Lakeview Middle School

Located at 640 Wakefield Dr, in Cortland, Ohio, Lakeview Middle School is a compact middle-grades school that hosts 370 students (grades 5 through 7), one of the schools within Lakeview Local. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Lakeview Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,501 students. Lakeview Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lakeview Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Lakeview Middle School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Trumbull County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeview Middle School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.7%; actual is 79.2%, +21.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Trumbull County reports that median household income runs about $56,435, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Trumbull County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,240 students), of which Lakeview Middle School is one.

Lakeview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lakeview Middle School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Lakeview Middle School's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 530 (now 370). Class-load math has fell: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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