State/Public Middle Open

Lake City Middle School

๐Ÿ“ 843 Sw Arlington Blvd, Lake City, Columbia County, 32025

970
Pupils
20.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Lake City Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lake City, Columbia County. The school has 970 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dennis Dotson. It is part of the Columbia school district. It serves grades 7โ€“8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1. 51% of students are proficient in reading. 56% are proficient in maths.

School details

Principal
Dennis Dotson
School district
Columbia

Enrollment & staffing

Lake City Middle School enrolls 970 students across grades 7โ€“8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 47 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.

Male students
488 (50%)
Female students
482 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
47
Student-teacher ratio
20.6:1
Grade span
7โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 31% Black or African American and 7.3% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White52254%
Black or African American29731%
Hispanic or Latino717.3%
Two or more races676.9%
Asian111.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

609 of the school's 970 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 581 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 7โ€“8Title I

Lake City Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-30, state senate district 5, state house district 10.

School district: COLUMBIA

Lake City Middle School is one of 19 schools in COLUMBIA, based in LAKE CITY, Florida. The district serves 9,508 students district-wide and employs 548 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 970 students, Lake City Middle School is larger than the district average of about 500 students per school.

9,508
District students
19
Schools
548
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

51%
Reading proficient
56%
Math proficient
23%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: Town - Distant

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