Lakeview Elementary

Lakeview Elementary is one of the modestly sized elementary campuss in Whitewater, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Whitewater Unified School District, with 209 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Lakeview Elementary sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Whitewater Unified School District (1,893 students total), Lakeview Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lakeview Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Walworth County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lakeview Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Walworth County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeview Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Walworth County shows median household earnings sit near $80,520, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Walworth County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,383 students), of which Lakeview Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whitewater High, around 5.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lakeview Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lakeview Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 192 (now 209). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 81% to 58%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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