LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 1400 54TH AVE S, in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is an average-sized high school that works with 880 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by PINELLAS.

Within PINELLAS, which oversees 151 schools and 87,955 students, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 19% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 46.4%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

Nearest neighbor: BAY VISTA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 19%, going from 1,093 students in 2018 to 880 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 48% to 66% over that span.

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