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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44107


At a glance
13
Schools
4,468
Students
2
Districts
2
5-star schools
Top rankedHarding Middle School87th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools
Biggest riser
Garfield Middle School up 81 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Harrison Elementary School 14.1 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
4★
3★
2★
2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Zip code 44107 covers Lakewood, Ohio, and contains 13 schools: seven elementary, two middle, three high, and one alternative. Twelve belong to the Lakewood City district, which ranks 220 out of 773 Ohio districts — the 72nd percentile with 4 stars — while Lake Erie International High School operates under its own Lake Erie International High School district. Total enrollment across these schools is about 4,468 students, and results vary widely from building to building.

Harding Middle School is the academic standout: it has held the 92nd percentile with 5 stars for three straight years, and every reported 2025-2026 test was above district and state levels, including 100% proficient in Geometry and Algebra I. Grant Elementary School matches it at the 92nd percentile and 5 stars, with Math 4 at 94% and chronic absenteeism of just 7.0%. Lincoln Elementary School (90th percentile, 4 stars) has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the list at 5.7% and the lowest reported free/reduced-price lunch rate at 16.67%. At the other end, Harrison Elementary School is 47th percentile with 2 stars and the highest reported elementary FRPL at 66.67%.

High school results are more mixed. Lakewood High School graduates 98.2% of students and scores well in American History (84.4%) and Biology (79%), but its chronic absenteeism is 37.5% against the district's 21.8%, and Geometry (48.3%) and Algebra I (56%) lag. Garfield Middle School shows the opposite split: Algebra I proficiency is 96.2%, yet Math 7 is 43.2%. Lake Erie International High School faces severe challenges — 4th percentile, 0 stars, a 36.4% graduation rate, 88.5% chronic absenteeism, and 10% in English II. The Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site and Franklin School of Opportunity Online campuses are tiny, so their percentages swing widely.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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