📍 27720 Walnut St., Perris, Riverside County, 92571
Lakeside Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Perris, Riverside County. The school has 1,085 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shresia Kenney. It is part of the Val Verde Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 46.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
Lakeside Middle enrolls 1,085 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 46.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Black or African American and 4.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 879 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 100 | 9.2% |
| White | 44 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 28 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
939 of the school's 1,085 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lakeside Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Lakeside Middle is one of 23 schools in Val Verde Unified, based in Perris, California. The district serves 19,080 students district-wide and employs 874 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,085 students, Lakeside Middle is larger than the district average of about 830 students per school.