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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
966
High
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361662001475
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL
1349 E MAIN ST, SHRUB OAK, NY 10588 · (914) 528-0600 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New York public high schools
- ATest 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 York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
250 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 58%
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 | 234 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 249 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 233 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 223 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 27 | 3% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 72% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
88.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 88.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for New York 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 21 points, placing it in New York'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 LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 966 | 25.9% | 86.8% |
| EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 1,170 | 26.4% | 83.7% |
| MINISINK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 1,116 | 27.7% | 69.7% |
| CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL NEW WINDSOR | 1,010 | 21.2% | 78.5% |
| HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL HARRISON | 1,066 | 25.0% | 80.7% |
| HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL GREENLAWN | 923 | 21.1% | 93.2% |
Matched among New York 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 LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #105 of 1,135 | #13 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #126 of 1,109 ▼ 5 | #15 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #245 of 1,135 ▼ 128 | #26 of 48 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #251 of 1,216 | #18 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #636 of 1,058 | #29 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #369 of 1,070 | #19 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #1,048 of 1,167 | #25 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #681 of 743 | #26 of 29 |
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
966
-30 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 986
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 966 | 83.5 | 11.6:1 | 26% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 953 | 83.3 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 942 | 85.5 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 996 | 83 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 989 | 78.4 | 12.6:1 | 18% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 1,022 | 77 | 13.3:1 | 18% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 1,175 | 87 | 13.5:1 | 8% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 1,032 | 73 | 14.1:1 | 4% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 986 | 68 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school located in SHRUB OAK, New York. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 966 students. The school's enrollment is 45% bigger than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL is part of LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 8 schools serve 5,232 students.
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL is 62% White by enrollment. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Westchester County residents are about 52% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 83.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 26%. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 86.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York are predicted to post 65.5%, so the school is 21.4 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
County data help place the school in context: in Westchester County, the median household income is $118,976, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Westchester County has 255 public schools and roughly 140,968 students.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 996 in 2020-21 to 966 in 2024-25.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,219 students
- WALTER PANAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 845 students
- VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 411 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
Other Lakeland High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lakeland High. LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Lakeland HighSuffolk, VA · 1,045 students
- Lakeland High SchoolWHITE LAKE, MI · 1,012 students
- Lakeland HighMinocqua, WI · 696 students
- LAKELAND HIGHDEEPWATER, MO · 180 students
Nearby schools
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 466
- LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,219
- GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 411
- PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 446
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 526
- CROMPOND SCHOOL1.8 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 966 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL have?
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL in?
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL is part of LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.