Lakeview Elementary

Lakeview Elementary is one of the sprawling elementary schools in Kirkland, Washington, part of Lake Washington School District, with 602 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Lake Washington School District comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 30,986 students; Lakeview Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lakeview Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 35% Asian, 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lakeview Elementary lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 12% of students at Lakeview Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lakeview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.1%; this one delivers 80.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Lakeview Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeview Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 72.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Lakeview Elementary's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 602). White enrollment moved from 59% to 38% across the same window.

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