at Lakeforest Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeforest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 49.2%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pitt County put median household income runs about $58,188, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Pitt County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,202 students), Lakeforest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pitt County Virtual, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeforest Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lakeforest Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 783 (now 821).

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