Lakewood Middle School

Lakewood Middle School is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, part of Lakewood Township School District, teacheing 574 students in grades 7 through 8.

Lakewood Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by Lakewood Township School District, a district that hosts 4,193 students overall.

On demographics, Lakewood Middle School logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 6% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Lakewood Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at Lakewood Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ocean County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakewood Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.2%; this one delivers 25.4%.

Around the school, Ocean County reports that median household income runs about $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which Lakewood Middle School is one.

Lakewood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakewood Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 54%: 1,252 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.