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Enrollment
880
High
DISTRICT 923 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001633
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
1400 54TH AVE S, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33705 · (727) 893-2916 · Pinellas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL880 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
485 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 231 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 256 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 210 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 183 | 21% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +33.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 33 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 21.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 880 | 55.1% | 46.4% |
| BOCA CIEGA HIGH SCHOOL GULFPORT | 1,039 | 56.5% | 43.9% |
| GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 1,125 | 59.6% | 42.4% |
| AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,388 | 57.4% | 33.0% |
| RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,638 | 51.8% | 44.1% |
| EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,663 | 53.6% | 42.0% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #381 of 555 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #150 of 549 ▲ 318 | #2 of 18 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #372 of 559 ▲ 60 | #16 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 880 | #423 of 830 | #16 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #85 of 575 | #4 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #383 of 594 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #162 of 630 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #67 of 289 | #7 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
880
-98 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,187
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 20.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 880 | 49 | 18.0:1 | 55% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 47 | 19.0:1 | 60% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 48 | 19.1:1 | 59% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 978 | 49 | 20.0:1 | 53% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 1,093 | 62 | 17.6:1 | 60% (657) |
| 2015-16 | 1,173 | 65 | 18.1:1 | 55% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 1,399 | 86 | 16.3:1 | 41% (574) |
| 2000-01 | 1,649 | 69 | 23.9:1 | 17% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 1,187 | 72 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Families in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, are served by LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, a medium-sized high school. The school serves 880 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Within PINELLAS, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 151 schools. The district enrolls 87,955 students.
At LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, Black students make up 66% of the student body. The rest of enrollment is 19% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Pinellas County's population at about 10%. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 49 full-time-equivalent teachers at LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL and a ratio of 18.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 55% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Pinellas County report 45%.
allk12 grades LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 46.4% actual against 53.5% predicted.
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is located in Pinellas County, where the median household income is $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in the county.
BAY VISTA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.8%; LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's is 46.4%, ranking 7th of 8.
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment at LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL declined 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 978 to 880 students. The ratio was 20.0:1 in 2020-21 and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in ST PETERSBURG
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- GIBBS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,125 students
- JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-8Elementary · 817 students
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 799 students
- JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
Other Lakewood High schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakewood High. LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Lakewood HighLakewood, CA · 2,305 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLAKEWOOD, CO · 1,735 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLakewood, OH · 1,372 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLAKEWOOD, NJ · 1,295 students
- Lakewood HighSumter, SC · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- BAY VISTA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 574
- BAY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 390
- BAY POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 519
- PINELLAS MYCROSCHOOL OF INTEGRATED ACADEMICS AND TECHNOLOGI0.8 mi · 149
- LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 446
- MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 880 students in grades 09-12.
Is LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL have?
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
At LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 19% White, 9% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL in?
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is part of PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.