Lakewood Elementary
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lakewood Elementary
As a modestly sized elementary-level community in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Lakewood Elementary teaches 263 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Twin Lakes #4 School District.
Lakewood Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Twin Lakes #4 School District, a district that instructs 267 students overall.
On demographics, Lakewood Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Kenosha County's rate of about 48%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakewood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 49.0%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kenosha County put median household income runs about $81,239, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Kenosha County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students), Lakewood Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Learning by Design Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakewood Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakewood Elementary has contracted 21%, going from 335 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the Lakewood Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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