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LAKEVIEW EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAKEVIEW EL
As a moderately sized elementary-level community in GUN BARREL CITY, Texas, LAKEVIEW EL educates 501 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within MABANK ISD.
LAKEVIEW EL is one of 6 schools operated by MABANK ISD, a district that hosts 4,118 students overall.
Looking at the student body, LAKEVIEW EL reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Henderson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LAKEVIEW EL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at LAKEVIEW EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Henderson County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKEVIEW EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.3%; actual is 59.3%, +19.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Henderson County indicate median household income runs about $65,179, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LAKEVIEW EL is one of 32 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students).
SOUTHSIDE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LAKEVIEW EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. LAKEVIEW EL's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 501). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 78% to 61%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the LAKEVIEW EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Henderson County at a glance
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- MABANK H SHigh · 1,173 students
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- SOUTHSIDE ELElementary · 459 students
- SOUTHSIDE EL1.9 mi · 459
- MABANK J H3.0 mi · 652
- MABANK H S3.2 mi · 1,173
- MABANK INT3.6 mi · 610
- CENTRAL EL3.9 mi · 723
- TOOL EL4.9 mi · 197