Summary
Lakeridge Middle School is a public middle school located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 827. It is part of the highly-rated Lake Oswego School District 7J, which is ranked 2nd out of 140 districts in Oregon and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Lakeridge Middle School has consistently been ranked among the top middle schools in the state, ranking 16th out of 379 Oregon middle schools in the 2018-2019 school year and maintaining a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lakeridge Middle School consistently outperforms the state and district averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 75.2% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 76.1% for the district and 41.7% for the state. Similarly, in 8th-grade Mathematics, 56.8% of Lakeridge students were proficient or better, compared to 62% for the district and 28.9% for the state. The school also excels in supporting the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking among the top Oregon middle schools for Asian, Hispanic, and multi-racial students, as well as for students with special needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
While Lakeridge Middle School has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates in recent years, reaching 38.1% in 2022-2023, the school still performs better than the state average in this metric. Additionally, Lakeridge Middle School spends more per student than the state average, with $16,783 spent per student in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the state average of $14,961. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Conestoga Middle School and Twality Middle School, Lakeridge Middle School outperforms them in academic achievement, with the exception of Lake Oswego Middle School, which is also part of the Lake Oswego School District and shares similar high performance levels.
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