Lakeview Terrace Elementary

Lakeview Terrace Elementary, a tight-knit elementary-level community in MOSES LAKE, Washington, part of Moses Lake School District, educates 303 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Moses Lake School District runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 8,430 students. Lakeview Terrace Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lakeview Terrace Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 40% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakeview Terrace Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 34.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Grant County shows median household earnings sit near $73,267, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakeview Terrace Elementary is one of 61 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students).

Nearest neighbor: Columbia Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeview Terrace Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeview Terrace Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lakeview Terrace Elementary's enrollment has decreased 31% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 303). The White share of enrollment fell from 49% to 40% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.