Lakeside Middle

Lakeside Middle is one of the small middle-grades schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, one of the schools within Albemarle County Public Schools, with 574 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Across the 24 schools in Albemarle County Public Schools (14,149 students total), Lakeside Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lakeside Middle records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Lakeside Middle has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Albemarle County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakeside Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Albemarle County put median household earnings sit near $104,392, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albemarle County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students), of which Lakeside Middle is one.

Hollymead Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeside Middle. On composite proficiency, Lakeside Middle comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lakeside Middle's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 574). The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 54% over that span.

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