The City of Buena Park is served by seven different school districts. Buena Park School District covers nearly the entire northern half of the city, which feeds into the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, while the districts of Centralia, Cypress, Magnolia, and Savanna serve the remainder of the city, feeding into the Anaheim Union High School District. Buena Park High School is the only high school within city limits. Kennedy, Savanna, Sunny Hills and Western high schools also all serve the city’s students, but are in either Fullerton, La Mirada, La Palma or Anaheim.

For Lakeside residents, their home schools are:

Elementary (K-6th Grade)
Charles G. Emery Elementary

Junior High (7th-8th Grade)
Buena Park Junior High

High School (9th-12th Grade)
Buena Park High

Colleges
Cypress College
Fullerton College
California State University of Fullerton