Lakota Plains Junior School

Summary:

Lakota Plains Junior School is a public middle school located in Liberty Township, Ohio, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 757 students. The school is part of the Lakota Local School District, which is ranked 181 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lakota Plains Junior School consistently outperforms the state and district averages in Ohio state assessments across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school had 79.2% of 7th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 61.7% and the Lakota Local District average of 78.4%. The school also has a relatively diverse student population, with 55.48% White, 15.85% African American, 10.7% Hispanic, and 14% Asian students in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the nearby Hopewell Junior School and Liberty Junior School.

Lakota Plains Junior School performs exceptionally well in certain student subgroups, ranking 35th out of 429 Ohio middle schools for its African American student population in the 2023-2024 school year, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has also seen a decrease in chronic absenteeism over the years, from 23.7% in 2020-2021 to 14.4% in 2023-2024, which is lower than the nearby Hopewell Junior School (17.9%) and Liberty Junior School (13.9%). These consistent high performance and equity-focused efforts make Lakota Plains Junior School a standout middle school in the region.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 5500 Princeton Road
       Liberty Township, OH  45011


(513) 644-1130

District: Lakota Local

SchoolDigger Rank:
172nd of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools


Students who attend Lakota Plains Junior School usually attend:

High:    Lakota West High School

Feeder schools for Lakota Plains Junior School:

Elementary:    Cherokee Elementary School
    Creekside Early Childhood School
    Endeavor Elementary School
    Heritage Early Childhood School

Student/teacher ratio:  25.8 Help
Number of students:  757

Racial breakdown:

White:
55.5%
African American:
15.9%
Asian:
14.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  14.5% Help


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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lakota Plains Junior School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakota Plains Junior School 172nd of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Lakota Plains Junior School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Lakota Local:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakota Local 181st of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lakota Plains Junior School

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Rank History for all students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 84.42 61st 692 91.2%
2006 81.93 75th 732 89.8%
2007 83.06 75th 837 91.0%
2008 85.04 47th 835 94.4%
2009 86.05 38th 858 95.6%
2010 85.73 38th 895 95.8%
2011 86.95 22nd 925 97.6%
2012 85.54 30th 989 97.0%
2013 85.56 33rd 1001 96.7%
2014 84.97 41st 1008 95.9%
2015 85.75 89th 1035 91.4%
2016 87.77 81st 1050 92.3%
2017 88.53 58th 1038 94.4%
2018 85.78 96th 1010 90.5%
2019 85.06 106th 1050 89.9%
2021 84.35 136th 1037 86.9%
2022 81.27 167th 1017 83.6%
2023 81.65 166th 1048 84.2%
2024 81.26 172nd 1046 83.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.05 16th 205 92.2%
2019 87.40 16th 206 92.2%
2021 78.95 37th 219 83.1%
2023 84.48 29th 245 88.2%
2024 75.17 56th 254 78.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.07 26th 107 75.7%
2019 82.28 23rd 127 81.9%
2021 56.96 43rd 134 67.9%
2022 73.76 16th 110 85.5%
2023 74.98 13th 113 88.5%
2024 58.12 33rd 123 73.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 58.82 154th 590 73.9%
2024 54.76 184th 563 67.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.87 165th 924 82.1%
2019 68.53 280th 945 70.4%
2021 69.06 244th 923 73.6%
2022 81.83 101st 947 89.3%
2023 77.25 162nd 974 83.4%
2024 74.79 199th 989 79.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.05 83rd 897 90.7%
2019 84.01 106th 917 88.4%
2021 82.79 124th 910 86.4%
2022 78.74 174th 925 81.2%
2023 79.40 168th 943 82.2%
2024 77.59 196th 942 79.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.54 47th 643 92.7%
2019 81.02 56th 658 91.5%
2021 55.88 173rd 576 70.0%
2022 51.14 203rd 565 64.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.72 150th 521 71.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.09 101st 916 89.0%
2019 86.10 83rd 933 91.1%
2021 83.38 127th 924 86.3%
2022 80.45 156th 946 83.5%
2023 82.13 142nd 963 85.3%
2024 82.28 145th 958 84.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.35 28th 73 61.6%
2019 79.82 9th 66 86.4%
2021 69.93 27th 69 60.9%
2022 65.27 29th 67 56.7%
2023 68.77 28th 67 58.2%
2024 72.64 25th 76 67.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.37 6th 384 98.4%
2019 90.89 21st 405 94.8%
2021 93.44 16th 385 95.8%
2022 91.01 24th 413 94.2%
2023 88.20 35th 436 92.0%
2024 86.15 35th 429 91.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.42 11th 192 94.3%
2019 84.21 26th 222 88.3%
2021 73.05 54th 228 76.3%
2022 63.10 79th 247 68.0%
2023 65.66 73rd 249 70.7%
2024 60.81 83rd 239 65.3%
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Rank History for White students at Lakota Plains Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.63 87th 781 88.9%
2019 86.55 60th 796 92.5%
2021 85.51 79th 781 89.9%
2022 82.08 121st 809 85.0%
2023 82.12 106th 805 86.8%
2024 83.22 106th 795 86.7%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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by a citizen
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Open Quote Great School and very structured. Michael Holbrook, former principal in Lakota Local Schools and now in Mt. Healthy really assisted in organing the programs. He is missed but the staff he left behind is excellent and caring. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Lakota Plains Junior School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2004 527 56 13 7 1 n/a n/a 13 617
2005 529 55 24 8 0 n/a n/a 21 637
2006 663 87 38 16 0 n/a n/a 29 833
2007 680 96 44 23 1 n/a n/a 25 869
2008 585 94 36 20 1 n/a n/a 20 756
2009 615 82 34 12 2 n/a n/a 29 774
2010 594 70 48 12 2 n/a n/a 29 755
2011 589 74 42 14 0 0 34 0 753
2012 580 81 46 12 0 0 26 0 745
2013 541 73 40 18 1 0 22 0 695
2014 534 71 38 24 4 1 25 0 697
2015 527 81 39 16 1 0 23 0 687
2016 512 80 41 34 0 0 22 0 689
2017 546 83 68 39 0 0 46 0 782
2018 526 86 73 47 0 0 49 0 781
2019 456 96 69 76 0 0 33 0 730
2020 427 97 79 82 0 0 32 0 717
2021 460 107 90 78 0 0 29 0 764
2022 450 132 89 91 0 0 28 0 790
2023 420 120 106 81 0 0 30 0 757

