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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RSU 61/MSAD 61·NCES 231421000939

Lake Region Middle School

204 Kansas Road, Naples, ME 04055 · (207) 647-8403 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Maine 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.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maine public middle schools

Enrollment
390
Middle
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 364
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
207 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 613134%
Grade 713033%
Grade 812933%
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 28% · US 70%
White
35290%
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 85% · US 43%
Hispanic
154%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
174%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
19751%
Female
19349%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Lake Region Middle School→Lake Region High School
Feeds from
Crooked River Elementary03–05Stevens Brook SchoolPK–05
Based on grade levels within RSU 61/MSAD 61. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State Expectations
English Language Arts
63.1%
ME avg 64.1%
Math
31.9%
ME avg 50.6%

What this means: On the MEA, Maine's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maine schools, those numbers are about 64 and 51.

Source: MEA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

Schools most like Lake Region Middle School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lake Region Middle School this school39053.1%N/A
Oceanside Middle School
Thomaston
30752.1%N/A
Presque Isle Middle School
Presque Isle
35453.7%N/A
Bucksport Middle School
Bucksport
29254.1%N/A
Oak Hill Middle School
Sabattus
38050.8%N/A
Cony Middle School
Augusta
32156.1%N/A
Matched among Maine 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 Lake Region Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MaineIn Cumberland County
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.9%#60 of 74#17 of 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
63.1%#46 of 80#15 of 17
Enrollment
ranked largest first
390#32 of 85#13 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.0:1#28 of 67#12 of 16
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
18.2%#35 of 67#16 of 16
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
53.1%#32 of 82#4 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.6%#25 of 51#7 of 12
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 2024-25
Enrollment
390
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539035.511.0:153% (207)
2023-2438337.610.2:150% (192)
2022-234043611.2:150% (200)
2020-214144110.1:151% (213)
2017-184464011.2:154% (243)
2015-164083810.7:153% (218)
2010-114374210.4:155% (241)
2000-013783411.1:130% (115)
1990-913212214.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Region Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (446 to 390); teachers down 11% (40 to 35.5).

About Lake Region Middle School

Federal records list Lake Region Middle School as a middle school in Naples, Maine. Enrollment totals 390 students across grades 6 through 8.

Lake Region Middle School belongs to RSU 61/MSAD 61, a district of 5 schools and 1,627 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Lake Region Middle School is White, at 90%. It is also 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lake Region Middle School scores 18%.

Staffing at Lake Region Middle School comes to 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.0:1. It is about the same as the 11.2:1 average for middle schools in Maine. On the income side, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 34% average for public schools in Cumberland County.

Among Maine public middle schools, Lake Region Middle School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

Census data for Cumberland County show the median household earns about $95,677 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Lake Region Middle School, Cumberland County has 99 public schools.

Lake Region High School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3.

Lake Region Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.

The school shrank from 414 students in 2020-21 to 390 in 2024-25.

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Cumberland County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
308,827
Census ACS
Median income
$95,677
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
38,224 students

Quick facts

School name
Lake Region Middle School
District
RSU 61/MSAD 61
Address
204 Kansas Road, Naples, ME 04055
Phone
(207) 647-8403
County
Cumberland County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
390
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
11.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
207 (53%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
231421000939
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in RSU 61/MSAD 61
Other schools in Naples
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Lake Region Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Lake Region Middle School?
Lake Region Middle School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lake Region Middle School serve?
Lake Region Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Region Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Region Middle School is approximately 11.0:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lake Region Middle School?
Lake Region Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lake Region Middle School public or private?
Lake Region Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by RSU 61/MSAD 61.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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