LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in ORANGE PARK, Florida, part of CLAY. Current enrollment sits at 865 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 50 schools operated by CLAY, a district that hosts 39,116 students overall.

On demographics, LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.1%; actual is 70.4%, +18.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Clay County reports that median household income runs about $87,820, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 55 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students).

LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 54.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 780 (now 865). White enrollment moved from 70% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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