LILA Kinder Center

www.myLILA.org

Charter School 127 Students

Elementary School Pre-K - K

School Overview

The **LILA Annex** in Forest Lake, Minnesota, serves as a satellite campus for the **Lakes International Language Academy (LILA)**, a well-regarded public charter school known for its language immersion programs. This specific facility is primarily utilized to support the school’s growing student body, often housing administrative offices, specialized classrooms, or specific grade-level programs that allow the main campus to maintain its focus on an International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum and intensive language acquisition.

As an extension of the LILA network, the Annex adheres to the school’s mission of fostering global citizenship through academic excellence and linguistic fluency—typically in Mandarin Chinese or Spanish. By operating this secondary location, the school is able to accommodate the high demand for its unique educational model within the Forest Lake community, providing students with a structured, rigorous, and culturally diverse learning environment that emphasizes both inquiry-based learning and bilingual proficiency.

127

Total Students

6.7

Full-Time Teachers

18.9

Student/Teacher Ratio

55.1%

Free/Reduced Lunch

Student Demographics

Student Demographics Data Table

Student Demographics for LILA Kinder Center
Demographic	Student Count
White	98
Hispanic	16
Black	4
Asian	4
Two or More	4
American Indian	1

White
98 (77.2 %)
Hispanic
16 (12.6 %)
Black
4 (3.1 %)
Asian
4 (3.1 %)
Two or More
4 (3.1 %)
American Indian
1 (0.8 %)

School Location

School Details

Status:	Open
School Level:	Elementary School
School Type:	Regular School
Charter Status:*	Charter School
Virtual Instruction:	No virtual instruction
Shared Time Status:	No
District:	Lakes International Language Academ
Phone:	(651)464-0771
Website:	http://www.myLILA.org
Grade Range:	Pre-K - K
Total Students:	127
Full-Time Teachers (FTE):	6.7
Pupil/Teacher Ratio:	18.9
NSLP Participation:¹	No
Qualified Free Lunch:	52
Qualified Reduced Lunch:	18

* Charter Schools: A public charter school is a publicly funded school that operates independently under a legislative contract (or "charter") with a state, school district, or designated authorizing entity. Charters grant these schools greater operational flexibility over curriculum, staffing, and budgeting in exchange for strict accountability to achieve performance standards established in their charter agreement.

¹ National School Lunch Program (NSLP): The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to eligible children each school day based on household income thresholds or community eligibility options (CEO).

Title I Program Overview: Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) allocates federal financial assistance to local educational agencies and public schools with high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.

Grades Taught

Kindergarten 127