Lake Country School

Lake Country School is a mid-sized elementary campus in Hartland, Wisconsin, operated by Lake Country School District. The school instructs 447 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Lake Country School sits 38% above that benchmark.

Lake Country School District is the operating authority for Lake Country School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Lake Country School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lake Country School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Country School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.0%, the actual is 84.1%, a residual of +11.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Waukesha County shows median household income runs about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which Lake Country School is one.

Nearest neighbor: North Elementary, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lake Country School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 78.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Country School has contracted 13%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Lake Country School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.