📍 1400 54th Ave S, St Petersburg, Pinellas County, 33705
Lakewood High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in St Petersburg, Pinellas County. The school has 915 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pinellas school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 2 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lakewood High School enrolls 915 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 62% male and 38% female. A teaching staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 21% White and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 548 | 60% |
| White | 193 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 29 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
539 of the school's 915 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 490 qualify for free lunch and 49 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lakewood High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 19, state house district 70.
Lakewood High School is one of 154 schools in PINELLAS, based in LARGO, Florida. The district serves 87,876 students district-wide and employs 5,803 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 915 students, Lakewood High School is larger than the district average of about 571 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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