Summary:
ZIP code 90670 has one middle school, Lake Center Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 708 students. Its 2025–2026 results show a mixed academic picture rather than uniformly strong or weak performance: the school’s clearest strength is ELA, while mathematics is its main concern.
With only one school listed, there is no local school-to-school ranking; comparisons are with the state and Little Lake City Elementary district. Lake Center is above the state in ELA and science but below it in math: proficiency was 60% in ELA, 38% in science and 34% in math, compared with state results of 49%, 36% and 38%, respectively. That translates to an 11-point ELA advantage, a 2-point science advantage and a 4-point math deficit. ELA was essentially even with the district, while math was 8 points lower and science 3 points lower. Grade 7 stands out as a particular math weakness: 31% were proficient, 6 points below the state’s grade 7 result; grade 7 ELA was 4 points above its state comparison.
Recent results improved in ELA and science but declined in math: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Lake Center gained 5 points in ELA and 2 in science, but fell 4 points in math. Its SchoolDigger school percentile ranking also slipped from 73rd in 2023–2024 to 67th in 2025–2026; the latest rating is 67th percentile (881 of 2,703). Separately, SchoolDigger rates the district four stars and ranks it 219th of 968 statewide (77th percentile). For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 19.3:1 in 2024–2025, and 80% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible that year; California provides free meals to all students, so this eligibility figure does not indicate who receives meals.
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