Lake Co High School

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Tiptonville, Tennessee

Lake Co High School in Tiptonville, Tennessee enrolled 209 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 5% or less of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80-89% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

Enrollment rose 5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers held steady

199 students in 2022-23, 209 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 19.0 to 19.2.

Students enrolled at Lake Co High School by school year2022-23: 199, 2023-24: 20901002003002022-231992023-24209
Students enrolled at Lake Co High School by school year2022-23: 199, 2023-24: 20901002003002022-231992023-24209
Students enrolled at Lake Co High School by school year2022-23: 199, 2023-24: 20901002003002022-231992023-24209
Students enrolled at Lake Co High School by school year2022-23: 199, 2023-24: 20901002003002022-231992023-24209
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2319919.010.5
2023-2420919.210.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

1 AP courses and one counselor per 63 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lake Co High School enrolled 188 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 28 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses1
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 63 of the 188 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions28
  • Chronically absent46.2% (2022-23)

Who attends

64.6% of students were White, 25.8% Black, 7.7% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White64.6%
  2. Black25.8%
  3. Two or more races7.7%
  4. Hispanic1.9%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Lake Co High School scored proficient or above: 5% or less in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math5% or less11‑18% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

80-89% of the 45 students in Lake Co High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate80‑89%80‑89%87.3%
Students in the class454571,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

What to look at next about Lake Co High School

  1. Dyer County High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 21 miles away: 1,052 students, 15.3 per teacher (2024-25).21 mi
  2. Dyersburg High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 23 miles away: 680 students, 13.3 per teacher (2024-25).23 mi
  3. Compare Lake Co High School with Dyer County High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Lake County Schools spends per student$12,486 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,486
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeLake Co High School is the number 327 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#327 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Lake Co High School

  1. How many students attend Lake Co High School?
    209 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 199 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Tiptonville, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Co High School?
    10.5 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Lake Co High School a Title I school?
    Lake Co High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Lake Co High School do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Lake Co High School scored proficient or above: 5% or less in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Lake Co High School?
    80-89% of the 45 students in Lake Co High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Lake Co High School in?
    Lake County Schools, NCES district ID 4702280. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470228000826 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22