Is Lakeside Elementary a good school?

Lakeside Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.3% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Lakeside Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 248 students attended Lakeside Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Lakeside Elementary?

Students at Lakeside Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% African American, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Lakeside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lakeside Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Hanford High

Lakeside Elementary

Summary:

Lakeside Elementary is a public elementary school located in Hanford, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 238 students. The school is part of the Lakeside Union Elementary School District, which is ranked 1250 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lakeside Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and the California Science Test (CAST) across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as female students, male students, Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Lakeside Elementary also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 92-94% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

In comparison, the nearby Lee Richmond Elementary, Jefferson Academy, and Martin Luther King Junior Elementary generally perform better than Lakeside Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and lower rates of chronic absenteeism. These factors suggest that Lakeside Elementary may face unique challenges in supporting student learning and achievement, and could benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the academic needs of its student population, particularly for underperforming subgroups.

Detail:

Public K-8

9100 Jersey Ave.
Hanford, CA 93230-9560

(559) 582-2868

District: Lakeside Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5082^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,574

Students who attend Lakeside Elementary usually attend:

High:

Hanford High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.6

Number of students: 248

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.9%

White:

4.8%

African American:

4.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lakeside Elementary ranks worse than 86.7% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.3. (See more...)

Compare Details Lakeside Elementary ranks worse than 59.9% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.05. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (85.9%), African American (4.8%), White (4.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 96.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lakeside Elementary is 20.6. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lakeside Elementary is $11,574.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lakeside Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakeside Elementary 5082^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Lakeside Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Male students:

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SchoolDigger ranks Lakeside Elementary 1663^rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Lakeside Elementary in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Lakeside Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakeside Union Elementary 1250^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lakeside Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	11.79	4567^th	4809	5.0%
2005	19.30	4019^th	4822	16.7%
2006	36.51	2908^th	4818	39.6%
2007	28.60	3669^th	5113	28.2%
2008	9.27	4955^th	5113	3.1%
2009	12.66	4872^nd	5193	6.2%
2010	3.05	5300^th	5314	0.3%
2011	7.73	5285^th	5377	1.7%
2012	8.78	5235^th	5390	2.9%
2013	18.45	4840^th	5530	12.5%
2015	9.41	5500^th	5611	2.0%
2016	21.89	4433^rd	5614	21.0%
2017	15.67	5058^th	5692	11.1%
2018	16.36	4977^th	5662	12.1%
2019	20.30	4773^rd	5789	17.6%
2021	21.87	1112^th	1417	21.5%
2022	30.14	3858^th	5883	34.4%
2023	24.65	4401^st	5874	25.1%
2024	17.30	5082^nd	5862	13.3%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.81	2264^th	3246	30.3%
2019	37.47	1954^th	3275	40.3%
2021	59.99	128^th	602	78.7%
2022	69.24	503^rd	3311	84.8%
2023	48.02	1292^nd	3250	60.2%
2024	33.45	2298^th	3160	27.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.03	4264^th	5084	16.1%
2019	29.27	3906^th	5173	24.5%
2021	36.11	712^th	1110	35.9%
2022	36.83	3274^th	5264	37.8%
2023	33.27	3630^th	5374	32.5%
2024	23.03	4530^th	5511	17.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.46	4662^nd	5413	13.9%
2019	14.55	5057^th	5492	7.9%
2021	16.89	1130^th	1267	10.8%
2022	22.34	4476^th	5635	20.6%
2023	20.68	4637^th	5617	17.4%
2024	19.88	4715^th	5605	15.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.57	4778^th	5431	12.0%
2019	31.20	3690^th	5510	33.0%
2021	27.39	887^th	1272	30.3%
2022	38.27	3115^th	5663	45.0%
2023	27.23	4020^th	5650	28.8%
2024	20.23	4694^th	5636	16.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.39	3878^th	4830	19.7%
2019	27.11	3892^nd	4963	21.6%
2022	44.84	2536^th	5084	50.1%
2023	39.50	2944^th	5098	42.3%
2024	26.66	3977^th	5102	22.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Lakeside Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	21.66	1406^th	1769	20.5%
2005	18.93	1482^nd	1777	16.6%
2006	20.47	1475^th	1804	18.2%
2007	17.26	1723^rd	1999	13.8%
2008	5.92	1934^th	2005	3.5%
2009	7.22	1963^rd	2063	4.8%
2010	26.10	1695^th	2179	22.2%
2011	22.72	1840^th	2236	17.7%
2012	31.94	1582^nd	2259	30.0%
2013	30.78	1683^rd	2379	29.3%
2015	45.82	1193^rd	2477	51.8%
2016	36.42	1449^th	2497	42.0%
2017	40.96	1371^st	2508	45.3%
2018	38.19	1425^th	2480	42.5%
2019	13.45	2442^nd	2715	10.1%
2021	32.75	586^th	894	34.5%
2022	39.78	1471^st	2740	46.3%
2023	25.69	2013^th	2802	28.2%
2024	34.05	1663^rd	2777	40.1%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.71	1114^th	1364	18.3%
2019	30.54	1086^th	1442	24.7%
2021	61.51	68^th	363	81.3%
2024	39.70	745^th	1477	49.6%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.48	1097^th	2230	50.8%
2019	18.91	2060^th	2369	13.0%
2021	46.22	338^th	721	53.1%
2022	56.40	826^th	2458	66.4%
2023	34.51	1567^th	2549	38.5%
2024	43.57	1240^th	2575	51.8%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.99	1612^th	2262	28.7%
2019	17.05	2042^nd	2380	14.2%
2021	25.76	550^th	738	25.5%
2022	25.35	1818^th	2509	27.5%
2023	19.41	2117^th	2547	16.9%
2024	28.52	1732^nd	2546	32.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.13	1164^th	2273	48.8%
2019	14.77	2167^th	2407	10.0%
2021	43.97	385^th	763	49.5%
2022	58.24	842^nd	2527	66.7%
2023	35.23	1493^rd	2558	41.6%
2024	40.48	1326^th	2547	47.9%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Lakeside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.16	1015^th	2072	51.0%
2019	16.38	1991^st	2213	10.0%
2022	54.16	877^th	2359	62.8%
2023	36.60	1390^th	2391	41.9%
2024	50.03	990^th	2383	58.5%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Lakeside Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	113	41	10	118	0	n/a	n/a	282
1989	102	30	16	95	0	n/a	n/a	243
1990	97	29	27	99	4	n/a	n/a	256
1991	96	33	32	105	2	n/a	n/a	268
1992	73	18	21	82	0	n/a	n/a	194
1993	72	31	30	130	2	n/a	n/a	265
1994	76	36	35	117	3	n/a	n/a	267
1995	58	38	47	107	3	n/a	n/a	253
1996	58	38	47	107	3	n/a	n/a	253
1997	54	46	50	93	0	n/a	n/a	243
1998	47	43	46	103	3	n/a	n/a	242
1999	60	56	37	112	4	n/a	n/a	269
2000	40	52	26	120	2	n/a	n/a	240
2001	50	45	29	113	3	n/a	n/a	240
2002	48	37	27	136	2	n/a	n/a	250
2003	48	37	27	136	2	n/a	n/a	250
2004	31	36	23	150	2	n/a	n/a	242
2005	30	39	19	148	2	n/a	n/a	238
2006	28	36	16	136	1	n/a	n/a	217
2007	26	29	9	134	0	n/a	n/a	198
2008	22	28	4	139	n/a	n/a	n/a	193
2009	29	38	3	215	1	0	0	286
2010	31	38	10	261	0	0	5	345
2011	27	20	10	257	0	0	5	319
2012	24	17	13	260	0	0	4	318
2013	24	20	12	239	0	0	7	302
2014	21	20	5	243	0	0	9	298
2015	26	19	6	261	0	0	6	318
2016	15	24	9	246	0	0	7	301
2017	14	17	13	278	0	0	12	334
2018	15	13	11	276	0	0	11	326
2019	17	14	7	275	0	0	10	323
2020	18	18	8	273	0	0	9	326
2021	14	13	6	224	0	0	9	266
2022	11	10	4	203	0	0	7	235
2023	11	12	1	210	0	0	4	238
2024	12	12	6	213	0	0	5	248

