Lake Shore Middle, Mequon WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lake Shore Middle

Lake Shore Middle School serves students in grades six through eight and is part of the Mequon-Thiensville School District. The school is located in Mequon, a large, low-density suburban city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, roughly fifteen miles north of Milwaukee. Mequon is distinctive in that about half of its considerable land area remains undeveloped or farmed, giving it a blend of suburban residential subdivisions and rural heritage. The city entirely surrounds the smaller, historic village of Thiensville, and the two communities share a school district, library, and chamber of commerce. Housing values in the area are well above national benchmarks, and the population has been essentially flat in recent years, reflecting a stable, built-out community.

About one-tenth of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that places the school in an affluent context. The student body is predominantly white, with Asian students making up the next largest group, followed by Black students, students of two or more races, and Hispanic students. The school serves a moderate number of students for a middle school.

Lake Shore Middle’s academic performance is strong. In math, proficiency rates among tested students were high across all three grades, with the seventh-grade cohort reaching the highest level. English language arts results were also strong, with the seventh grade again posting the highest proficiency rate. Eighth graders took state assessments in science and social studies. The science proficiency rate was lower than the school’s math and ELA scores, landing at about the same level as the sixth-grade ELA result. The social studies proficiency rate matched the eighth-grade ELA level. Overall, the school’s combined proficiency across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint when compared with other districts in Ozaukee County, which is a strong showing. The district as a whole went through a significant facilities referendum in 2020, funding safety upgrades, infrastructure work, and classroom renovations across all schools, and that work has since been completed. Elementary attendance boundaries were also adjusted as part of that project, so families moving into the area with younger children will want to confirm which elementary school their address feeds.

The school is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet. It does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and the data does not include information on special education or English learner populations, which a parent may wish to discuss directly with the school. No course access or program offerings were listed in the available data, so the full range of electives, advanced coursework, and extracurriculars is not captured here. The neighborhood context is a car-dependent suburb with no dense street life, though the Village of Thiensville has a more traditional small-town layout. Most residents commute to work by car. For a family that values strong academic results in a stable, quiet suburban setting, Lake Shore Middle presents a compelling option, but the thinness of data on program offerings and student support populations means a follow-up conversation with the school would be wise.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 74% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 786%

School 86% · District 77% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median

Grade 882%

School 82% · District 79% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 69% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 784%

School 84% · District 75% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 77% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median

Science

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 67% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 84% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median

This schoolMequon-Thiensville School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income67%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income89%39 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income63%Higher-income80%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income64%Higher-income74%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income57%Higher-income91%33 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income75%Higher-income83%8 pp gap