Lake Mills Middle School

Located at 102 S 4th Ave E, in Lake Mills, Iowa, Lake Mills Middle School is a rural-scale junior high that caters to 146 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Lake Mills Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Lake Mills Middle School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Lake Mills Comm School District (642 students total), Lake Mills Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lake Mills Middle School shows that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the resource side, On paper, Lake Mills Middle School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.6:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Mills Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 72.4%; Lake Mills Middle School posts 82.1%, +9.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Winnebago County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,642 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Mills Middle School is one of 9 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 2,190 students).

The closest other public school is Lake Mills Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Mills Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 77.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Mills Middle School has ticked up 5%, going from 139 students in 2018 to 146 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 today.

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