Lakewood High School

Lakewood High School, a reasonably sized high school in LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, operated by Lakewood Township School District, teaches 1,295 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Lakewood High School sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Lakewood Township School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,193 students, Lakewood High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lakewood High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Other groups include 6% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Lakewood High School reports 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Lakewood High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lakewood High School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 15.8%; Lakewood High School posts 33.6%, +17.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ocean County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakewood High School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakewood Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lakewood High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

Lakewood High School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 1,202 students in 2018 compared to 1,295 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 82% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.