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Lake Middle / High School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lake Middle / High School
Lake Middle / High School operates as a well-populated high school in Uniontown, Ohio, part of Lake Local. Current enrollment sits at 1,655 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 193% bigger than the state mean of about 565.
Lake Local comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,870 students; Lake Middle / High School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Lake Middle / High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.
On the resource side, Lake Middle / High School records 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Lake Middle / High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stark County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Lake Middle / High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.1%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Stark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,934 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Middle / High School is one of 101 public schools in Stark County (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students).
Nearest neighbor: Lake Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Middle / High School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 75.8%.
Lake Middle / High School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 47%: 1,125 students in 2018 compared to 1,655 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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