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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
809
Middle
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA·NCES 120036002732
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
843 SW ARLINGTON BLVD, LAKE CITY, FL 32025 · (386) 758-4800 · Columbia County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL809 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Florida public middle schools
- B-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 Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
423 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 50%
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 7 | 393 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 416 | 51% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 70% · 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
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL→COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within COLUMBIA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 57.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 809 | 52.3% | 53.3% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM BAY | 997 | 53.9% | 44.0% |
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 948 | 47.6% | 48.3% |
| R J MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 742 | 55.8% | 64.7% |
| JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 757 | 51.9% | 50.8% |
| SHOAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 923 | 57.7% | 66.6% |
Matched among Florida 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 LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #286 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #253 of 560 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #318 of 560 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 809 | #287 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #225 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #206 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #269 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #114 of 379 |
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
809
-214 (-21%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,101
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 809 | 43.3 | 18.7:1 | 52% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 941 | 48.3 | 19.5:1 | 68% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 970 | 47 | 20.6:1 | 63% (609) |
| 2020-21 | 1,023 | 51 | 20.1:1 | 53% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 1,032 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 58% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 1,027 | 59 | 17.4:1 | 59% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 1,062 | 57 | 18.6:1 | 54% (576) |
| 2000-01 | 1,048 | 59 | 17.8:1 | 46% (483) |
| 1990-91 | 1,101 | 58 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by COLUMBIA in LAKE CITY, Florida. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 809 students.
The district for LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is COLUMBIA, with 16 schools and 9,815 students.
More than half of the students at LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (53%). Next come 29% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 72% White among all Columbia County residents. The diversity index for LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.7 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 52% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Florida public middle schools.
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.3% is 1.7 points below the 55.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Columbia County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $59,205, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,815, LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Among nearby public schools, SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.6 miles. LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 46.8% proficiency; LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 53.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 214 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.1:1 in 2020-21, and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,789
Census ACS
Median income
$59,205
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,101 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
- FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
Other schools in LAKE CITY
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 635 students
- COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
Other Lake City Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lake City Middle. LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Lake City Middle SchoolLAKE CITY, MI · 265 students
- Lake City Middle SchoolLake City, TN · 246 students
Nearby schools
- SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 492
- PREK ESE1.0 mi · 7
- PATHWAYS ACADEMY1.2 mi · 94
- RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY1.6 mi · 455
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 635
- NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 809 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by COLUMBIA in Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.