LAKEVIEW MIDDLE

LAKEVIEW MIDDLE is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in WINTER GARDEN, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE. The school educates 786 students in grades 6 through 9.

LAKEVIEW MIDDLE is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that instructs 207,778 students overall.

Demographically, LAKEVIEW MIDDLE reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Black, 24% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LAKEVIEW MIDDLE logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKEVIEW MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.4%; LAKEVIEW MIDDLE posts 44.9%, -14.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. LAKEVIEW MIDDLE is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

TILDENVILLE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKEVIEW MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.5%.

LAKEVIEW MIDDLE operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 940 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the LAKEVIEW MIDDLE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.