Lakeland High School, Shrub Oak NY

Original Research by School Decision on Lakeland High School

Lakeland High School is a regular public high school in Shrub Oak, a quiet, wooded residential hamlet in Westchester County's Town of Yorktown. The school sits along East Main Street near the hamlet's small civic core, which includes the public library and local shops, putting it within the community rather than isolated on a distant campus. The enrollment is mid-sized for a four-year high school, spread fairly evenly across the grade bands.

The student body is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic enrollment and meaningful Asian, Black, and multiracial representation. Demographic and socioeconomic data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and special populations including English learners and students with IEPs were not available; a parent seeking detail on support services and the scope of need should ask the school directly. State assessment results and graduation rate data were not provided, so the school's academic proficiency and four-year completion rate cannot be characterized here.

Shrub Oak itself is a mature suburban community with a stable mid-20th-century housing stock mixed with newer construction, oriented around quiet tree-lined streets. The local housing market sits well above the state and national benchmarks; the median home value is substantial, and homes move relatively quickly. The town's workforce is predominantly white-collar, concentrated in business, financial, and professional occupations, with many residents commuting to employment hubs including White Plains, Stamford, and New York City. A major regional employment anchor is IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in adjacent Yorktown Heights, which shapes the area's professional character. The neighborhood has a walkable older core along Main Street for nearby errands but is broadly car-dependent, with no rail transit; residents rely on the Taconic State Parkway and local roads. An average commute is moderate in length for the region.

The Lakeland Central School District, which operates the high school alongside other schools, has undertaken a substantial capital project delivering modernized STEAM labs and renovated library media centers across its buildings, funded through voter-approved borrowing structured as tax-neutral through state aid and reserve funds. The district's 2026-27 budget approved a tax-levy increase at the state-cap ceiling, signaling a near-term trajectory on property taxes that families weighing the district should be aware of.

Program offerings, course breadth, and staffing details were not available in the provided data. A parent interested in AP course access, career and technical pathways, extracurriculars, or specialized academic programs should consult the school's website and contact the district directly.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

94.0%Cohort of 235 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

20 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

17 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

10 tested

90.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

13 tested · Grade 10

46.2%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

13 tested

76.9%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

41 tested

65.9%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

9 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

29 tested

55.2%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

33 tested

63.6%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

8 tested

37.5%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Macroeconomics

113 tested

75.2%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

27 tested

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

52 tested

90.4%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Italian Language and Culture

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

27 tested

70.4%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

61 tested

75.4%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

38 tested

97.4%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

6 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

61 tested · Grade 10

95.1%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	273	88.0%
Ela	241	88.0%
Science	148	76.0%
Math	6	100.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.