Lakeview K-8 Academy

As a sprawling elementary-level community in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Lakeview K-8 Academy caters to 988 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Kenosha School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 206% bigger than typical.

Lakeview K-8 Academy is one of 41 schools operated by Kenosha School District, a district that instructs 20,297 students overall.

Demographically, Lakeview K-8 Academy shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kenosha County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Lakeview K-8 Academy logs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lakeview K-8 Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 56.4%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kenosha County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,239, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Lakeview K-8 Academy is one of 56 public schools in Kenosha County (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students).

Lincoln Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeview K-8 Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakeview K-8 Academy at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

Lakeview K-8 Academy operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 1,226 students in 2018 compared to 988 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 65% to 53%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Lakeview K-8 Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.