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Lakeview Elementary
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lakeview Elementary
Located at 1645 S Commercial St, in Neenah, Wisconsin, Lakeview Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that educates 317 students (grades K through 4), run under Neenah Joint School District.
Neenah Joint School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,662 students. Lakeview Elementary is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Lakeview Elementary reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lakeview Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Winnebago County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Lakeview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.4%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Winnebago County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,925 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakeview Elementary is one of 56 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students).
The closest other public school is Coolidge Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeview Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lakeview Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Lakeview Elementary's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 317).
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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