Lakeside Elementary, Hanford CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lakeside Elementary

Lakeside Elementary is a small K-8 school in Hanford serving about a quarter-thousand students, the vast majority from low-income backgrounds. The school's testing data shows consistent and significant academic challenges across grades and subjects.

In math proficiency, Lakeside's results range from a low point in the middle grades to the mid-range in upper grades, but remain well below the midpoint of schools in Kings County. Reading and language arts performance is similarly low across most grades, though seventh grade shows a modest uptick. Science results, where tested, are very low. Across all tested subjects and grade levels combined, the school's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint among county districts.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with nearly all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a deeply economically disadvantaged community. The school's primary grades are somewhat larger than upper grades; seventh and eighth grades each serve around mid-size cohorts, while some early grades are quite small.

Hanford itself is the Kings County seat and functions as a regional agricultural and government center in the San Joaquin Valley. The city has a historic walkable downtown anchored by locally owned shops, restaurants, and the Fox Theatre, served by Amtrak and a local transit hub. Most of the wider city is car-oriented. The area is on a growth trajectory, with major new single-family housing subdivisions planned in south and northwest Hanford, though these new developments are not yet near Lakeside's location. Housing values in the zip code are moderate relative to California, and the regional economy centers on health care, government, food processing, and agriculture.

Lakeside Union Elementary is a single-school rural district, and no significant district-level policy or infrastructure changes were available in recent public record. A parent may want to look into further with the school what academic support systems are in place and what the school is doing to address the low proficiency rates, particularly in math and the middle grades.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 721%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Science

Grade 59%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

This schoolLakeside Union Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.