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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Indian Lakes Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001880
Indian Lakes Elementary
1240 Homestead Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 · (757) 648-2680 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Virginia 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
204 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
77.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 73 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 Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 Indian Lakes Elementary
Indian Lakes Elementary's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Lakes Elementary this school | 516 | 39.5% | 71.9% |
| Providence Elementary Virginia Beach | 547 | 40.6% | 79.5% |
| Fairfield Elementary Virginia Beach | 478 | 39.3% | 72.9% |
| Magruder Elementary Williamsburg | 610 | 37.4% | 81.1% |
| Kempsville Elementary Virginia Beach | 498 | 37.6% | 77.4% |
| Waller Mill Elementary Williamsburg | 445 | 38.7% | 85.5% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Indian Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #532 of 1,101 | #32 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #493 of 1,111 ▲ 96 | #32 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #527 of 1,111 ▲ 24 | #37 of 54 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #535 of 1,176 | #29 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #378 of 1,105 | #22 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #166 of 1,106 | #22 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #855 of 1,157 | #37 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #313 of 759 | #11 of 40 |
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
516
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,189
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 516 | 39.2 | 13.2:1 | 40% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 37.2 | 13.3:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 34.8 | 15.4:1 | 41% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 30.2 | 20.0:1 | 41% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 33% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 31% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 21% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 1,189 | 54 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Lakes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (603 to 516); teachers up 30% (30.2 to 39.2).
About Indian Lakes Elementary
Indian Lakes Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, one of the schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 516 students.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools enrolls 64,731 students, and its 82 schools include Indian Lakes Elementary.
At Indian Lakes Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 44%. After that, the student body is 22% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Virginia Beach city is about 61% White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Indian Lakes Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.2:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 40%. Public schools in Virginia Beach city average 49%.
Indian Lakes Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Indian Lakes Elementary would score about 77.3%. It scores 71.9%, 5.5 points below that figure.
Virginia Beach city has these Census figures: the median household income is $92,968, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Virginia Beach city has 89 public schools and roughly 64,731 students.
Salem Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Indian Lakes Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Indian Lakes Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Indian Lakes Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 516, a 6% decrease from 551 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Indian Lakes Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Middle0.8 mi · 1,072
- Providence Elementary0.9 mi · 547
- Salem High1.1 mi · 1,690
- Kempsville Middle1.1 mi · 727
- Larkspur Middle1.2 mi · 1,488
- Parkway Elementary1.3 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Lakes ElementaryHow many students attend Indian Lakes Elementary?
Indian Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-05.
Is Indian Lakes Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian Lakes Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Indian Lakes Elementary have?
Indian Lakes Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Indian Lakes Elementary?
Indian Lakes Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 16% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Lakes Elementary?
Indian Lakes Elementary is overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.