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lakeside Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	282	12.0	23.5	n/a
1989	243	13.5	18.0	n/a
1990	256	13.4	19.1	n/a
1991	268	13.4	20.0	n/a
1992	194	13.6	14.2	74.2
1993	265	11.9	22.3	80
1994	267	12.0	22.3	79.8
1995	253	13.0	19.5	87.7
1996	253	13.0	19.5	87.7
1997	243	13.0	18.7	91.8
1998	242	13.0	18.6	88.8
1999	269	14.0	19.2	88.5
2000	240	14.0	17.1	87.5
2001	240	12.0	20.0	98.8
2002	250	13.0	19.2	92
2003	250	13.0	19.2	92
2004	242	15.0	16.1	89.7
2005	238	12.0	19.8	89.1
2006	217	10.0	21.7	79.3
2007	198	10.0	19.8	98.5
2008	193	8.0	24.1	92.2
2009	286	14.9	19.1	93
2010	345	18.0	19.1	95.1
2011	319	n/a	n/a	94.4
2012	318	15.5	20.5	n/a
2013	302	14.0	21.5	96.4
2014	298	13.2	22.4	96
2015	318	12.0	26.5	95.3
2016	301	13.0	23.1	93.4
2017	334	14.0	23.8	91
2018	326	14.0	23.2	94.5
2019	323	14.0	23.0	94.7
2020	326	n/a	n/a	96.3
2021	266	15.0	17.7	93.6
2022	235	15.0	15.6	92.8
2023	238	14.0	17.0	92.9
2024	248	12.0	20.6	96.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lakeside Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	282	12.0	23.5	n/a
1989	243	13.5	18.0	n/a
1990	256	13.4	19.1	n/a
1991	268	13.4	20.0	n/a
1992	194	13.6	14.2	74.2
1993	265	11.9	22.3	80
1994	267	12.0	22.3	79.8
1995	253	13.0	19.5	87.7
1996	253	13.0	19.5	87.7
1997	243	13.0	18.7	91.8
1998	242	13.0	18.6	88.8
1999	269	14.0	19.2	88.5
2000	240	14.0	17.1	87.5
2001	240	12.0	20.0	98.8
2002	250	13.0	19.2	92
2003	250	13.0	19.2	92
2004	242	15.0	16.1	89.7
2005	238	12.0	19.8	89.1
2006	217	10.0	21.7	79.3
2007	198	10.0	19.8	98.5
2008	193	8.0	24.1	92.2
2009	286	14.9	19.1	93
2010	345	18.0	19.1	95.1
2011	319	n/a	n/a	94.4
2012	318	15.5	20.5	n/a
2013	302	14.0	21.5	96.4
2014	298	13.2	22.4	96
2015	318	12.0	26.5	95.3
2016	301	13.0	23.1	93.4
2017	334	14.0	23.8	91
2018	326	14.0	23.2	94.5
2019	323	14.0	23.0	94.7
2020	326	n/a	n/a	96.3
2021	266	15.0	17.7	93.6
2022	235	15.0	15.6	92.8
2023	238	14.0	17.0	92.9
2024	248	12.0	20.6	96.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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