Lakota Plains Junior School

Set in Liberty Township, Ohio, Lakota Plains Junior School is a big middle-grades school, operated by Lakota Local. It caters to 745 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Lakota Local runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 18,806 students. Lakota Plains Junior School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lakota Plains Junior School logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 14% Asian, 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Lakota Plains Junior School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakota Plains Junior School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.6%, the actual is 77.2%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Butler County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,590 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Lakota Plains Junior School is one of 90 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 59,107 students).

VanGorden Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lakota Plains Junior School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 79.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Lakota Plains Junior School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 745). White enrollment moved from 67% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 today.

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