Lakeshore Elementary

Located at 711 Lake St, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Lakeshore Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that enrolls 314 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Eau Claire Area School District.

Within Eau Claire Area School District, which oversees 23 schools and 10,687 students, Lakeshore Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lakeshore Elementary lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Eau Claire County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lakeshore Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Lakeshore Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Eau Claire County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeshore Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 49.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Eau Claire County put the typical household earns roughly $74,546 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Eau Claire County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,002 students), of which Lakeshore Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Second Avenue School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeshore Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeshore Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 441 students in 2018 to 314 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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