Middle · Michigan

Lake City Middle School

Free meals for all

Lake City Middle School, a public middle school in Lake City, Michigan: grades 6–8, 265 students, 17.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lake City Area School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
265
Teachers (FTE)
15.6
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

More students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 82% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Smaller than 79% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

54%proficient

+9.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 67% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

245 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

41%proficient

+4.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

245 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lake City Area School District.

Location

Address
251 Russell St, Lake City, MI 49651
Phone
(231)839-6600
City or town
Lake City

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
McBain Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–826718.850%34%
5–830517.845%33%
6–868317.454%45%
Forest Area Middle SchoolFree meals for all
4–819314.323%13%
4–726115.143%32%
Kingsley Area Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–836616.060%45%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 262061007748