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lakota Plains Junior School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 617 37.5 16.5 5.8
2005 637 36.4 17.5 6.2
2006 833 44.6 18.7 9
2007 869 42.4 20.5 11.3
2008 756 38.5 19.6 n/a
2009 774 41.0 18.9 11.7
2010 755 39.0 19.3 11.7
2011 753 36.3 20.7 11.6
2012 745 34.8 21.3 10.9
2013 695 28.0 24.8 10.5
2014 697 28.0 24.8 11.6
2015 687 n/a n/a 15.9
2016 689 26.0 26.5 15.1
2017 782 31.6 24.7 13.3
2018 781 31.2 25.0 14.7
2019 730 31.1 23.4 16.8
2020 717 30.4 23.5 14.5
2021 764 28.9 26.4 n/a
2022 790 29.9 26.4 n/a
2023 757 29.3 25.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lakota Plains Junior School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 617 37.5 16.5 5.8
2005 637 36.4 17.5 6.2
2006 833 44.6 18.7 9
2007 869 42.4 20.5 11.3
2008 756 38.5 19.6 n/a
2009 774 41.0 18.9 11.7
2010 755 39.0 19.3 11.7
2011 753 36.3 20.7 11.6
2012 745 34.8 21.3 10.9
2013 695 28.0 24.8 10.5
2014 697 28.0 24.8 11.6
2015 687 n/a n/a 15.9
2016 689 26.0 26.5 15.1
2017 782 31.6 24.7 13.3
2018 781 31.2 25.0 14.7
2019 730 31.1 23.4 16.8
2020 717 30.4 23.5 14.5
2021 764 28.9 26.4 n/a
2022 790 29.9 26.4 n/a
2023 757 29.3 25.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lakota Plains Junior School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $7,730
2022 $10,665
2023 $10,751

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lakota Plains Junior School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 106th of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 166th of 1048 Middle schools
 5.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Plains Junior School)77.374.6
 2.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Local)75.865.6
 10.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Plains Junior School)83.980.4
 3.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Local)80.677.6
 3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Lakota Plains Junior School)89.787.3
 2.4%
   8th Grade Science (Lakota Local)83.381.8
 1.5%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Plains Junior School)7557
 18%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Local)72.950.6
 22.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Plains Junior School)81.573.1
 8.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Local)76.670.2
 6.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%
End of Course Algebra I (Lakota Plains Junior School)10098.3
 1.7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Lakota Local)76.365.8
 10.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students730757
 3.7%
African American96120
 25%
American Indian00
Asian69106
 53.6%
Hispanic7681
 6.6%
Pacific Islander00
White456420
 7.9%
Two or More Races3330
 9.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lakota Plains Junior School

In the 2022-23 school year, 757 students attended Lakota Plains Junior School.

Lakota Plains Junior School ranks 172nd of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Lakota Plains Junior School are 55% White, 16% African American, 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Students who attend Lakota Plains Junior School usually go on to attend Lakota West High School


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

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