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What's something Lakewood Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
647
Middle
DISTRICT 715 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINA·NCES 201137000519
Lakewood Middle School
1135 Lakewood Cir, Salina, KS 67401 · (785) 309-4000 · Saline County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Kansas 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.
- A-Beats 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
12.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
428 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 224 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 217 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
36.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 | 36.7% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 24.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 School
Lakewood Middle School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Middle School this school | 647 | 66.2% | 29.9% |
| Pittsburg Middle School Pittsburg | 692 | 73.8% | 32.2% |
| Santa Fe 5/6 Center Newton | 440 | 64.8% | 26.7% |
| Haysville Middle School Haysville | 755 | 62.0% | 20.9% |
| Arkansas City Middle Sch Arkansas City | 628 | 60.5% | 24.2% |
| Chisholm Middle School Newton | 422 | 62.8% | 21.3% |
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 School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #108 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #121 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #119 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #41 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #44 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #51 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #53 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #25 of 98 |
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
-82 (-11%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 647 | 52.9 | 12.2:1 | 66% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 54.5 | 12.4:1 | 66% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 54.9 | 12.5:1 | 65% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 61 | 11.9:1 | 63% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 56.3 | 14.2:1 | 69% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 58 | 14.0:1 | 66% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 64 | 12.8:1 | 66% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 53% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (798 to 647); teachers down 6% (56.3 to 52.9).
About Lakewood Middle School
Lakewood Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Kansas, with an address in Salina. The school has 647 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas have about 402 students on average; enrollment here is 61% higher.
Salina serves 6,441 students across 13 schools.
The largest group at Lakewood Middle School is White students, at 59%. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, 82% of Saline County residents are White. The diversity index for Lakewood Middle School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 52.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 12.7:1. Roughly 66% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 58% average for public schools in Saline County is 8 points lower.
Lakewood Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Kansas public middle schools.
In Kansas, Lakewood Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.9% actual against a predicted 30.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Saline County show that median household income comes to about $65,422, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 7,580 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Salina Virtual Innovation Academy, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lakewood Middle School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lakewood Middle School had a net loss of 82 students, or 11%.
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Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,668
Census ACS
Median income
$65,422
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
7,580 students
Quick facts
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Other Lakewood Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lakewood Middle. Lakewood Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Lakewood MiddleOverland Park, KS · 537 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
- Salina Virtual Innovation Academy0.5 mi · 50
- Oakdale Elem0.5 mi · 282
- Meadowlark Ridge Elem1.3 mi · 431
- Salina High Central1.5 mi · 934
- Cottonwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 326
- Heusner Elem2.0 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood Middle SchoolHow large is Lakewood Middle School?
Lakewood Middle School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lakewood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakewood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lakewood Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Lakewood Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Lakewood Middle School?
Student demographics at Lakewood Middle School are roughly 59% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Lakewood Middle School in?
Lakewood Middle School is part of Salina.
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