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If you could change one rule at Lakeview Hope Academy, what would it be?
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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530141000262
Lakeview Hope Academy
10501 47th AVE SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 · (253) 583-5320 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
454 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 51%
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
30.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
23.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 23.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.8% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 22.6% |
| 2018-19 | 35.2% | 43.9% |
| 2017-18 | 40.4% | 44.5% |
| 2016-17 | 30.7% | 35.9% |
| 2015-16 | 35.3% | 35.4% |
| 2014-15 | 23.9% | 26.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Lakeview Hope Academy
Lakeview Hope Academy's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Hope Academy this school | 540 | 84.1% | 25.9% |
| Four Heroes Elementary Lakewood | 541 | 84.7% | 29.1% |
| Olympic View Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 547 | 82.6% | 20.9% |
| Wildwood Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 598 | 79.1% | 32.7% |
| College Place Elementary LYNNWOOD | 473 | 75.3% | 27.5% |
| Harvard Elementary Tacoma | 445 | 75.7% | 27.3% |
Matched among Washington 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 Lakeview Hope Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #862 of 936 | #138 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #990 of 1,103 ▼ 6 | #134 of 142 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #933 of 1,102 ▲ 58 | #128 of 142 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #327 of 928 | #54 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #198 of 1,268 | #31 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #132 of 1,085 | #8 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #362 of 1,088 | #86 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #75 of 1,169 | #2 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #304 of 778 | #34 of 91 |
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
540
-55 (-9%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
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 | 540 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 84% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 38.5 | 14.1:1 | 88% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 84% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 81% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 78% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 87% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 88% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 25 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeview Hope Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (672 to 540); teachers down 20% (49 to 39).
About Lakeview Hope Academy
Lakeview Hope Academy is a mid-sized elementary school based in Lakewood, Washington. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 540 students. That compares with an average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Across its 32 schools, Clover Park School District enrolls 12,345 students. Lakeview Hope Academy is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Lakeview Hope Academy is 50% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 11% White, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 9% Pacific Islander. The school's Hispanic share is 37 points above the 13% share among Pierce County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Classroom staffing at Lakeview Hope Academy totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Lakeview Hope Academy is about 84%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
Lakeview Hope Academy holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Washington public elementary schools.
The model predicts 23.8% for a school in Washington with Lakeview Hope Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lakeview Hope Academy posts 25.9%.
In Pierce County, home to about 930,319 people, median household income comes to about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pierce County's 287 public schools enroll about 138,462 students and include Lakeview Hope Academy.
Lakeview Hope Academy is about 0.4 miles from Clover Park Early Learning Program, its nearest public school. Lakeview Hope Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lakeview Hope Academy ranks 3rd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.9% against a local average of 30.0%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 595 in 2020-21 to 540 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.3:1 to 13.8:1.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clover Park School District
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Rainier Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Hudtloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- Four Heroes ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Clover Park Early Learning Program0.4 mi · 213
- Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy0.7 mi · 162
- CPSD Open Doors Program0.7 mi · 276
- Tyee Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 381
- Special Education Services/relife1.0 mi · 4
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory School1.0 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeview Hope AcademyHow large is Lakeview Hope Academy?
Lakeview Hope Academy enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lakeview Hope Academy serve?
Lakeview Hope Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lakeview Hope Academy have?
Lakeview Hope Academy employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Lakeview Hope Academy?
Student demographics at Lakeview Hope Academy are roughly 11% White, 50% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeview Hope Academy?
Lakeview Hope Academy is overseen by Clover Park School District in Pierce County.
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