Lakewood High School
Location
1400 54th Avenue South St. Petersburg , Florida 33705 United States
Coordinates	27°43′09″N82°39′10″W / 27.71927°N 82.6528°W /27.71927; -82.6528
Information
School type	Public,Secondary
Established	1966
School district	Pinellas County Schools
Principal	Connisheia Garcia
Teaching staff	47.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9th–12th
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	895 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.04[1]
Colors	Black & gold
Mascot	Spartan
Accreditation	Florida State Department of Education
Newspaper	Spartan News Network (SNN) andCAT 5
Yearbook	AlphaOmega
Website	www.lakewood-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us

Lakewood High School is a publichigh school inSt. Petersburg, Florida operated byPinellas County Schools. It opened in 1966 with students previously attendingSt. Petersburg High School andBoca Ciega High School. Lakewood High is one of the most highly funded schools in the county, due to the presence ofCenter for Advanced Technologies, amagnet program attached to Lakewood.

CATCOM (Center for Advanced Technologies Communications and Original Media), a video production class and club within the CAT program, was created by Mark Granning and Dr. Martin Shapiro in 1990. CATCOM Studios, now known as Mark W. Granning Studios following his retirement, produces a daily in-house 15-minute news program calledFast Forward and once produced award-winning segments, known as "FOX ThirTEEN Magazine," for the localFox affiliate. CATCOM has won numerous Student Emmys for its work. Acceptance into the program is competitive, as only about 75 students may participate each year.

Also well known for the AMSET,^[2] Academy for Marine Science, program directed by James Kostka. Lakewood also recently added the CJAM,^[2] Center for Journalism and Multimedia program to its curriculum.

Lakewood HS is 65% Black, 25% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% other.^[3]

• Rodney Adams '13,^[4] former NFL wide receiver
• Ricky Anderson, former NFL player
• Lynn Barry, '77, former basketball player, former Assistant Executive Director of USA women's basketball, former WNBA special advisor, former NCAA official^[5]
• Bo Bichette '16, MLB player for theToronto Blue Jays^[6]
• Patrick Carter '03,^[7] former NFL wide receiver
• Tim Carter '98, former NFL wide receiver^[8]
• Tom Carter, former NFL defensive back^[9]
• Aveion Cason, former NFL running back^[10]
• Ryan Davis '15,^[11] NFL and CFL wide receiver
• William Floyd, former NFL fullback^[12]
• Dante Fowler '12,^[13][14] NFL defensive end and Linebacker for theDallas Cowboys
• Jeff Frederick, former member of theVirginia House of Delegates and former chairman of theRepublican Party of Virginia
• Ernest Givins, former NFL wide receiver^[15]
• Cornell Green '94, former NFL offensive tackle^[16]
• Jonte Green '07,^[17] former NFL cornerback for theDetroit Lions
• Shaquem Griffin '13, former NFL linebacker for theSeattle Seahawks^[18][19]
• Shaquill Griffin '13, NFL cornerback for theMinnesota Vikings^[20][21]
• Nicole Haislett '90, 1992 Two-time Olympic gold medal swimmer (Barcelona)^[22]
• Anthony Lawrence '15, professional basketball player who plays in Taiwan, played college basketball for theMiami Hurricanes^[23][24]
• Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, '22, college football player^[25]
• Yemiyah Morris, basketball player^[26]
• Rashod Moulton, former NFL cornerback^[27][28]
• Louis Murphy '05,^[29] former NFL wide receiver for theTampa Bay Buccaneers
• Amari Niblack '22, college football player^[30][31]
• Will Packer, movie producer,Stomp the Yard,This Christmas^{[citation needed]}
• Bernard Reedy '10,^[32] former NFL wide receiver for theTampa Bay Buccaneers
• Rose Richmond, 2004 USA Olympic team
• T. J. Tampa '20,^[33][34]NFL cornerback for theBaltimore Ravens
• Pat Terrell, former NFL defensive back^[35]
• Timothy L. Tyler, former prisoner sentenced to life without parole for breaking theThree-strikes law until being granted clemency by presidentBarack Obama.
• Marquez Valdes-Scantling '13,^[36] NFL wide receiver for theSan Francisco 49ers
• Rod Wave '17, rapper and singer.^[37][38]
• Ken Welch, politician^[39]
• Isaiah Wynn '14,^[40] NFL offensive guard

• Lakewood High website
• Pinellas County Schools
• Center for Advanced Technologies website
• Lakewood High School Alumni Group

• High schools in Pinellas County, Florida
• Public high schools in Florida
• 1966 establishments in Florida
• Educational institutions established in 1966
• High schools in St. Petersburg, Florida

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