Lakeside Middle

Set in Norwalk, California, Lakeside Middle is a low-enrollment 6-8 campus, operated by Little Lake City Elementary. It caters to 509 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Lakeside Middle sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Little Lake City Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,535 students, Lakeside Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lakeside Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%); the rest comes out to 6% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Lakeside Middle reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeside Middle sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.0%; actual is 52.5%, +20.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lakeside Middle is one campus in the mix.

Studebaker Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lakeside Middle comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lakeside Middle's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 614 (now 509). Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Lakeside Middle community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.