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Best kept secret at Lake Park Elementary School?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183000843
Lake Park Elementary School
605 Meadowlark Dr, Albany, GA 31707 · (229) 431-3370 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
418 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
45.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
41.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 49.4% | 47.2% |
| 2021-22 | 44.7% | 41.5% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Park Elementary School
Lake Park Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park Elementary School this school | 494 | 84.6% | 48.4% |
| Lakeview Academy Milledgeville | 575 | 86.8% | 30.5% |
| Isle of Hope School Savannah | 569 | 88.0% | 20.8% |
| Fred A. Toomer Elementary School Atlanta | 513 | 90.3% | 32.7% |
| Moreland Road Elementary Griffin | 490 | 86.5% | 25.5% |
| Honey Creek Elementary School Conyers | 471 | 86.4% | 28.4% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #372 of 1,208 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #603 of 1,215 ▼ 190 | #3 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #339 of 1,215 ▼ 17 | #2 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #743 of 1,183 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #870 of 1,324 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #527 of 1,301 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #819 of 1,301 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #649 of 1,312 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #446 of 854 | #7 of 10 |
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
494
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 494 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 85% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 36.9 | 13.9:1 | 59% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 100% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 29.1 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 99% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 34% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 20% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 28 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (566 to 494); teachers up 31% (29.1 to 38).
About Lake Park Elementary School
Albany, Georgia, is home to Lake Park Elementary School, a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 494 students.
The district for Lake Park Elementary School is Dougherty County, with 22 schools and 13,241 students.
Black students make up a majority at Lake Park Elementary School, at 69%. The remaining shares are 20% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The Black share in Dougherty County as a whole is similar, at about 71%. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 38 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Lake Park Elementary School reports 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dougherty County is 98%.
Lake Park Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lake Park Elementary School would score about 33.6%. It scores 48.4%, 14.8 points above that figure.
In Dougherty County (population about 83,091), the median household income is $49,044, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. There are 22 public schools in Dougherty County, enrolling about 13,241 students in all.
Westover High School is the public school closest to Lake Park Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lake Park Elementary School at 3rd of 9.
Federal data place Lake Park Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 485 to 494. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.7:1 to 13.0:1.
The Lake Park Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other Lake Park Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Park Elementary. Lake Park Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolLake Park, GA · 601 students
- LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 475 students
- LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE PARK, FL · 389 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolBethany, OK · 335 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolAddison, IL · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Westover High School0.7 mi · 1,234
- Sherwood Acres Elementary School1.0 mi · 630
- Merry Acres Middle School1.4 mi · 807
- Northside Elementary School2.1 mi · 381
- West Town Elementary School2.3 mi · 309
- Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet2.9 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lake Park Elementary School?
Lake Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lake Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Park Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lake Park Elementary School?
Lake Park Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 3% Hispanic, 69% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Park Elementary School?
Lake Park Elementary School is overseen by Dougherty County in Dougherty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.