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Enrollment
1,165
Middle
DISTRICT 1,072 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381002466
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
3133 PIONEER DR, WOODBURY, MN 55125 · (651) 425-6404 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,165 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
144 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 48%
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 | 377 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 375 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 413 | 35% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
65.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,165 | 12.4% | 59.0% |
| CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKEVILLE | 950 | 13.6% | 53.8% |
| WAYZATA WEST MIDDLE WAYZATA | 836 | 16.4% | 62.1% |
| DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE EAGAN | 1,184 | 16.0% | 55.6% |
| Chippewa Middle School NORTH OAKS | 1,093 | 15.2% | 61.0% |
| WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE PLYMOUTH | 1,342 | 14.6% | 63.5% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #19 of 245 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #16 of 245 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #24 of 245 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,165 | #18 of 306 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #202 of 210 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #77 of 216 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #246 of 252 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #58 of 129 | 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
1,165
+23 (+2%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 1,256
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 60.1:1
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 | 1,165 | 49.4 | 23.6:1 | 12% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 1,160 | 50.9 | 22.8:1 | 14% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 1,145 | 22.8 | 50.2:1 | 14% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 1,142 | 19 | 60.1:1 | 6% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 1,351 | 67.8 | 19.9:1 | 8% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 1,276 | 64 | 19.9:1 | 8% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 1,145 | 61 | 18.8:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 1,256 | 56 | 22.4:1 | 5% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,351 to 1,165); teachers down 27% (67.8 to 49.4).
About LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Among the schools in WOODBURY, Minnesota, is LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle-grades school. It reported 1,165 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Minnesota average about 495 students, which makes this school 135% bigger than average.
South Washington County Schools has a total of 28 schools and 19,578 students, LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
The largest group at LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 61%. The remaining students are 18% Asian, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among people living in Washington County, the White share is about 78%. The diversity index for LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. Roughly 12% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 26% for public schools in Washington County.
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Minnesota public middle schools.
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.0%, compared with a predicted 58.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Washington County, the median household earns about $115,345 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Washington County, 103 public schools serve about 46,313 students.
MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,142 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,165. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 60.1:1 to 23.6:1.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
- OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 956 students
Other schools in WOODBURY
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 801 students
- Valley Crossing ElementaryElementary · 734 students
- MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMYHigh · 720 students
Other Lake Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Middle. LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Lake Middle SchoolDENVER, CO · 592 students
- Lake Middle SchoolMillbury, OH · 362 students
- Lake Middle SchoolLAKE, MS · 237 students
Nearby schools
- MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 557
- MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 720
- RED ROCK ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 596
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,072
- Valley Crossing Elementary1.3 mi · 734
- Woodbury High School1.7 mi · 1,943
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,165 students in grades 06-08.
Is LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 61% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by South Washington County Schools in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.