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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN LAKES #4 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551509001957

Lakewood Elementary

1218 Wilmot Ave, Twin Lakes, WI 53181 · (262) 877-2148 · Kenosha County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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

Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 134 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
89 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K2911%
Kindergarten3212%
Grade 13212%
Grade 22811%
Grade 3239%
Grade 4166%
Grade 5228%
Grade 62610%
Grade 73112%
Grade 8249%

This year's kindergarten class (32) is 33% larger than its 8th grade class (24).

Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
20879%
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
3313%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Two+
197%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
13150%
Female
13250%

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
42.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +10.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2542.3%58.5%
2023-2443.2%47.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Lakewood Elementary

Lakewood Elementary's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lakewood Elementary this school26333.8%49.0%
Lomira Elementary
Lomira
24134.4%58.8%
Harrison Elementary
Janesville
26632.3%67.4%
Random Lake Elementary
Random Lake
29235.3%44.1%
Sevastopol Elementary
Sturgeon Bay
23035.2%83.5%
Theresa Elementary
Theresa
22135.3%72.8%
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 Lakewood Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Kenosha County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.0%#635 of 982#19 of 33
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
58.5%#421 of 992
▲ 227
#10 of 34
▲ 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
42.3%#696 of 992
▲ 1
#21 of 34
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
263#738 of 1,157#28 of 36
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.6:1#28 of 901#1 of 33
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
35.3%#494 of 901#25 of 33
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
33.8%#678 of 1,064#24 of 34
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-21.5%#188 of 664#1 of 15
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 2024-25
Enrollment
263
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2526327.59.6:134% (89)
2023-242712610.4:142% (113)
2022-2327828.59.8:146% (128)
2020-212702710.0:156% (150)
2017-183352513.4:148% (161)
2015-163722614.3:152% (195)
2010-114082715.1:144% (180)
2000-013992516.0:1N/A
1990-913402215.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 21% (335 to 263); teachers up 10% (25 to 27.5).

About Lakewood Elementary

Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, is home to Lakewood Elementary, a small elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 263 students.

Lakewood Elementary is one school in Twin Lakes #4 School District, a system of 2 schools with 267 students.

The student body at Lakewood Elementary is 79% White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among Kenosha County residents, the White share is about 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.

Lakewood Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1, with 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 34% at Lakewood Elementary. The average for public schools in Kenosha County is 48%.

Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Lakewood Elementary outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lakewood Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 49.0% actual against 56.9% predicted.

In the wider Kenosha County area, the median household earns about $81,239 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lakewood Elementary shares Kenosha County with 55 other public schools.

Learning by Design Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lakewood Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.

The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 270 to 263, a 3% decline.

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Kenosha County at a glance

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Population
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students

Quick facts

School name
Lakewood Elementary
District
Twin Lakes #4 School District
Address
1218 Wilmot Ave, Twin Lakes, WI 53181
Phone
(262) 877-2148
County
Kenosha County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
263
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
9.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
89 (34%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
551509001957
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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31 other US public schools in 22 states are named Lakewood Elementary. Lakewood Elementary is the 28th largest of the 32.

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Frequently asked questions

About Lakewood Elementary
How large is Lakewood Elementary?
Lakewood Elementary enrolls approximately 263 students in grades PK-08.
Is Lakewood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakewood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary is approximately 9.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lakewood Elementary?
Student demographics at Lakewood Elementary are roughly 79% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakewood Elementary?
Lakewood Elementary is overseen by Twin Lakes #4 School District in Kenosha County.
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