Summary:
Zip code 90713 has one listed high school, Lakewood High, serving grades 9–12 with 2,305 students. Its 2025–2026 results show a sharp difference by subject: ELA proficiency was 49%, essentially level with the state’s 49%, while math was 14% and science 17%, well below the state rates of 38% and 36%. The most important finding for families is that math and science proficiency are substantially behind the state, even though ELA is close to average.
There is no meaningful top-versus-bottom comparison because Lakewood High is the only school on the list. Its largest academic gaps were in all-grade math, 24 percentage points below the state, and science, 19 points below; 11th-grade math was 18 points below the state, and 12th-grade science was 16 points below. ELA was comparatively stronger: 11th-grade proficiency was 8 points below the state. Other outcomes are more favorable: Lakewood’s graduation rate was 94%, 6 points above the state, and its dropout rate was 6%, 2 points below. Chronic absenteeism is a concern, at 29%, 11 points above the state.
Over the two years reported, Lakewood’s ELA and math proficiency each fell by about 2 percentage points, while its science proficiency rose by 2 points; state science proficiency rose by 3 points, and state math increased by 1 point. SchoolDigger rated Lakewood at the 40th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 46th percentile and 2 stars in each of the prior two years. For context, the school had a 21.4 student–teacher ratio and 58% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. These figures provide context rather than a basis for comparing schools, since there are no peer schools in this list.
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