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Lake Mills Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
46th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 344 Iowa Middle Schools
Better than 87% of Iowa middle schools
Summary

Lake Mills Middle School is a public middle school in Lake Mills, Iowa, serving 141 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Lake Mills Community School District, which is ranked 29th out of 313 school districts in Iowa and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lake Mills Middle School consistently outperforms the state averages on the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) tests, with a high percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 92.2% of 8th-grade students at Lake Mills Middle School were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 80.2%. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate has fluctuated, ranging from 14.6% to 23.4% over the past few years, which is higher than the ideal but still lower than the nearby Forest City Middle School, which had a 21.6% chronic absenteeism rate in the 2023-2024 school year.

The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Lake Mills Middle School has ranged from 34.72% to 38.62% over the past few years, which is lower than the 41.38% free and reduced lunch rate at the nearby Forest City Middle School. Additionally, Lake Mills Middle School had a spending per student of $9,773 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is lower than the $13,622 per student spending at Forest City Middle School during the same year. The student-teacher ratio at Lake Mills Middle School has fluctuated, ranging from 17.3 to 23.6 students per teacher, which is higher than the 12.9 student-teacher ratio at Forest City Middle School in the 2023-2024 school year.

146
Students ?
25.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,773
Per pupil spending ?
39%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 102 S 4th Ave E
       Lake Mills, IA  50450

(641) 592-0894

District: Lake Mills Community School District


Students who attend Lake Mills Middle School usually attend:

High:    Lake Mills Senior High School

Feeder schools for Lake Mills Middle School:

Elementary:    Lake Mills Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

White:
80.1%
Hispanic:
13.7%
Two or more races:
4.1%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 77th percentile in 2015 → 87th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Iowa average (85% vs 74% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 13% of Iowa middle schools
✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school85%
District avg85%
Iowa avg74%
46th of 344
Iowa public middle schools ?
Top 13%▲ up 10 pts since 2015
From top 23% (2015) to top 13% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
29th of 313Lake Mills Community School District among Iowa districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIowa percentileRating
202576.346 of 34486.6%★★★★☆
202465.5114 of 33766.2%★★★☆☆
202352.5180 of 33446.1%★★☆☆☆
202244.3213 of 33736.8%★★☆☆☆
202141.6219 of 32432.4%★★☆☆☆
201955.5159 of 34253.5%★★★☆☆
201849.2183 of 31842.5%★★☆☆☆
201757.1144 of 32756.0%★★★☆☆
201646.5212 of 34338.2%★★☆☆☆
201570.780 of 34977.1%★★★★☆
201453.5173 of 33748.7%★★☆☆☆
201347.6218 of 35037.7%★★☆☆☆
201232.0288 of 34917.5%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Iowa (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts89%+13 vs state
Science84%+14 vs state
Mathematics81%+8 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Lake Mills Middle School

Students who attend Lake Mills Middle School usually go on to attend Lake Mills Senior High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 146 students attended Lake Mills Middle School.

Lake Mills Middle School ranks 46th of 344 Iowa middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Lake Mills Middle School are 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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