Summary:
Lakewood Township School District has one middle school, Lakewood Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 574 students; its most important challenge is that ELA and grade-level math proficiency falls below state results in all three grades, with average shortfalls of 23 percentage points in ELA and 20 points in math.
Algebra I is the school’s standout result, while 8th-grade science and math are its weakest comparisons. In 8th-grade Algebra I, 89% were proficient versus 75% statewide, a 14-point advantage; the end-of-course result was 89% versus 40%, a 49-point advantage. By contrast, 3% were proficient in 8th-grade science versus 19% statewide, and 7% in 8th-grade math versus 23% statewide—16 points lower in each subject. Lakewood is the only school in this data set, so there is no meaningful peer ranking.
Recent results show mixed movement, while SchoolDigger’s rank history has declined. For grades 7 and 8 together, average ELA proficiency slipped from 34% in 2024–2025 to 32% in 2025–2026, while the gap to the state narrowed from 23 to 22 points. The grade 7–8 math average edged up from 12.8% to 13.4%, but the state gap remained 17 points. SchoolDigger ranked Lakewood 516th of 743 schools (31st percentile) in 2023–2024 and 618th of 743 (17th percentile) in 2025–2026, a 14-point percentile decline. As context, in 2024–2025, 93% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible; the student–teacher ratio was 8.5, and chronic absenteeism was 17%, compared with 16% districtwide and 14% statewide.
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