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What tradition at Lake City Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000488
Lake City Elementary School
5354 Phillips Dr, Lake City, GA 30260 · (404) 362-3855 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
479 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.4pp since 2021
Math
28.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 31.7% |
| 2022-23 | 28.5% | 32.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 31.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lake City Elementary School
Lake City Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake City Elementary School this school | 479 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| Morrow Elementary School Morrow | 406 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Brockett Elementary School Tucker | 394 | 91.9% | 30.5% |
| West Central Elementary School Rome | 595 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Russell Elementary School Smyrna | 568 | 94.9% | 29.2% |
| Hollydale Elementary School Marietta | 526 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lake City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #874 of 1,208 | #6 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #890 of 1,215 ▼ 90 | #10 of 37 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #811 of 1,215 ▼ 53 | #6 of 37 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #728 of 1,183 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #906 of 1,324 | #31 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #735 of 1,301 | #16 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #371 of 1,301 | #2 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #90 of 1,312 | #15 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #336 of 854 | #21 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
479
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 479 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 100% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 87% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 90% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 93% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 99% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 91% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 76% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (570 to 479); teachers down 5% (37 to 35).
About Lake City Elementary School
Lake City Elementary School is a small elementary school in Georgia, with an address in Lake City. The school's enrollment of 479 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Lake City Elementary School sits within Clayton County, which has 68 schools and 51,326 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Lake City Elementary School, at 51%. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 13% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Clayton County is roughly 15% Hispanic. Lake City Elementary School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lake City Elementary School's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.7:1. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%.
The allk12 Grade for Lake City Elementary School is C. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 25.7% for a school in Georgia with Lake City Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lake City Elementary School posts 27.4%.
Clayton County has about 298,924 residents, and the median household income is $59,806, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Clayton County has 73 public schools and roughly 63,156 students.
The closest other public school is Forest Park High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lake City Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Lake City Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 29 fewer students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other Lake City Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lake City Elementary. Lake City Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lake City Elementary SchoolLAKE CITY, MI · 508 students
- Lake City ElementaryLake City, TN · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Park High School0.2 mi · 1,711
- Babb Middle School0.3 mi · 881
- Sankofa Montessori1.0 mi · 144
- Fountain Elementary School1.1 mi · 437
- Haynie Elementary School1.5 mi · 767
- Morrow Elementary School1.6 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Lake City Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake City Elementary School?
Lake City Elementary School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lake City Elementary School serve?
Lake City Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lake City Elementary School have?
Lake City Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Lake City Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lake City Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 51% Hispanic, 30% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lake City Elementary School in?
Lake City Elementary School is part of Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.