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Does Lakeview Middle School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,082
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVIEW SCH. DISTRICT (CALHOUN)·NCES 262085005754
Lakeview Middle School
300 28TH ST S, BATTLE CREEK, MI 49015 · (269) 565-3900 · Calhoun County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,082 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Michigan 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.
- CBeats 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 Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
654 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 55%
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 5 | 249 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 274 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 298 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 24% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
27.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Lakeview Middle School
Lakeview Middle School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Middle School this school | 1,082 | 60.4% | 31.6% |
| Warren Woods Middle School WARREN | 741 | 59.4% | 32.3% |
| Carter Middle School WARREN | 679 | 62.3% | 34.4% |
| Pinewood Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 842 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
| Grand Blanc Middle School West GRAND BLANC | 757 | 61.4% | 36.0% |
| Crestwood Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 700 | 73.1% | 41.3% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Lakeview Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Calhoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #335 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #280 of 380 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #274 of 377 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,082 | #6 of 491 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #91 of 436 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #9 of 437 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #140 of 477 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #99 of 339 | N/A |
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
1,082
-237 (-18%) vs 2020
+134% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 1,082 | 68.7 | 15.8:1 | 60% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 1,129 | 63.7 | 17.7:1 | 68% (770) |
| 2022-23 | 1,164 | 64.3 | 18.1:1 | 68% (791) |
| 2020-21 | 1,319 | 69 | 19.1:1 | 62% (822) |
| 2017-18 | 1,339 | 69.1 | 19.4:1 | 53% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 1,290 | 68 | 19.0:1 | 53% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 1,214 | 62 | 19.6:1 | 42% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 9% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeview Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,339 to 1,082); teachers down 1% (69.1 to 68.7).
About Lakeview Middle School
Lakeview Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in BATTLE CREEK, Michigan. It enrolled 1,082 students in grades 5 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Michigan average about 502 students each.
Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun) enrolls 3,706 students, and its 7 schools include Lakeview Middle School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lakeview Middle School. The largest is White students, at 44%. The remaining students are 14% Asian, 14% multiracial, 14% Black, and 13% Hispanic. Census figures show Calhoun County is about 76% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 68.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. On average, middle schools in Michigan have 17.5:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lakeview Middle School is 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Lakeview Middle School is C-. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.5%. Lakeview Middle School scores 31.6%.
Within Calhoun County, the median household income is $63,177, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Calhoun County has 56 public schools and roughly 18,982 students.
Prairieview School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Lakeview Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The NCES locale for Lakeview Middle School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 18% from 2020-21, when Lakeview Middle School had 1,319 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,082. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.1:1 to 15.8:1.
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Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
133,778
Census ACS
Median income
$63,177
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,982 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun)
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,241 students
- Minges Brook SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Westlake Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Prairieview SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Lakeview Alternative High SchoolHigh · 67 students
Other schools in BATTLE CREEK
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,241 students
- Battle Creek Central High SchoolHigh · 978 students
- Harper Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Harper Creek High SchoolHigh · 823 students
- Pennfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- Endeavor Charter AcademyElementary · 648 students
Other Lakeview Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeview Middle. Lakeview Middle School is the largest of the 10.
- Lakeview Middle SchoolLAKEVIEW, MI · 329 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEWINTER GARDEN, FL · 786 students
- Lakeview MiddleGreenville, SC · 723 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MO · 653 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolRossville, GA · 647 students
Nearby schools
- Prairieview School0.4 mi · 249
- Lakeview High School0.4 mi · 1,241
- Westlake Elementary School0.5 mi · 349
- Arbor Academy1.0 mi · 154
- Lakeview Alternative High School1.0 mi · 67
- Battle Creek Montessori Academy1.8 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeview Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeview Middle School?
Lakeview Middle School enrolls approximately 1,082 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Lakeview Middle School serve?
Lakeview Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lakeview Middle School have?
Lakeview Middle School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeview Middle School?
At Lakeview Middle School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 13% Hispanic, 14% Black, 14% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeview Middle School?
Lakeview Middle School is overseen by Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun) in Calhoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.