Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510291001200
Lakemont Elementary
51 Gibbons St, Petersburg, VA 23803 · (804) 862-7007 · Petersburg city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
368 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Petersburg City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -11.0pp since 2022
Math
33.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-38.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lakemont Elementary
Lakemont Elementary's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakemont Elementary this school | 393 | 93.6% | 24.1% |
| Blackwell Elementary Richmond | 420 | 98.8% | 34.6% |
| Newtown Elementary Virginia Beach | 409 | 96.8% | 54.8% |
| Southampton Elementary Richmond | 473 | 98.3% | 42.3% |
| Edwin A. Gibson Elementary Danville | 466 | 94.8% | 28.5% |
| Pleasants Lane Elementary Petersburg | 493 | 93.1% | 22.0% |
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 Lakemont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,099 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,103 of 1,111 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,111 of 1,111 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #833 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #164 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #867 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #270 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #226 of 759 |
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
393
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 393 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 94% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 32 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 33 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 99% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 99% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 93% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 94% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakemont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (479 to 393); teachers down 11% (37 to 33).
About Lakemont Elementary
Lakemont Elementary is a small elementary school in Petersburg, Virginia. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 393 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Petersburg City Public Schools is the local district for Lakemont Elementary. It runs 7 schools with 4,582 students.
At 73%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Lakemont Elementary combined. It is also 21% Hispanic and 4% White. That is close to the 77% Black share among all Petersburg city residents. By the diversity index, Lakemont Elementary comes in at 43%.
Lakemont Elementary employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 94% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Petersburg city, the average is about the same, 92%.
Lakemont Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Lakemont Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in Virginia. Predicted: 62.6%. Actual: 24.1%.
Petersburg city has about 33,537 residents, and median household income is about $50,698, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 20%. Federal data list 9 public schools in Petersburg city, with a combined enrollment of about 4,582.
Of nearby public schools, Colonial Heights Middle is the closest, at about 1.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 24.1% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Lakemont Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The number of students grew from 378 to 393 over 4 years.
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Petersburg city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,537
Census ACS
Median income
$50,698
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Petersburg City Public Schools
- Petersburg HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Vernon Johns MiddleMiddle · 949 students
- Walnut Hill ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Pleasants Lane ElementaryElementary · 493 students
- Westview Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 418 students
Other schools in Petersburg
- Petersburg HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Vernon Johns MiddleMiddle · 949 students
- Walnut Hill ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Pleasants Lane ElementaryElementary · 493 students
- Westview Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 418 students
Other Lakemont Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lakemont Elementary. Lakemont Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LAKEMONT ELEMENTARYWINTER PARK, FL · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Colonial Heights Middle1.8 mi · 700
- Walnut Hill Elementary2.3 mi · 574
- Colonial Heights High2.6 mi · 886
- Ettrick Elementary3.1 mi · 560
- Westview Early Childhood Education Center3.1 mi · 418
- Cool Spring Elementary3.2 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Lakemont ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lakemont Elementary?
Lakemont Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lakemont Elementary serve?
Lakemont Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lakemont Elementary have?
Lakemont Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakemont Elementary?
At Lakemont Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 21% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakemont Elementary?
Lakemont Elementary is overseen by Petersburg City Public Schools in Petersburg city.
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