Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551119001488
Lakeside Elementary
4991 S US Highway 45, Oshkosh, WI 54902 · (920) 424-0131 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
70 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -18.0pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -18.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 62.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lakeside Elementary
Lakeside Elementary's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Elementary this school | 229 | 30.6% | 56.1% |
| Galesville Elementary Galesville | 263 | 30.8% | 50.8% |
| Park Community Charter School Kaukauna | 256 | 28.5% | 74.1% |
| Patch Elementary Omro | 215 | 33.0% | N/A |
| Horizon Elementary Plymouth | 245 | 35.9% | 54.4% |
| Altoona Intermediate Altoona | 278 | 35.6% | 55.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lakeside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #503 of 982 | #11 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #692 of 992 ▼ 293 | #17 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #662 of 992 ▼ 357 | #14 of 29 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #829 of 1,157 | #23 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #578 of 901 | #20 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #504 of 901 | #19 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #726 of 1,064 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #245 of 664 | #7 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
229
-29 (-11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 229 | 16.4 | 14.0:1 | 31% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 16.6 | 13.1:1 | 28% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 17.6 | 13.8:1 | 33% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 30% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 16.8 | 16.8:1 | 19% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 26% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 19% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | 21% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 12 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (281 to 229); teachers down 2% (16.8 to 16.4).
About Lakeside Elementary
Lakeside Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Oshkosh. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 229 students enrolled. That is 29% below the average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Oshkosh Area School District (21 schools, 9,582 students) runs Lakeside Elementary.
At Lakeside Elementary, 80% of students are White. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. The diversity index for Lakeside Elementary is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lakeside Elementary has 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school has 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Winnebago County is 10 points.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Lakeside Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Lakeside Elementary scores 56.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.9%.
Winnebago County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,925 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Winnebago County number 56, with about 22,271 students.
South Park Middle is about 4.7 miles from Lakeside Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lakeside Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 11% over 4 years, reaching 229 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Lakeside Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,769
Census ACS
Median income
$74,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
22,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oshkosh Area School District
- West HighHigh · 1,623 students
- North HighHigh · 1,266 students
- Vel Phillips Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Menominee Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ready 4 Learning SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Traeger MiddleMiddle · 447 students
Other schools in Oshkosh
- West HighHigh · 1,623 students
- North HighHigh · 1,266 students
- Vel Phillips Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Menominee Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ready 4 Learning SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Traeger MiddleMiddle · 447 students
Other Lakeside Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Lakeside Elementary. Lakeside Elementary is the 12th largest of the 16.
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 726 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 527 students
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPEMBROKE PINES, FL · 500 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolHonesdale, PA · 419 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolCOPPELL, TX · 410 students
Nearby schools
- South Park Middle4.7 mi · 354
- Shapiro STEM Academy4.7 mi · 204
- Jefferson Elementary4.8 mi · 260
- Washington Elementary5.0 mi · 166
- Franklin Elementary5.6 mi · 308
- Menominee Elementary School5.8 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside ElementaryHow many students attend Lakeside Elementary?
Lakeside Elementary enrolls approximately 229 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lakeside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lakeside Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Lakeside Elementary.
How diverse is Lakeside Elementary?
Lakeside Elementary reports a student body of 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeside Elementary?
Lakeside Elementary is overseen by Oshkosh Area School District in Winnebago County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.