Lake Shore Middle

Lake Shore Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Mequon, Wisconsin, run under Mequon-Thiensville School District, with 335 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Lake Shore Middle is one of 6 schools operated by Mequon-Thiensville School District, a district that educates 3,553 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lake Shore Middle logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Asian, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lake Shore Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ozaukee County indicate median household earnings sit near $96,996, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Shore Middle is one of 26 public schools in Ozaukee County (combined enrollment of about 12,422 students).

Nearest neighbor: Donges Bay Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lake Shore Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 76.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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