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Alumni: what's one memory from Lakewood High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,372
High
DISTRICT 716 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD CITY·NCES 390441901123
Lakewood High School
14100 Franklin Blvd, Lakewood, OH 44107 · (216) 529-4021 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,372 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Ohio public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
552 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 9 | 306 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 325 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 371 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 370 | 27% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Based on grade levels within Lakewood City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.2pp since 2021
Math
59.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 62.8% |
| 2022-23 | 71.9% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.8% | 46.2% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Lakewood High School
Lakewood High School's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood High School this school | 1,372 | 40.2% | 73.7% |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School Kent | 1,325 | 37.7% | 70.7% |
| Miamisburg High School Miamisburg | 1,437 | 42.8% | 65.7% |
| Sylvania Southview High School Sylvania | 1,139 | 32.6% | 74.8% |
| Stow-Munroe Falls High School Stow | 1,648 | 31.1% | 72.3% |
| Butler High School Vandalia | 856 | 39.1% | 68.5% |
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 Lakewood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #174 of 403 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #249 of 776 ▼ 74 | #19 of 71 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #199 of 774 ▲ 31 | #18 of 71 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #182 of 742 | #30 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,372 | #86 of 888 | #11 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #419 of 739 | #34 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #197 of 749 | #28 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #237 of 435 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #258 of 484 | #26 of 42 |
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
1,372
-69 (-5%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 2,605
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
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 | 1,372 | 80.3 | 17.1:1 | 40% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 1,414 | 81.5 | 17.4:1 | 39% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 1,382 | 84 | 16.4:1 | 30% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 1,441 | 95 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,543 | 99.6 | 15.5:1 | 46% (704) |
| 2015-16 | 1,666 | 105 | 15.9:1 | 48% (796) |
| 2010-11 | 1,888 | 112 | 16.9:1 | 54% (1,020) |
| 2000-01 | 2,764 | 149 | 18.6:1 | 9% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 2,605 | 168 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,543 to 1,372); teachers down 19% (99.6 to 80.3).
About Lakewood High School
Lakewood High School, a large high school, is located in Lakewood, Ohio. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,372 students. Against the 565-student average for high schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 143% higher.
Lakewood High School is one school in a 13-school district, Lakewood City, which enrolls 4,369 students.
White students account for 73% of enrollment at Lakewood High School. Enrollment also includes 13% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 15 points above the 58% share among Cuyahoga County residents. By the diversity index, Lakewood High School comes in at 45%.
Lakewood High School operates with 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.1:1. High schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.7:1. Lakewood High School reports 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 27% average for public schools in Cuyahoga County is 13 points.
The allk12 Grade for Lakewood High School is A-. Compared with Ohio public high schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Lakewood High School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 73.6%. Lakewood High School scores 73.7%, within a point of that line.
Among Cuyahoga County residents, median household income is about $64,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Lakewood High School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County, which together enroll about 155,924 students.
The shortest distance from Lakewood High School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Franklin School of Opportunity Online. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Lakewood High School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Lakewood High School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.2:1 to 17.1:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lakewood High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakewood City
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Lakewood High schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakewood High. Lakewood High School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Lakewood High SchoolHebron, OH · 450 students
- Lakewood HighLakewood, CA · 2,305 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLAKEWOOD, CO · 1,735 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLAKEWOOD, NJ · 1,295 students
- Lakewood HighSumter, SC · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin School of Opportunity Online0.3 mi · 36
- Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site0.3 mi · 59
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.5 mi · 233
- Grant Elementary School0.6 mi · 323
- Garfield Middle School0.7 mi · 457
- Emerson Elementary School0.7 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakewood High School?
Lakewood High School enrolls approximately 1,372 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lakewood High School serve?
Lakewood High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Lakewood High School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Lakewood High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakewood High School?
At Lakewood High School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Lakewood High School in?
Lakewood High School is part of Lakewood City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.