📍 4400 Briercrest Ave., Lakewood, Los Angeles County, 90713
Lakewood High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lakewood, Los Angeles County. The school has 2,761 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mona Merlo. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 124.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
Lakewood High enrolls 2,761 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 124.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 10% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,549 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 509 | 18% |
| Asian | 289 | 10% |
| White | 249 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 100 | 3.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 61 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,421 of the school's 2,761 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lakewood High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Lakewood High is one of 84 schools in Long Beach Unified, based in Long Beach, California. The district serves 62,644 students district-wide and employs 2,733 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 2,761 students, Lakewood High is larger than the district average of about 746 students per school.