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Enrollment
929
Middle
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341032000271
Lakeside Middle School
2 N SHARP ST, MILLVILLE, NJ 08332 · (856) 293-2420 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL929 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest 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 New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
736 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 276 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 326 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 327 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Lakeside Middle School→Millville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Millville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 12.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Lakeside Middle School
Lakeside Middle School's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Middle School this school | 929 | 79.2% | 18.1% |
| Joseph E. Soehl Middle School Linden | 710 | 75.2% | 22.1% |
| Phillipsburg Middle School PHILLIPSBURG | 636 | 75.2% | 24.3% |
| Myles J. McManus MIddle School Linden | 711 | 67.5% | 23.7% |
| Neptune Middle School NEPTUNE | 595 | 71.6% | 27.9% |
| Lindenwold Middle School LINDENWOLD | 896 | 86.3% | 10.4% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Lakeside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #397 of 433 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #408 of 437 ▼ 14 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #402 of 437 ▼ 2 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 929 | #55 of 445 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #273 of 417 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #43 of 419 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #37 of 436 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #149 of 282 | 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
929
-148 (-14%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 929 | 81.5 | 11.4:1 | 79% (736) |
| 2023-24 | 978 | 101 | 9.7:1 | 75% (733) |
| 2022-23 | 987 | 93 | 10.6:1 | 70% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 1,077 | 77 | 14.0:1 | 72% (776) |
| 2017-18 | 1,032 | 80.5 | 12.8:1 | 70% (724) |
| 2015-16 | 1,099 | 88 | 12.5:1 | 67% (732) |
| 2010-11 | 1,109 | 88 | 12.6:1 | 63% (702) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 68 | 12.2:1 | 53% (443) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,032 to 929); teachers up 1% (80.5 to 81.5).
About Lakeside Middle School
Lakeside Middle School is a public middle-grades school in MILLVILLE, New Jersey. The student body numbers 929 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578, so this school runs 61% larger than that.
Lakeside Middle School is part of Millville School District, where 8 schools serve 4,992 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lakeside Middle School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 37%. Next come 33% Black, 24% White, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share in Cumberland County as a whole is similar, at about 36%. Lakeside Middle School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 11.4:1 comes from the school's 81.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey fairly closely. The lunch program counts 79% of students at Lakeside Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Cumberland County, the school's rate is higher.
Lakeside Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lakeside Middle School would be expected to post about 22.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cumberland County, the median household income is $67,436, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. There are 52 public schools in Cumberland County, enrolling about 27,803 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Millville Public Charter School is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lakeside Middle School. Its average proficiency rate of 18.1% is below the 22.3% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment declined 14% from its 2020-21 level of 1,077. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 11.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Millville School District
- Millville High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Child Family CenterElementary · 554 students
- Holly Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Silver Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Rieck Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- R. M. Bacon Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
Other schools in MILLVILLE
- Millville High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Cumberland County Technical Education CenterHigh · 1,296 students
- Child Family CenterElementary · 554 students
- Holly Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Silver Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Rieck Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other Lakeside Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeside Middle. Lakeside Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 14.
- Lakeside Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,513 students
- Lakeside MiddlePerris, CA · 1,076 students
- Lakeside MiddleLexington, SC · 893 students
- Lakeside MiddleLakeside, CA · 724 students
- Lakeside MiddleIrvine, CA · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Millville Public Charter School0.9 mi · 327
- Child Family Center1.1 mi · 554
- Cumberland County Technical Education Center1.4 mi · 1,296
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School1.6 mi · 193
- Millville High School1.8 mi · 1,687
- Silver Run Elementary School2.1 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeside Middle School?
Lakeside Middle School enrolls approximately 929 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lakeside Middle School serve?
Lakeside Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeside Middle School is approximately 11.4:1 (82 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lakeside Middle School?
Lakeside Middle School reports a student body of 24% White, 37% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeside Middle School?
Lakeside Middle School is overseen by Millville School District in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.