 As of the 2004-05 school year 270 students attended and the graduating class was 23 students.Lakeview Christian School is operated as a ministry of Lakeview Wesleyan Church, Marion but accepts students from numerous Christian churches around the Grant County area.The school was founded in 1977 out of the perceived need by the church's pastor and several families to "meet a growing community need for a private school which would be uniquely committed to quality academic opportunity and strong in moral and Christian teaching".