Lakewood High, 1400 54th Ave. S: grades 9 to 12, 880 students in 2024-25, an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. Zone, magnets and bell times.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Pinellas County Schools’ zoning maps, 2026-27 bell times and student calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and the FHSAA’s 2026-27 football assignments.

Lakewood High is the Pinellas County Schools high school for grades 9 to 12 at 1400 54th Ave. S, inside St. Petersburg city limits in the south of the city. It houses two district magnet programs, the Center for Advanced Technologies and the Center for Journalism and Multimedia.

Who to call
Address 1400 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Phone 727-893-2916
Grades 9 to 12
District Pinellas County Schools
State school number 52-2031

Principal

Principal Connisheia Garcia, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 880 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 49 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers. That is about 18 students per teacher. The year before, the count was 895.

The state’s 2026 grades file lists 94.4% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for high schools, graduation and college and career acceleration. The file sets an A for high schools at 65% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (68% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 C

From the same file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 61%
  • Math: 59%
  • Science: 76%
  • Social studies: 73%

The file gives a graduation rate of 95% for 2024-25, and 56% on college and career acceleration (students earning credit through programs such as AP, IB, AICE, dual enrollment or industry certifications).

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s School Zone Locator, or see the district’s high school zoning map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Of the 153,244 St. Petersburg address points in Pinellas County’s address layer, 27,439 (17.9%) fall inside the Lakewood zone on that map. An address point can be a house, an apartment or a business.

The district does not publish a feeder list. Comparing its zoning maps (the middle and high school maps it posts were first drawn for 2012-13; the elementary map is for 2026-27), the St. Petersburg addresses in the Lakewood zone fall in these zones:

Changes coming to the schools that feed Lakewood, from the district’s Planning for Progress work:

  • Approved Feb. 24, 2026: the School Board voted to merge Bay Point Elementary and Bay Point Middle into one K-8 school on the middle school campus for 2027-28. The board is set to vote on a name for it Tuesday, Oct. 13.
  • Up for a vote at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13: a recommendation to move Azalea Middle onto part of the Boca Ciega High campus in 2027-28 would also move a small part of the Bay Point Middle zone to Azalea and move Bay Point’s medical pathway there. No recommendation changes the Lakewood High zone.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 magnet guide lists two Lakewood programs. Students apply during the district’s application window, Jan. 5-15, 2027, for 2027-28:

  • Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT): engineering, digital media, artificial intelligence and computer science, with robotics, drones and programming. The guide lists it as open to applicants countywide.
  • Center for Journalism and Multimedia (CJAM): a career academy with print and digital journalism and broadcast journalism pathways, according to the school’s CJAM page.

Sports and activities

For football in 2026-27, Lakewood plays in Class 2A, Region 2, District 6 with Berkeley Prep (Tampa), Boca Ciega (Gulfport), Calvary Christian (Clearwater), Clearwater Central Catholic and Tampa Catholic, according to the FHSAA’s assignments.

The school’s athletics pages list fall teams in bowling, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving and volleyball, and a girls basketball tournament, the Lady Spartans MLK Classic, in the winter.

Scores and schedules: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 7:25 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times. Lakewood is a first-tier school, so the district does not shift its times.

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (a possible hurricane make-up day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: no school (a possible hurricane make-up day)
  • Nov. 21-29: Thanksgiving week, no school
  • Dec. 19 to Jan. 3, 2027: winter holidays; Monday, Jan. 4, is also off, and the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
  • Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day, no school
  • March 13-21, 2027: spring holidays
  • Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school, with students released two hours early

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Lakewood High serve?

Grades 9 to 12. Lakewood is a Pinellas County Schools high school at 1400 54th Ave. S in St. Petersburg.

What is Lakewood High’s school grade?

Lakewood earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 68% of possible points, up from a B in 2025 and a C in 2024.

What time does Lakewood High start?

Classes run 7:25 a.m. to 1:55 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s bell times.

Which middle school feeds into Lakewood High?

On the district’s zoning maps, about 90% of the St. Petersburg addresses in the Lakewood zone are in the Bay Point Middle zone.