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Enrollment
647
Middle
DISTRICT 743 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATOOSA COUNTY·NCES 130093000348
Lakeview Middle School
416 Cross St, Rossville, GA 30741 · (706) 866-1040 · Catoosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Georgia 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
581 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 74%
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 | 223 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 34% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
29.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.4pp since 2021
Math
35.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 38.1% |
| 2022-23 | 29.2% | 34.7% |
| 2021-22 | 29.9% | 34.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Lakeview Middle School
Lakeview Middle School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Middle School this school | 647 | 89.8% | 34.1% |
| Berrien Middle School Nashville | 673 | 93.6% | 49.3% |
| Jasper County Middle School Monticello | 647 | 91.5% | 33.9% |
| Pierce County Middle School Blackshear | 825 | 88.0% | 60.3% |
| Red Bud Middle School Calhoun | 786 | 85.4% | 48.0% |
| Fannin County Middle School Blue Ridge | 638 | 90.6% | 39.7% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Lakeview Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #272 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #272 of 474 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #314 of 474 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #383 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #293 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #74 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #321 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #203 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #99 of 305 |
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
647
-127 (-16%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 647 | 52.3 | 12.4:1 | 90% (581) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 54.3 | 11.7:1 | 73% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 59.5 | 11.6:1 | 67% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 64% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 59 | 13.0:1 | 68% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 50 | 14.9:1 | 70% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 64% (474) |
| 2000-01 | 984 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 34% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeview Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (768 to 647); teachers down 11% (59 to 52.3).
About Lakeview Middle School
Among the schools in Rossville, Georgia, is Lakeview Middle School, a small middle school. The school reports 647 students in grades 6 through 8.
Catoosa County operates 16 schools. Combined enrollment is 10,134 students.
Lakeview Middle School's enrollment is 72% White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Catoosa County residents are about 88% White. By the diversity index, Lakeview Middle School comes in at 47%.
Lakeview Middle School operates with 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. About 90% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Catoosa County averages 58%, lower than here.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Lakeview Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Georgia, Lakeview Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.1% actual against a predicted 30.9%.
Lakeview Middle School is located in Catoosa County, where median household income is about $74,639, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 16 public schools in Catoosa County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,134.
The school nearest to Lakeview Middle School is Cloud Springs Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lakeview Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lakeview Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 774 in 2020-21 and 647 in 2024-25, a decrease of 127 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Catoosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,634
Census ACS
Median income
$74,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
10,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catoosa County
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Boynton Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
Other schools in Rossville
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Stone Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Rossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Rossville Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Cloud Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Other Lakeview Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeview Middle. Lakeview Middle School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Lakeview Middle SchoolBATTLE CREEK, MI · 1,082 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEWINTER GARDEN, FL · 786 students
- Lakeview MiddleGreenville, SC · 723 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MO · 653 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolWarsaw, IN · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Cloud Springs Elementary School0.6 mi · 346
- East Ridge High School1.3 mi · 867
- East Ridge Middle School1.3 mi · 591
- East Ridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 959
- West Side Elementary School1.9 mi · 471
- Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School2.2 mi · 963
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeview Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lakeview Middle School?
Lakeview Middle School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lakeview Middle School serve?
Lakeview Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeview Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeview Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lakeview Middle School?
Lakeview Middle School reports a student body of 72% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lakeview Middle School public or private?
Lakeview Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Catoosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.