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Lakeshore Middle

244 Lakeshore School Drive, Mooresville, NC 28117 · (704) 799-0187 · Iredell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of North Carolina public middle schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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 North Carolina public middle schools

Enrollment
531
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 605
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
215 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 615930%
Grade 716531%
Grade 820739%
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
34264%
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
8416%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
377%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
255%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
438%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
26750%
Female
26450%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
50.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.9%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.

Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Lakeshore Middle

Lakeshore Middle's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lakeshore Middle this school53140.5%54.5%
Grover C Fields Middle
New Bern
54246.1%64.5%
Tucker Creek Middle
Havelock
47844.6%70.8%
Mill Creek Middle
Claremont
47745.9%53.3%
Orange Middle
Hillsborough
51443.4%62.2%
Mount Pleasant Middle
Mount Pleasant
66047.9%60.9%
Matched among North Carolina 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 Lakeshore Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Iredell County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
54.5%#189 of 463#6 of 11
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
51.9%#202 of 461#6 of 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.2%#216 of 463#6 of 11
Enrollment
ranked largest first
531#278 of 478#6 of 11
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#156 of 456#2 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
54.7%#312 of 456#7 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
40.5%#410 of 472#9 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.2%#142 of 143N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
531
-101 (-16%) vs 2020
+48% since 2000-01, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2553134.615.4:140% (215)
2023-2457133.716.9:139% (223)
2022-2360835.916.9:133% (200)
2020-216323518.1:123% (145)
2017-185303017.6:125% (133)
2015-164972718.4:128% (138)
2010-115933815.6:124% (145)
2000-013602613.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeshore Middle.

Since 2017-18: students unchanged (530 to 531); teachers up 15% (30 to 34.6).

About Lakeshore Middle

Lakeshore Middle is a medium-sized middle school with its address in Mooresville, North Carolina. The school enrolls 531 students, from grades 6 through 8.

Iredell-Statesville Schools (38 schools, 21,017 students) runs Lakeshore Middle.

At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lakeshore Middle combined. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 74% of Iredell County residents are White. By the diversity index, Lakeshore Middle comes in at 55%.

The count of teachers at Lakeshore Middle is 34.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.4:1. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. Around 40% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Iredell County report 61%.

allk12 grades Lakeshore Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Test results at Lakeshore Middle are 12.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (54.5% actual, 66.5% predicted).

County data help place the school in context: in Iredell County, median household income is about $81,419, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lakeshore Middle is among the 52 public schools in Iredell County.

Lakeshore Elementary is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Lakeshore Middle ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The student count in 2024-25 was 531, 16% below the 632 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.1 to 15.4 over 4 years.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lakeshore Middle covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Iredell County at a glance

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Population
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students

Quick facts

School name
Lakeshore Middle
District
Iredell-Statesville Schools
Address
244 Lakeshore School Drive, Mooresville, NC 28117
Phone
(704) 799-0187
County
Iredell County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
531
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
215 (40%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
370231002528
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
Other schools in Mooresville
Other Lakeshore Middle schools

2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Lakeshore Middle. Lakeshore Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Lakeshore Middle
How many students attend Lakeshore Middle?
Lakeshore Middle enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lakeshore Middle serve?
Lakeshore Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeshore Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeshore Middle is approximately 15.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lakeshore Middle?
Lakeshore Middle reports a student body of 64% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lakeshore Middle in?
Lakeshore Middle is part of Iredell-Statesville Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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