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Enrollment
834
High
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530426002117
Lakewood High School
17023 11th Ave NE, Arlington, WA 98223 · (360) 652-4505 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL834 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Washington public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
376 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 51%
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 | 225 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 187 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 223 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 199 | 24% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 68% · 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 Lakewood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +20.9pp since 2014
Math
11.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 60.9% | 23.8% |
| 2018-19 | 64.5% | 30.5% |
| 2017-18 | 67.9% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | N/A | 5.6% |
| 2015-16 | 10.4% | 21.6% |
| 2014-15 | 23.8% | 23.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (31.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood High School this school | 834 | 45.1% | 31.3% |
| Lynden High School LYNDEN | 1,002 | 43.5% | 47.6% |
| Kingston High School Kingston | 602 | 44.4% | 52.5% |
| Ferndale High School Ferndale | 1,325 | 45.5% | 46.9% |
| W F West High School Chehalis | 950 | 43.5% | 47.7% |
| Olympic High School BREMERTON | 1,162 | 41.7% | 43.6% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #225 of 271 | #24 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #301 of 321 ▼ 63 | #25 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #255 of 327 ▲ 2 | #23 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.2pp | #6 of 259 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 834 | #177 of 570 | #20 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #282 of 311 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #117 of 316 | #15 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #229 of 386 | #19 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #56 of 136 | #7 of 12 |
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
834
+43 (+5%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 834 | 34.7 | 24.0:1 | 45% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 817 | 34.8 | 23.5:1 | 45% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 850 | 33.6 | 25.3:1 | 42% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 791 | 30 | 26.4:1 | 35% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 30.2 | 24.6:1 | 25% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 27 | 26.2:1 | 26% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 33 | 23.0:1 | 26% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 31 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 30 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (744 to 834); teachers up 15% (30.2 to 34.7).
About Lakewood High School
Lakewood High School is a public high school run by Lakewood School District in Arlington, Washington. The student body numbers 834 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Washington is about 573, so this school runs 46% larger than that.
Lakewood School District is the district for Lakewood High School. It has 5 schools and 2,713 students.
By race and ethnicity, Lakewood High School is 56% White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Lakewood High School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 24.0:1. For comparison, high schools in Washington average 21.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for Lakewood High School is F. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Washington with Lakewood High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 50.0%. Lakewood High School scores 31.3%.
Snohomish County has about 844,430 residents, and median household income is about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Snohomish County number 227 and enroll about 118,688.
The school nearest to Lakewood High School is Lakewood Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lakewood High School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Lakewood High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 791 to 834. By 2024-25, the school had 24.0 students per teacher, compared with 26.4 in 2020-21.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakewood School District
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Cougar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- English Crossing ElementaryElementary · 331 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Eagle Creek ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Post Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Kent Prairie ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Presidents ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Haller Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
Other Lakewood High schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lakewood High. Lakewood High School is the 7th largest of the 10.
- Lakewood HighLakewood, CA · 2,305 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLAKEWOOD, CO · 1,735 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLakewood, OH · 1,372 students
- Lakewood High SchoolLAKEWOOD, NJ · 1,295 students
- Lakewood HighSumter, SC · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- Lakewood Elementary School0.2 mi · 458
- Lakewood Middle School0.2 mi · 668
- English Crossing Elementary0.3 mi · 331
- Cougar Creek Elementary School0.5 mi · 422
- Weston High School2.0 mi · 107
- Arlington Open Doors2.0 mi · 64
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood High SchoolHow many students attend Lakewood High School?
Lakewood High School enrolls approximately 834 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lakewood High School serve?
Lakewood High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakewood High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakewood High School is approximately 24.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lakewood High School?
Lakewood High School reports a student body of 56% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Lakewood High School in?
Lakewood High School is part of Lakewood School District.
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