Lakewood City

Lakewood City has 12 schools serving about 4,335 students in grades K-12, including seven elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and one alternative school. The district is ranked 220 of 773 in Ohio, at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. The largest school is Lakewood High School with 1,372 students; the smallest is Franklin School of Opportunity Online with 36 students.

Top performers include Harding Middle School, the top middle school, ranked 87 of 1,046 (92nd percentile) with 5 stars for three straight years and 100% proficiency in Algebra I and Geometry. Grant Elementary School is a top elementary, also at the 92nd percentile and 5 stars. Lincoln Elementary School is strong at the 90th percentile and 4 stars, though it dropped from 5 stars previously. Lakewood High School has a mixed profile: a 98.2% graduation rate but 37.5% chronic absenteeism and a rank decline to the 60th percentile. Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site has extremely high absenteeism (72.8%) but strong social studies scores and very low Geometry and Algebra I. Franklin School of Opportunity Online is a small alternative school with 1.5% absenteeism but low reported Government proficiency.

Other comparisons: Garfield Middle School has 96.2% Algebra I proficiency but lower overall scores than Harding Middle School. Harrison Elementary School is the lowest-performing traditional school at the 47th percentile and 2 stars. Chronic absenteeism is concentrated at Lakewood High School and Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site, while all elementary schools and Garfield Middle School are below the district's 21.8%. No simple relationship appears between spending, student-teacher ratio, and performance. Overall, the district has strong pockets at Harding and Grant, but concerns include high school absenteeism, Algebra I performance, and wide elementary variation.