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Enrollment
651
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001543
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL
425 W CANAL ST N, BELLE GLADE, FL 33430 · (561) 829-1100 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Florida public middle 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 Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
521 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 174 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 213 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 264 | 41% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
50.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 651 | 80.0% | 40.1% |
| SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 761 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
| ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 793 | 73.4% | 50.9% |
| COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 624 | 73.1% | 32.9% |
| CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 962 | 84.1% | 38.6% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE ORLANDO | 712 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
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 SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #461 of 560 | #26 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #364 of 560 ▲ 67 | #24 of 36 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #460 of 560 ▲ 43 | #28 of 36 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #412 of 584 | #33 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #25 of 547 | #6 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #389 of 553 | #28 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #15 of 565 | #1 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #268 of 379 | #15 of 27 |
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
651
-68 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 1,194
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 80% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 83% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 87% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 98% (704) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 40 | 17.7:1 | 94% (668) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 97% (627) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 95% (678) |
| 2000-01 | 1,226 | 68 | 18.0:1 | 82% (1,008) |
| 1990-91 | 1,194 | 84 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school. Its address is in BELLE GLADE, Florida. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 651 students on the rolls.
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in PALM BEACH. The district has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
The largest group at LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is Black students, at 63%. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic and 3% White. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the Black share is about 19%. The diversity index for LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 42 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is 19.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 80%. The average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Florida public middle schools.
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.1% is within a point of the 41.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Palm Beach County, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Palm Beach County, 245 public schools serve about 192,831 students.
About 0.4 miles separate LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, BELLE GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 68 students, from 719 to 651. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 15.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in BELLE GLADE
- GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 979 students
- GOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 691 students
- BELLE GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
- PIONEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- GLADE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 313 students
- CROSSROADS ACADEMYHigh · 163 students
Other Lake Shore Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Lake Shore Middle. LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 748 students
- Lake Shore MiddleMequon, WI · 335 students
Nearby schools
- BELLE GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 548
- CROSSROADS ACADEMY0.5 mi · 163
- GLADE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 313
- GOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 691
- PIONEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 408
- GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 979
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 32% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.