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Enrollment
580
High
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVIEW LOCAL·NCES 390501803868
Lakeview High School
300 Hillman Dr, Cortland, OH 44410 · (330) 637-4921 · Trumbull County
GRADES 08–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
168 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 43%
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 8 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 126 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 145 | 25% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 54% · 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 Lakeview Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -9.5pp since 2021
Math
62.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.8% | 69.5% |
| 2022-23 | 85.6% | 67.3% |
| 2021-22 | 87.4% | 62.4% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 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 Lakeview High School
Lakeview High School's state test result (77.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview High School this school | 580 | 29.0% | 77.2% |
| Northwest High School Canal Fulton | 480 | 30.0% | 80.6% |
| Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School Doylestown | 588 | 30.3% | 84.3% |
| Clinton-Massie High School Clarksville | 486 | 27.0% | 70.5% |
| Waynesville High School Waynesville | 448 | 27.9% | 84.9% |
| Field High School Mogadore | 524 | 31.3% | 67.5% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Lakeview High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Trumbull County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #120 of 403 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #207 of 776 ▼ 96 | #8 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #163 of 774 ▲ 26 | #4 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #76 of 742 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #327 of 888 | #4 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #447 of 739 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #586 of 749 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #328 of 435 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #129 of 484 | #9 of 15 |
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
580
+139 (+32%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 855
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 580 | 33.4 | 17.4:1 | 29% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 30% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 35.3 | 20.0:1 | 21% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 20% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 18% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 941 | 48 | 19.6:1 | 4% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 855 | 43 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeview High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (707 to 580); teachers down 5% (35.3 to 33.4).
About Lakeview High School
Cortland, Ohio, is home to Lakeview High School, a medium-sized high school. A federal count lists 580 students at the school, in grades 8 through 12.
Lakeview Local enrolls 1,501 students in 3 schools, including Lakeview High School.
White students are the large majority at Lakeview High School, with 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. County-wide, 85% of Trumbull County residents are White. By the diversity index, Lakeview High School comes in at 12%.
The school reports 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.4 students per teacher. High schools in Ohio average about 17.7:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. Among public schools in Trumbull County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
A school with Lakeview High School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 77.9%. Lakeview High School scores 77.2%, within a point of that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Trumbull County show that median household income is about $56,435, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakeview High School is one of 72 public schools in Trumbull County, which together enroll about 25,240 students.
Lakeview Elementary School is the public school closest to Lakeview High School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lakeview High School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 580 was 32% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 441. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.2:1 to 17.4:1.
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Trumbull County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,929
Census ACS
Median income
$56,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
25,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeview Local
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
Other schools in Cortland
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Maplewood High SchoolHigh · 245 students
Other Lakeview High schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lakeview High. Lakeview High School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Lakeview High SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 1,319 students
- Lakeview High SchoolBATTLE CREEK, MI · 1,241 students
- Lakeview High SchoolLitchfield, CT · 583 students
- Lakeview High SchoolLAKEVIEW, MI · 368 students
- LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLCOLUMBUS, NE · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview Elementary School0.3 mi · 551
- Lakeview Middle School0.3 mi · 370
- Howland Glen Elementary School4.5 mi · 344
- Maplewood High School4.8 mi · 245
- Mines Elementary School5.0 mi · 327
- Maplewood Elementary School5.5 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeview High SchoolHow many students attend Lakeview High School?
Lakeview High School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Lakeview High School serve?
Lakeview High School serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Lakeview High School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Lakeview High School.
How diverse is Lakeview High School?
Lakeview High School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeview High School?
Lakeview High School is overseen by Lakeview Local in Trumbull County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.