Total enrollment
5,232
-289 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
8 schools in LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
New York · 5,232 students · 5 cities
LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT's footprint covers 8 public K-12 schools with combined enrollment of about 5,232 (an average of 654 per school).
4-year change in LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
8
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New York | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #113 of 437 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,232 | #97 of 576 | #1,833 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #91 of 576 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #337 of 565 | #1,230 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 29.0% | #423 of 573 | #6,718 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #94 of 425 | #1,439 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL at 86.8% proficient to VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOL at 48.2%, a gap of 38.6 points. That is the 81st widest gap among 258 New York districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL | Yorktown Heights | Middle | 06-08 | 1,219 |
| LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL | Shrub Oak | High | 09-12 | 966 |
| WALTER PANAS HIGH SCHOOL | Cortlandt Manor | High | 09-12 | 845 |
| VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOL | Mohegan Lake | Elementary | KG-05 | 568 |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Yorktown Heights | Elementary | KG-05 | 466 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Mohegan Lake | Elementary | KG-05 | 411 |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Yorktown Heights | Elementary | PK-05 | 383 |
| LINCOLN TITUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Crompond | Elementary | PK-05 | 374 |
About LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is a sparse New York school district running 8 schools with combined enrollment near 5,232.
On the school-mix side, LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is built around 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high schools.
Average enrollment per school in LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is about 654, noticeably above the New York average of roughly 519.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment fell 5%: 5,521 students in SY 2020-21 versus 5,232 in SY 2024-25.
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