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Enrollment
574
Middle
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBEMARLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510009000751
Lakeside Middle
2801 Powell Creek Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22911 · (434) 975-0599 · Albemarle County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Virginia public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·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 Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
155 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
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 | 194 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 31% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lakeside Middle
Lakeside Middle's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Middle this school | 574 | 27.0% | 83.3% |
| Hidden Valley Middle Roanoke | 581 | 30.3% | 85.0% |
| Pocahontas Middle Richmond | 914 | 30.5% | 87.4% |
| South County Middle Lorton | 943 | 23.2% | 83.5% |
| Dorothy Hamm Middle Arlington | 989 | 18.9% | 86.1% |
| Kings Glen Elementary Springfield | 476 | 27.1% | 78.8% |
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lakeside Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #55 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #22 of 342 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #57 of 342 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #228 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #251 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #121 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #294 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #185 of 224 |
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
574
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 27% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 37.3 | 13.9:1 | 24% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 38.3 | 13.4:1 | 23% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 41.3 | 14.5:1 | 17% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 12% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (601 to 574); teachers down 6% (41.3 to 39).
About Lakeside Middle
Lakeside Middle is a small middle-grades school with an address in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 574 students. The school is 23% below the average for middle schools in Virginia.
Albemarle County Public Schools has 14,149 students spread across 24 schools.
Of every 100 students at Lakeside Middle, about 54 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 75%. The diversity index for Lakeside Middle is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Lakeside Middle totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 27% of students (155) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Albemarle County is 37%.
Lakeside Middle earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of Virginia public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.8% for Lakeside Middle. The school posts 83.3%, 2.5 points above the prediction.
In the wider Albemarle County area, median household income comes to about $104,392, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Albemarle County's 26 public schools enroll about 13,438 students and include Lakeside Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hollymead Elementary, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lakeside Middle places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 579 students in 2020-21 and 574 in 2024-25.
People who know Lakeside Middle can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Albemarle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
114,919
Census ACS
Median income
$104,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,438 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Albemarle County Public Schools
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Western Albemarle HighHigh · 1,273 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Joseph T. Henley MiddleMiddle · 847 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
Other schools in Charlottesville
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Other Lakeside Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakeside Middle. Lakeside Middle is the 7th largest of the 14.
- Lakeside Middle SchoolCumming, GA · 1,513 students
- Lakeside MiddlePerris, CA · 1,076 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMILLVILLE, NJ · 929 students
- Lakeside MiddleLexington, SC · 893 students
- Lakeside MiddleLakeside, CA · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Hollymead Elementary0.1 mi · 452
- Baker-Butler Elementary1.2 mi · 692
- Woodbrook Elementary2.4 mi · 522
- Agnor Elementary2.7 mi · 523
- Stony Point Elementary3.7 mi · 217
- Greenbrier Elementary3.8 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeside Middle?
Lakeside Middle enrolls approximately 574 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lakeside Middle serve?
Lakeside Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lakeside Middle?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Lakeside Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeside Middle?
At Lakeside Middle, the student body is approximately 54% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Lakeside Middle public or private?
Lakeside Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Albemarle County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.