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Which teacher or staff member at Lakeside Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
893
Middle
DISTRICT 782 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON 01·NCES 450270001268
Lakeside Middle
455 Old Cherokee Road, Lexington, SC 29072 · (803) 821-3700 · Lexington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of South Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·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 South Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
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 | 277 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 312 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 34% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 67% · 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
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
SC avg 59.7% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
SC avg 44.2% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 49.2% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Lakeside Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Lexington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #32 of 249 ▲ 7 | #5 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #21 of 249 ▲ 20 | #4 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #49 of 256 | #4 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #80 of 241 | #12 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #183 of 241 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #105 of 137 | #11 of 11 |
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
893
+297 (+50%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,232
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 893 | 68.9 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 892 | 66.9 | 13.3:1 | 28% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 61.9 | 13.6:1 | 19% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 23% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 947 | 59.8 | 15.8:1 | 27% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 60 | 13.9:1 | 24% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 1,416 | 83 | 17.1:1 | 23% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 1,479 | 94 | 15.7:1 | 13% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 1,232 | 69 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (947 to 893); teachers up 15% (59.8 to 68.9).
About Lakeside Middle
Lakeside Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Lexington 01, located in Lexington, South Carolina. Its enrollment is 893 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 622 students for middle schools in South Carolina.
The district, Lexington 01, operates 31 schools serving 27,074 students.
The share of White students at Lakeside Middle is 71%, a majority. The school is also 11% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Lexington County at about 72% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
There are about 13.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Lakeside Middle, which has 68.9. Middle schools in South Carolina have an average ratio of 13.8:1.
Among South Carolina public middle schools, Lakeside Middle outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
For the population of Lexington County, the median household earns about $77,408 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Lakeside Middle shares Lexington County with 75 other public schools.
Lexington Elementary is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Under the NCES locale system, Lakeside Middle is Suburb: Large.
Lakeside Middle reported 596 students in 2020-21 and 893 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.2:1 to 13.0:1.
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Lexington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
304,887
Census ACS
Median income
$77,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lexington 01
- Lexington HighHigh · 2,536 students
- River Bluff HighHigh · 2,117 students
- White Knoll HighHigh · 2,025 students
- Gilbert HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Beechwood MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 856 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Lexington HighHigh · 2,536 students
- River Bluff HighHigh · 2,117 students
- White Knoll HighHigh · 2,025 students
- American Leadership Academy South Carolina-Lexington CampuCombined · 1,979 students
- Beechwood MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 856 students
Other Lakeside Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeside Middle. Lakeside Middle is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Lakeside Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,513 students
- Lakeside MiddlePerris, CA · 1,076 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMILLVILLE, NJ · 929 students
- Lakeside MiddleLakeside, CA · 724 students
- Lakeside MiddleIrvine, CA · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Lexington Elementary1.1 mi · 607
- New Providence Elementary1.8 mi · 810
- Midway Elementary1.9 mi · 856
- American Leadership Academy South Carolina-Lexington Campu2.6 mi · 1,979
- Lake Murray Elementary3.4 mi · 813
- Meadow Glen Elementary3.8 mi · 775
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside MiddleHow large is Lakeside Middle?
Lakeside Middle enrolls approximately 893 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lakeside Middle serve?
Lakeside Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lakeside Middle have?
Lakeside Middle employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Lakeside Middle?
Lakeside Middle reports a student body of 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeside Middle?
Lakeside Middle is overseen by Lexington 01 in Lexington County.
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