Lakeville Elementary School

As a minimally staffed K-5 school in Lakeville, Ohio, Lakeville Elementary School hosts 100 students from grades 3 through 5, part of West Holmes Local. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

West Holmes Local runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,675 students. Lakeville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeville Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Lakeville Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Holmes County (around 31%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakeville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.8%, the actual is 76.3%, a residual of +4.5 points.

In the area at large, Holmes County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,140, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lakeville Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Holmes County (combined enrollment of about 3,271 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nashville Elementary School, around 4.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeville Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 68.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lakeville Elementary School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 100). White enrollment moved from 91% to 97% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 29.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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