Lakeshore Elementary

Set in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Lakeshore Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, run under Fond du Lac School District. It hosts 354 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 15 schools in Fond du Lac School District (6,457 students total), Lakeshore Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lakeshore Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fond du Lac County (around 41%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakeshore Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.8%; actual is 84.2%, +16.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Fond du Lac County reports that median household income runs about $74,275, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Fond du Lac County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,230 students), of which Lakeshore Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Fond du Lac High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeshore Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.2%.

Lakeshore Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Lakeshore Elementary's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 354). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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