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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKOTA LOCAL·NCES 390495603633
Lakota Elementary School
5200 County Road 13, Kansas, OH 44841 · (419) 986-6640 · Sandusky County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
194 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lakota Elementary School→Lakota Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lakota Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.5pp since 2021
Math
77.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 81.5% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 78.3% |
| 2021-22 | 72.2% | 73.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lakota Elementary School
Lakota Elementary School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota Elementary School this school | 403 | 48.1% | 75.0% |
| Swanton Elementary School Swanton | 424 | 46.2% | 77.8% |
| Fairview Elementary School Sherwood | 411 | 46.5% | 74.4% |
| Old Fort Elementary School Bettsville Campus Bettsville | 380 | 44.2% | 68.5% |
| Millersburg Elementary School Millersburg | 361 | 46.3% | 77.1% |
| Midview West Elementary School Grafton | 390 | 53.8% | 73.7% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lakota Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Sandusky County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #360 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #459 of 1,569 ▼ 154 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #662 of 1,569 ▼ 87 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #448 of 1,514 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #818 of 1,808 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #610 of 1,582 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #997 of 1,590 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #293 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #861 of 992 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 48% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 46% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 31% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 20 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 20 | 19.7:1 | 51% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 52% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 284 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 39% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakota Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (419 to 403); teachers up 20% (20 to 24).
About Lakota Elementary School
Lakota Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Ohio, located in Kansas. It enrolled 403 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year.
Lakota Elementary School is a school in Lakota Local. The district has 3 schools and 953 students.
White students are the large majority at Lakota Elementary School, with 85% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White, within a few points of the school. Lakota Elementary School has a diversity index of 27%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 16.8:1 comes from the school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 48% of students at Lakota Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Lakota Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lakota Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.0%; the prediction is 70.6%.
In the county around the school, Sandusky County, median household income is about $62,295, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 22 public schools operate in Sandusky County, serving about 8,558 students.
The closest public school, Lakota Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Lakota Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lakota Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 403 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 386. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.8:1.
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Sandusky County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,778
Census ACS
Median income
$62,295
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,558 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakota Local
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- Lakota High SchoolHigh · 262 students
Other schools in Kansas
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- Lakota High SchoolHigh · 262 students
Other Lakota Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lakota Elementary. Lakota Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- LAKOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLakota, ND · 129 students
Nearby schools
- Lakota Middle School0.0 mi · 288
- Lakota High School0.0 mi · 262
- Old Fort Elementary School Bettsville Campus5.3 mi · 380
- Gibsonburg High School7.1 mi · 220
- Gibsonburg Middle School7.2 mi · 157
- James J Hilfiker Elementary School7.6 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Lakota Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakota Elementary School?
Lakota Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Lakota Elementary School serve?
Lakota Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakota Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakota Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lakota Elementary School?
Lakota Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakota Elementary School?
Lakota Elementary School is overseen by Lakota Local in Sandusky County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.