Lakeview Middle School

As a compact junior high in LAKEVIEW, Michigan, Lakeview Middle School enrolls 329 students from grades 4 through 7, run under Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm). Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) (1,003 students total), Lakeview Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lakeview Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lakeview Middle School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakeview Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 38.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montcalm County shows median household income runs about $67,344, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montcalm County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), Lakeview Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lakeview High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lakeview Middle School. On composite proficiency, Lakeview Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lakeview Middle School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 329). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 2% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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