Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary is a public virtual elementary school serving grades K-5 in Lakeville, Minnesota, with a relatively small student population of 63 students. The school is part of the Lakeville Area Schools district, which is ranked 80 out of 463 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary has a significantly higher percentage of white students (82.54%) compared to the surrounding schools, which range from 32.65% to 75.62% white students. The school's proficiency rates on the MCA-III assessments are generally lower than the Lakeville Area Schools district and the state of Minnesota averages across all grades and subjects, particularly in Math, where the school's proficiency rate was 30.43% compared to 58.29% for the district and 45.47% for the state. The school's 5th-grade proficiency rates are particularly low, with only 9.09% proficient in Math and 54.55% proficient in Reading, compared to the district and state averages.
Interestingly, Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients at 26.98% in 2022-2023, compared to the surrounding schools, which range from 13.59% to 48.01%. The school also had a student-teacher ratio of 8.4 in 2022-2023, which is significantly lower than the surrounding schools, which range from 11.6 to 16.6 students per teacher. These factors suggest that the virtual learning environment may be attracting a more affluent and engaged student population, which could contribute to the school's lower test scores compared to the traditional public schools in the area.
In the 2023-24 school year, 44 students attended Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary.
Students at Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary are 70% White, 14% Two or more races, 7% African American, 7% Hispanic, 2% American Indian.
Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary ranks 641st of 881 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.
Lakeville Area Schools