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Enrollment
537
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001700
Lakewood Middle
6601 Edgewater Drive, Overland Park, KS 66223 · (913) 239-5800 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Kansas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
47 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 193 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 36% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
71.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
73.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.9% | 73.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 61.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Lakewood Middle
Lakewood Middle's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Middle this school | 537 | 8.8% | 63.5% |
| Pleasant Ridge Middle Overland Park | 581 | 10.0% | 60.5% |
| Harmony Middle Overland Park | 536 | 11.9% | 57.2% |
| Overland Trail Middle Overland Park | 540 | 21.3% | 54.4% |
| Prairie Star Middle Leawood | 438 | 8.7% | 64.4% |
| Aubry Bend Middle School Overland Park | 792 | 5.6% | 64.0% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Lakewood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #3 of 192 | #3 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #3 of 192 | #3 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #4 of 192 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #73 of 225 | #25 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #77 of 161 | #15 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #42 of 161 | #8 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #190 of 195 | #27 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #32 of 98 | #6 of 21 |
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
537
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 537 | 41.4 | 13.0:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 42.7 | 12.9:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 41.6 | 14.1:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 42.8 | 14.9:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 7% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (639 to 537); teachers down 3% (42.8 to 41.4).
About Lakewood Middle
Lakewood Middle is a mid-sized middle school located in Overland Park, Kansas. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 537 students. By comparison, middle schools in Kansas enroll about 402 students on average.
The Blue Valley system has 37 schools and 22,225 students.
More than half of the students at Lakewood Middle are White (55%). Next come 26% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 79% White among all Johnson County residents. The diversity index for Lakewood Middle is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lakewood Middle reported 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Roughly 9% of students at Lakewood Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakewood Middle lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Kansas public middle schools.
Lakewood Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5% is 5.5 points above the 58.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Johnson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $109,208 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Public schools in Johnson County number 168, with about 93,598 students.
Lakewood Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Lakewood Middle places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Lakewood Middle's location as City: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% decline, from 589 to 537. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.9:1 to 13.0:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Other Lakewood Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lakewood Middle. Lakewood Middle is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Lakewood Middle SchoolSalina, KS · 647 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMarysville, WA · 668 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolLAKEWOOD, NJ · 574 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolWOODLAND, MI · 514 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolHebron, OH · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Lakewood Elementary0.1 mi · 456
- Blue Valley Virtual Program0.6 mi · 302
- Stanley Elementary1.5 mi · 610
- Overland Trail Elementary1.6 mi · 531
- Overland Trail Middle1.6 mi · 540
- Blue Valley High1.7 mi · 1,396
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood MiddleHow many students attend Lakewood Middle?
Lakewood Middle enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lakewood Middle serve?
Lakewood Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lakewood Middle?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Lakewood Middle.
How diverse is Lakewood Middle?
Lakewood Middle reports a student body of 55% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 26% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakewood Middle?
Lakewood Middle is overseen by Blue Valley in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.