Summary:
Zip code 39092 is home to exactly one high school: Lake High School, a rural public school serving grades 9-12 in Lake, Mississippi, under the Scott County School District. With 231 students and a 20.8:1 student-teacher ratio, this is a small school where nearly all students (98.7%) come from economically disadvantaged households. Despite these challenges, Lake High School has shown remarkable academic progress, jumping from 106th place in 2024-2025 to 54th place in 2025-2026 among Mississippi high schools, earning a 4-star rating and placing in the 76th percentile.
Lake High School outperforms both its district and the state in most tested subjects. In 2025-2026, the school exceeded state averages in Algebra I (71.7% vs. 66.0%), English II (56.1% vs. 49.3%), and Biology (74.0% vs. 63.1%). In 2024-2025, the school posted particularly strong results in Biology (81.6% proficiency, nearly 20 points above the state) and U.S. History (83.3%, nearly 14 points above the state). English II, once the school's weakest subject at 48.9%, jumped to 56.1% the following year. In every subject and both years, Lake High School outperformed the Scott County School District, often by substantial margins.
However, the school faces significant challenges. The graduation rate of 80.9% falls below both the district (82.4%) and state (89.2%) averages. More concerning, 54.8% of students are chronically absent — more than twice the state average of 23.9% and far above the district's 33.6%. This attendance crisis likely contributes to the graduation gap. Lake High School is a school of academic strengths and attendance-related vulnerabilities: it produces strong test results despite high poverty, but success is not reaching every student. Addressing chronic absenteeism will be essential to ensuring more students stay on track to graduate.
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