The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in English language arts. The lowest is 53% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Lake View Elementary Primary
Lake View Elementary Primary serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Page Unified School District. The school sits in Page, a planned community on the Arizona-Utah border that was originally built to house construction workers for the Glen Canyon Dam. Today Page functions as a tourism hub for visitors to Lake Powell and nearby slot canyons, with a commercial strip along Lake Powell Boulevard supporting roughly four dozen lodging properties and restaurants. Behind that tourist corridor, Page is a small residential town with a substantial Native American population, primarily Navajo, and a local economy that depends heavily on tourism services, though the school district itself and federal employers such as the National Park Service also anchor the workforce.
The most recent state testing data available for Lake View Elementary comes from the 2011-12 school year, and more current results were not found in the records examined. That single year of results showed that in reading and English language arts, a majority of students in grades three, four, and five scored at or above the proficient level. In mathematics, the share of proficient students was roughly three-quarters of third graders and two-thirds of fourth graders, while fifth-grade math proficiency was lower, with about half of students reaching that benchmark. Science results from that year, which are only available for fourth grade, also showed about half of students proficient. Because these results are now many years old, they provide only a historical snapshot rather than a current picture of student performance. A parent looking for the school's recent academic standing would need to seek more up-to-date information from the district or state.
When compared with other school districts across Coconino County, Lake View Elementary's overall proficiency across the tested subjects and grades placed it in the top quarter of the twenty districts in the county. That comparison is based on a single composite measure from the available test data and does not reflect more recent trends.
The student body is predominantly Native American, with a smaller share of white students and a handful of students who are Hispanic, Asian, Black, or multiracial. Enrollment figures, which appear to reflect only kindergarten through second grade in the available records, show a school of modest size for that grade span. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, receive special education services, or are English learners was not reported in the data provided.
Housing in the Page area carries a value slightly below the statewide median for Arizona. The national mortgage rate environment and broader economic indicators show moderate inflation in rental costs and a stable, if not declining, national home-price trend. Page itself has seen a small population decline in recent years, and the city identifies attainable housing as a challenge. The closure and demolition of the Navajo Generating Station, once a major industrial employer, removed a significant economic anchor, though tourism and the school district continue to provide a base of local jobs.
The school is part of Page Unified School District, which operates multiple campuses across the town. No recent district-level changes affecting parents were identified in publicly available sources. For a family considering Lake View Elementary, the school offers the stability of a regular public elementary program in a town with a distinct cultural and economic identity tied to the Colorado Plateau tourism economy. The old testing data makes it difficult to assess current academic momentum, so a parent would want to talk directly with school staff about how instruction and student outcomes have evolved in the years since those results were recorded.
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