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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (GARLAND)·NCES 050867000394
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
2923 MALVERN AVENUE, HOT SPRINGS, AR 71901 · (501) 262-6244 · Garland County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
244 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 252 | 46% |
| Grade 6 | 294 | 54% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL→LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 57.5% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 546 | 44.7% | 47.4% |
| LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 581 | 47.3% | 52.0% |
| AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 576 | 49.5% | 46.6% |
| PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRAIRIE GROVE | 550 | 48.0% | 47.1% |
| EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL HENSLEY | 439 | 44.4% | 48.3% |
| GRAVETTE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAVETTE | 508 | 40.9% | 50.9% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Garland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #49 of 207 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #10 of 208 ▲ 8 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #47 of 208 ▼ 7 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #80 of 217 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #151 of 188 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #94 of 188 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #172 of 210 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #9 of 114 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
546
-239 (-30%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 546 | 33.3 | 16.4:1 | 45% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 33.1 | 16.5:1 | 49% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 40.9 | 13.5:1 | 52% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 33% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 50.7 | 16.5:1 | 18% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 45% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 40% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 25% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle-grades school in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas. The school serves grades 5 through 6. Enrollment is 546 students.
Within LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland), LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 3,538 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Garland County's population at about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.4:1. Middle schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. Public schools in Garland County average 72%.
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.2% for LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 47.4%, 4.2 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Garland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $57,181, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Garland County's 28 public schools enroll about 14,391 students and include LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 47.4% is above the 35.1% average for nearby schools.
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 546 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 785. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 16.4:1.
This page is set up for the LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Garland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,035
Census ACS
Median income
$57,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
14,391 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,107 students
- LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 721 students
- LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
- LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 581 students
Other schools in HOT SPRINGS
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,107 students
- HOT SPRINGS JUNIOR ACADEMYMiddle · 803 students
- HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 759 students
- LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 721 students
- MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 647 students
- LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
Other Lakeside Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeside Middle. LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 14.
- LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKE VILLAGE, AR · 190 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,513 students
- Lakeside MiddlePerris, CA · 1,076 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMILLVILLE, NJ · 929 students
- Lakeside MiddleLexington, SC · 893 students
Nearby schools
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,107
- LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 721
- LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 583
- LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 581
- CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 357
- CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 05-06.
Is LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 16.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.