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Enrollment
654
High
DISTRICT 1,234 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001562
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
3050 HYLTON ROAD, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8885 · Washington County
GRADES 08–09HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
569 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 298 | 46% |
| Grade 9 | 356 | 54% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
36.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +17.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.3% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 19.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 654 | 87.0% | 27.6% |
| SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 694 | 83.3% | 35.6% |
| DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 550 | 75.5% | 26.8% |
| DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 348 | 75.3% | 42.3% |
| GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 723 | 93.5% | 20.4% |
| SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 2,207 | 85.9% | 15.4% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #156 of 272 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #54 of 132 ▲ 46 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #239 of 280 ▼ 6 | #13 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #64 of 310 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #221 of 245 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #9 of 246 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #80 of 273 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #101 of 133 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
654
+56 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 654 | 47.9 | 13.6:1 | 87% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 52.4 | 12.9:1 | 88% (594) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 51.6 | 12.3:1 | 88% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 52 | 11.5:1 | 86% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 58.4 | 11.8:1 | 56% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 61 | 13.8:1 | 80% (671) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas. The school serves 654 students in grades 8 through 9 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students.
The district, SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 29 schools serving 22,685 students.
Enrollment at LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 46%. Other reported shares: 27% Pacific Islander, 22% White, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Hispanic among all Washington County residents. LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 47.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among high schools in Arkansas is 8.8:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 87%. It compares with 58% for public schools in Washington County.
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 27.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 27.5%.
In the county around the school, Washington County, median household income is about $70,639, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 76 public schools operate in Washington County, serving about 42,451 students.
The closest other public school is DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 27.6% against a local average of 27.7%.
NCES describes the area around LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 598 to 654. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other Lakeside Junior High schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lakeside Junior High. LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHOT SPRINGS, AR · 581 students
- LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 865 students
- Lakeside Junior High SchoolAshtabula, OH · 398 students
Nearby schools
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION0.3 mi · 1,976
- HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 559
- TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 599
- LINDA CHILDERS KNAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 607
- J. O. KELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 663
- PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 654 students in grades 08-09.
Is LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-09.
How many teachers does LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 22% White, 46% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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