Summary:
The LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Chicot) in Lake Village, Arkansas, contains a single middle school, Lakeside Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 with 190 students in a high-poverty area where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Lakeside Middle School presents a mixed picture of performance. The school's standout strength is in Algebra, where 43.5% of students are proficient, exceeding the state average of 36.9%. However, this success contrasts sharply with general Mathematics, where only 16.3% of students are proficient—far below the state average of 44.1%. The school also struggles in English Language Arts (24.7% vs. 39.4% state), Reading (27.2% vs. 40.4% state), and Science (25.4% vs. 44.0% state). Despite a very low student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1 and high spending of $17,027 per student, the school consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Arkansas schools, earning a 1-star district rating (219 out of 251).
Encouragingly, the school showed year-over-year improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with gains in English Language Arts (up 6 points), Reading (up 4.9 points), and Science (up 3.6 points). Grade-level data reveals that 7th graders are the strongest performers, particularly in English Language Arts (28.8%) and Science (30.8%), while 6th graders consistently struggle, especially in Math (21.1%) and Science (19.3%). This suggests that incoming 6th graders may need additional transition support. The high spending and small class sizes are likely strategic responses to the challenges of serving a 100% high-poverty population, but the data indicates these resources have not yet closed the achievement gap with state averages.
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