Indian Lakes Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Indian Lakes Elementary serves 516 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 64,731 students. Indian Lakes Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Indian Lakes Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 22% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Virginia Beach city (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Indian Lakes Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.9%.

In the area at large, Virginia Beach city reports that median household income runs about $92,968, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), of which Indian Lakes Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Salem Middle, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Indian Lakes Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Indian Lakes Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.7%.

Indian Lakes Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Indian Lakes Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 516). Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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