Public schools in Lakewood, CA

Lakewood has 20 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 1 middle, 14 elementary, enrolling 13,188 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Long Beach Unified runs 8 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Lakewood's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in LakewoodDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Long Beach Unified865,554$18,419
Bellflower Unified59,989$19,789
ABC Unified518,354$17,187
Paramount Unified212,730$21,267

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Lakewood, 6,627 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Mayfair High2,42222.152.7%Bellflower Unified
Lakewood High2,30521.553.1%Long Beach Unified
Artesia High1,38418.474.7%ABC Unified
Odyssey STEM Academy33617.672.0%Paramount Unified
Buena Vista High18011.086.1%Paramount Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Lakewood, 505 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hoover Middle50522.058.2%Long Beach Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

14 elementary schools in Lakewood, 6,056 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Intensive Learning Center64622.347.7%Bellflower Unified
Esther Lindstrom Elementary55224.046.0%Bellflower Unified
Stephen Foster Elementary50120.746.5%Bellflower Unified
Riley Elementary49025.846.7%Long Beach Unified
Craig Williams Elementary47825.275.7%Bellflower Unified
Palms Elementary46324.470.2%ABC Unified
Cleveland Elementary45026.524.7%Long Beach Unified
Madison Elementary40623.941.9%Long Beach Unified
Holmes Elementary37822.160.8%Long Beach Unified
Gompers36625.238.8%Long Beach Unified
The other 4 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Willow Elementary34620.472.3%ABC Unified
MacArthur Elementary34020.937.4%Long Beach Unified
Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary33822.583.7%ABC Unified
Aloha Elementary30220.177.8%ABC Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Lakewood's public schools compare with California's

The median Lakewood school has 22.1 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 457 students (state 471).

Lakewood against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
LakewoodCalifornia
Median students per teacher22.121.6
Median school size (students)457471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)95%74%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 20 Lakewood schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Lakewood

  1. Long Beach UnifiedRuns 8 of Lakewood's 20 public schools and spent $18,419 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,419
  2. Mayfair High, the largest high school in Lakewood2,422 students in 2024-25, 22.1 per teacher.2,422
  3. Compare Long Beach Unified with Bellflower UnifiedLakewood's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Lakewood addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Lakewood

  1. How many public schools are in Lakewood, CA?
    20 public schools with an address in Lakewood were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 1 middle, 14 elementary, enrolling 13,188 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Lakewood?
    Mayfair High, with 2,422 students in 2024-25 (Bellflower Unified).
  3. Which districts run Lakewood's schools?
    Long Beach Unified (8 schools), Bellflower Unified (5 schools), ABC Unified (5 schools), Paramount Unified (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .