📍 550 Balboa Street, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, 71203
Lakeshore School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Monroe, Ouachita Parish. The school has 570 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ouachita Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lakeshore School enrolls 570 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Black or African American, 29% White and 4.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 355 | 62% |
| White | 168 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
430 of the school's 570 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 357 qualify for free lunch and 73 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lakeshore School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-50, state senate district 34, state house district 16.
Lakeshore School is one of 36 schools in Ouachita Parish, based in Monroe, Louisiana. The district serves 17,435 students district-wide and employs 1,042 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 570 students, Lakeshore School is larger than the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize