📍 1770 East Scott Road, Lake, Scott County, 39092
Lake Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lake, Scott County. The school has 244 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Scott Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lake Middle School enrolls 244 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 46% Black or African American and 3.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 120 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 112 | 46% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
244 of the school's 244 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 244 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lake Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 MS-30, state senate district 31, state house district 78.
Lake Middle School is one of 9 schools in Scott County School District, based in FOREST, Mississippi. The district serves 3,989 students district-wide and employs 294 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 244 students, Lake Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote