Lake Early Learning Center

Size

Lake Early Learning Center is the smallest of St. Joseph School District's 2 schools; its 211 students are 2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest schools are a median 37.7 miles away and have a median of 123 students, so Lake Early Learning Center is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Lake Early Learning Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 211 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 57.8% of enrollment, a lower share than across St. Joseph (62%). Hispanic students are next, at 22.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

51.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.4% across St. Joseph and a median of 46.5% for Missouri schools. 33.6% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Lake Early Learning Center has 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.8 students per teacher. At the median Missouri school ratio of 13.2, a school with 211 students would have about 16 teachers, so Lake Early Learning Center has 3.5 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri schools (13.2).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other school is Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr, 4.9 miles away in the same district. There is 1 school within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.