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What do you wish you knew before starting at Lake Forest Elementary?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228003816
Lake Forest Elementary
5920 Sandy Springs Cir, Atlanta, GA 30328 · (470) 254-8740 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
534 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 49 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
25.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.7pp since 2021
Math
39.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.8% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.9% | 27.2% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 →
Where Lake Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #812 of 1,208 | #66 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #637 of 1,215 | #54 of 113 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #861 of 1,215 | #73 of 113 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #267 of 1,183 | #38 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #785 of 1,324 | #65 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #106 of 1,301 | #26 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #983 of 1,301 | #54 of 118 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #28 of 854 | #5 of 92 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
-355 (-40%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.8:1
% White
4%
was 1%
% Hispanic
78%
was 93%
% Black
14%
was 4%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 49 | 10.9:1 | 100% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 54.8 | 10.5:1 | 100% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 58 | 10.8:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2017-18 | 889 | 75.6 | 11.8:1 | 100% (889) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Forest Elementary.
About Lake Forest Elementary
Lake Forest Elementary is a public elementary school run by Fulton County in Atlanta, Georgia. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 534 students.
Fulton County is the district for Lake Forest Elementary. It has 107 schools and 87,563 students.
The student body at Lake Forest Elementary is 78% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Fulton County's residents are about 8% Hispanic, 69 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 62% for public schools in Fulton County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.7% for Lake Forest Elementary. The school posts 29.5%, 3.9 points above the prediction.
In the wider Fulton County area, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lake Forest Elementary shares Fulton County with 204 other public schools.
Lake Forest Elementary's closest public school neighbor is High Point Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Lake Forest Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lake Forest Elementary ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 29.5% versus a 60.1% average.
In the federal locale system, Lake Forest Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 534, down from 889 in 2017-18. Among racial and ethnic groups, the biggest change was Hispanic students, from 93% to 78%.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- High Point Elementary School1.5 mi · 684
- Riverwood International Charter School1.8 mi · 1,737
- Ridgeview Charter School2.0 mi · 945
- Spalding Drive Elementary2.3 mi · 344
- Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence2.4 mi · 393
- Heards Ferry Elementary School2.4 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Forest ElementaryHow large is Lake Forest Elementary?
Lake Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lake Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lake Forest Elementary have?
Lake Forest Elementary employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Forest Elementary?
At Lake Forest Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 78% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Forest Elementary?
Lake Forest Elementary is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.