LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the very small junior highs in COLUMBUS, Nebraska, part of LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, with 152 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 63% below that benchmark.

LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,037 students; LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 29% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Platte County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Platte County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,552 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Platte County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students), of which LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 14%, going from 133 students in 2018 to 152 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 80% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.