Lake City Middle School

As a close-knit junior high in LAKE CITY, Michigan, Lake City Middle School teaches 265 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Lake City Area School District. That puts it 47% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Lake City Area School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,142 students; Lake City Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lake City Middle School lists that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Missaukee County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lake City Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.7%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Missaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,194, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake City Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Missaukee County (combined enrollment of about 2,223 students).

Lake City High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake City Middle School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 270 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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