Summary:
Lake Oswego School District 7J is home to two high schools serving grades 9–12 — Lake Oswego High School and Lakeridge High School — within Lake Oswego School District 7J, which ranks #2 of 141 Oregon districts. Together the two schools enroll 2,523 students: 1,282 at Lake Oswego High School and 1,241 at Lakeridge High School.
Both schools are state standouts, but their strengths differ. Lake Oswego High School has the stronger graduation and attendance record: a 98.3% graduation rate versus 95.2% at Lakeridge High School, and chronic absenteeism of 20.4% versus 25.6%. Both beat Oregon's 83.0% graduation rate and 33.5% absenteeism rate, though both sit above the district's 18.1%. Lakeridge High School has the momentum, climbing from #34 of 268 (4 stars) in 2023–2024 to #12 in 2024–2025 and #8 of 271 (5 stars) in 2025–2026, now ahead of Lake Oswego High School at #16. It also spends slightly more per student ($20,958 vs. $20,411) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (17.8 vs. 18.5).
Academically the two are nearly twins in English and math. ELA proficiency is 78.2% at Lake Oswego High School and 78.3% at Lakeridge High School, both far above the state's 11th-grade rate of 46.0%. Math is 53.3% and 53.0%, against a state rate of 22.9%. Science is the real dividing line: Lakeridge High School reaches 58.4% proficiency, above the district's 11th-grade rate of 53.6%, while Lake Oswego High School is at 49.7%. Both remain well above Oregon's 33.8%. Whichever school families choose, they get top-tier instruction — one for steady graduation and attendance results, the other for science strength and recent upward trajectory.
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