Lakeside High School

Lakeside High School is a grades 9–12 public high school in Ashtabula, Ohio, serving 810 students as part of the Ashtabula Area City district, which makes it one of the larger high schools in its immediate area.

On the 2025–2026 statewide rankings, Lakeside placed 701st of 795 schools — the 12th percentile with 1 star — the lowest ranking among nearby schools such as Perry High School (92nd percentile), Jefferson Area Senior High School (72nd), Madison High School (52nd), Edgewood High School (43rd), Geneva High School (41st), and Conneaut High School (29th). The Ashtabula Area City district also ranks lowest nearby, at the 10th percentile. The graduation rate is a bright spot, rising from 75.8% in 2021–2022 to 88.5% in 2025–2026 — slightly above the district's 88.2% — though still below most nearby schools, including Jefferson's 97.9% and Perry's 96.2%, and roughly even with Conneaut's 88.3%.

Two engagement and staffing measures stand out. Chronic absenteeism is 49.4% — nearly half of students — higher than every nearby school (Perry is at 17.9%) and above the district's 41.0%. The student-teacher ratio is 23.1, the highest among nearby schools with reported data (Conneaut is at 14.8). Academically, proficiency on Ohio's end-of-course tests is below the state in every reported subject. Math is the sharpest concern: Geometry 9.3% and Integrated Math I 0%, compared with statewide rates of 43.3% and 34.4%; Algebra I is 32.2% versus 61.6% statewide. American History is 48.6% versus 73.2% statewide, and no subject reaches the nearby range. Subgroup rankings are low across the board, with homeless students at the 0th percentile — last among reporting schools — and special education students at the 2nd percentile. For context, 2018–2019 spending was $8,539 per student, well below Perry's $13,373, though that older figure should be read cautiously.