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Enrollment
1,295
High
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340822004636
Lakewood High School
855 SOMERSET AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701 · (732) 905-3500 · Ocean County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,295 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,192 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 309 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 366 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 312 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 308 | 24% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lakewood Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -13.7pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -58.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 58 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 75.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 16% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 (33.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood High School this school | 1,295 | 92.0% | 33.6% |
| Harrison High School HARRISON | 795 | 90.1% | 25.0% |
| Bridgeton High School BRIDGETON | 1,641 | 91.6% | 6.2% |
| New Brunswick High School NEW BRUNSWICK | 2,443 | 88.1% | 15.6% |
| Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy Elizabeth | 1,015 | 81.3% | 40.0% |
| Passaic High School No. 12 Passaic | 2,484 | 98.4% | 5.5% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #222 of 397 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #275 of 400 ▼ 241 | #15 of 19 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #271 of 395 ▼ 20 | #14 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,295 | #105 of 442 | #7 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #292 of 388 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #376 of 389 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #4 of 405 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #98 of 173 | #3 of 7 |
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
1,295
-152 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,432
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,295 | 95 | 13.6:1 | 92% (1,192) |
| 2023-24 | 1,330 | 95 | 14.0:1 | 88% (1,164) |
| 2022-23 | 1,423 | 83.5 | 17.0:1 | 85% (1,216) |
| 2020-21 | 1,447 | 93 | 15.6:1 | 91% (1,314) |
| 2017-18 | 1,202 | 135.5 | 8.9:1 | 78% (933) |
| 2015-16 | 1,192 | 108 | 11.0:1 | 87% (1,033) |
| 2010-11 | 1,120 | 76 | 14.7:1 | 84% (943) |
| 2000-01 | 1,396 | 102 | 13.7:1 | 26% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 1,432 | 100 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,202 to 1,295); teachers down 30% (135.5 to 95).
About Lakewood High School
Lakewood High School is a public high school run by Lakewood Township School District in LAKEWOOD, New Jersey. The school has 1,295 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
Lakewood High School is one of 8 schools in Lakewood Township School District, which enrolls 4,193 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Lakewood High School, about 89 are Hispanic. The school is also 6% Black and 3% White. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all Ocean County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
The school lists 95 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. The average for high schools in New Jersey, 12.7:1, is lower. A total of 1,192 students, or 92%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Ocean County, the average is 44%.
Lakewood High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of New Jersey public high schools.
Lakewood High School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 33.6%. Predicted: 15.8%. Difference: 17.9 points.
American Community Survey estimates for Ocean County show that the median household earns about $89,863 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Ocean County, 117 public schools serve about 66,051 students.
Lakewood High School's closest public school neighbor is Lakewood Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Lakewood High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lakewood High School ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 33.6% versus a 34.8% average.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 1,447 in 2020-21 to 1,295 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.6:1 to 13.6:1.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakewood Township School District
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Spruce Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Oak Street Elem SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Piner Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Clifton Ave Grade SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Ella G Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
Other schools in LAKEWOOD
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Spruce Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Ocean Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 551 students
- Oak Street Elem SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Piner Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Clifton Ave Grade SchoolElementary · 331 students
Other Lakewood High schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakewood High. Lakewood High School is the 4th 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 HighSumter, SC · 1,013 students
- LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 880 students
Nearby schools
- Lakewood Middle School0.2 mi · 574
- Lakewood Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 248
- Ella G Clarke Elementary School0.4 mi · 314
- Clifton Ave Grade School1.1 mi · 331
- Piner Elementary School1.2 mi · 364
- Howell Township Middle School South2.2 mi · 893
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood High SchoolHow many students attend Lakewood High School?
Lakewood High School enrolls approximately 1,295 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.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakewood High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakewood High School is approximately 13.6:1 (95 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakewood High School?
At Lakewood High School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakewood High School?
Lakewood High School is overseen by Lakewood Township School District in Ocean County.
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