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Lakewood High School

855 Somerset Avenue, Lakewood, NJ, 08701-2127 -

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Definition of Terms

Lakewood High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Ocean County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1314 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

108 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 352 students

Grade 10 - 328 students

Grade 11 - 281 students

Grade 12 - 274 students

Grade Not Listed - 79 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	7%
% Hispanic	42%	15%
% Black	34%	17%
% White	23%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

37%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Lakewood Township School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	5
Number of Students Managed	5,362 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$102,767,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$101,959,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$19,166	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$19,015	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	82%	81%

Military notes (Lake Villa Review)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:08:04 am
Navy Seaman Recruit Kelsey M. Cartwright recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Cartwright is a 2008 graduate of Lakes Community High School of Lake Vill and the daughter of Janet Scholp of Round Lake Beach and Rick Cartwright of Lake Villa.
North County Update (Everett Herald)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:03:00 pm
Arlington High School junior Caroline Rensel has been appointed to the youth position on the city Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission. An actress, singer and pianist, she also enjoys hiking and bicycling.
School’s musicals keep Arlington jazzed (Everett Herald)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:03:48 am
ARLINGTON — Corralling the 100 high school students who make up the cast, choir, crew and pit orchestra of “Bye Bye Birdie” is a challenge for drama teacher Scott Moberly.
Arch support — Lakewood community rallies around Cougar cross country (Marysville Globe)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 04:10:14 pm
When asked to name a few people who’ve helped his program get where it is, Lakewood coach Jeff Sowards’ eyes glaze over.
Cunliffe wins NEC Goalkeeper award (Asbury Park Press)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:07:43 pm
Junior Charles Cunliffe, a Lakewood High School graduate and a Rowan University soccer player, was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Goalkeeper of the Year in a vote of the league's 10 head coaches.

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Lakewood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States as part of the Lakewood School District.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,300 students and 109 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.9.
The school was the 300th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 288th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Lakewood High School Piners compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The school competes in the B-South Conference of Ocean County, in the sports, Football, Tennis, Bowling, Cheerleading, Softball, Baseball, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball, Track, Cross Country, and Field Hockey, with the most success over previous years coming in Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, and Girls and Boys Track.
Administration
Core member of the school's administration are:
Gil Suarez - Principal
Jan Andersen - Assistant Principal
Wes Bailey - Assistant Principal
Notable alumni
Matthew Boxer, the 1st New Jersey State Comptroller.
Marc Ecko (born 1972), founder and CEO of *eckō Unltd.
Damian Hahn, Wrestler, 3X NJ State Champion, 3X All American at Minnesota, and 2X NCAA Champion.
J. R. Smith (born 1985), National Basketball Association player currently with the Denver Nuggets.
External links
Lakewood High School website
Lakewood School District
Lakewood School District, National Center for Education Statistics
DigitalSports Lakewood Homepage

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About This Zip Code (08701)

School Zip (08701)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

60,392 people

8,215,963 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

25%

35%

Population Average Age

31 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$35,647

$55,509

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

35 years old

47 years old

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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (08701)

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% Owning / % Renting

63% / 37%

62% / 38%

Nearby Schools:

1. Merdian Acad-lakewood - 34 students - 2.1 mi. away - view location
2. Brick Township High School - 1691 students - 3.1 mi. away - view location
3. Brick Township Memorial High School - 1894 students - 3.3 mi. away - view location
4. Point Pleasant High School - 1039 students - 7.2 mi. away - view location
5. Howell High School - 1949 students - 7.3 mi. away - view location

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