Enrollment
237
Middle
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280390001144
Lake Middle School
1770 EAST SCOTT ROAD, LAKE, MS 39092 · (601) 775-3614 · Scott County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Mississippi public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 Mississippi public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
234 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 30% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -11.3pp since 2023
Math
60.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 60.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 66.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 (59.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Middle School this school | 237 | 98.7% | 59.8% |
| Magee Middle School Magee | 260 | 94.2% | 33.0% |
| Yazoo County Middle School YAZOO CITY | 258 | 98.8% | 35.4% |
| WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL Foxworth | 355 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Union Middle School Union | 286 | 99.0% | 65.0% |
| Jeff Davis County Middle School Prentiss | 262 | 98.9% | 41.3% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #52 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #52 of 181 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #82 of 181 ▼ 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #153 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #151 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #38 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #75 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #112 of 119 |
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
237
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 237 | 13.7 | 17.3:1 | 99% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 16.7 | 14.8:1 | 100% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 17.4 | 14.0:1 | 100% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 99% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 14.9 | 16.5:1 | 99% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 14 | 17.7:1 | 75% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 75% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 15 | 20.4:1 | 72% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 222 | 13 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Middle School.
About Lake Middle School
Lake Middle School runs as a low-enrollment middle school in LAKE, Mississippi. It enrolls 237 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8. The school is 48% below the average for middle schools in Mississippi.
Scott County School District runs 8 schools with a combined 3,989 students. Lake Middle School is one of them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Lake Middle School is White, with 46% of students. Enrollment also includes 46% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Scott County overall, the White share is about 47%. The diversity index for Lake Middle School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Lake Middle School totals 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 99% of students (234) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Mississippi public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lake Middle School is +15.1 points, in the top 10% of Mississippi. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.8%, and the predicted rate is 44.8%.
The school is in Scott County, where median household income comes to about $48,786, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Scott County's 12 public schools enroll about 5,627 students and include Lake Middle School.
Lake High School is the nearest public school to Lake Middle School, about 4.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The school's 59.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Lake Middle School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Lake Middle School enrolled 247 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 237. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.7:1 to 17.3:1.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,718
Census ACS
Median income
$48,786
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County School District
- Scott Central Attendance CenterCombined · 856 students
- Morton Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Sebastopol Attendance CenterCombined · 684 students
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
Other schools in LAKE
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Lake High SchoolHigh · 231 students
Other Lake Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Middle. Lake Middle School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLWOODBURY, MN · 1,165 students
- Lake Middle SchoolDENVER, CO · 592 students
- Lake Middle SchoolMillbury, OH · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Lake High School4.9 mi · 231
- Lake Elementary School4.9 mi · 333
- Conehatta Elementary School6.2 mi · 226
- Hawkins Middle School7.1 mi · 460
- Scott Central Attendance Center7.2 mi · 856
- Forest Elementary7.9 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lake Middle School?
Lake Middle School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Lake Middle School serve?
Lake Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Middle School is approximately 17.3:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lake Middle School?
Lake Middle School reports a student body of 46% White, 4% Hispanic, 46% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Lake Middle School public or private?
Lake Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Scott County School District.
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