Lake Park Elementary School

Lake Park Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school in Lake Park, Georgia, one of the schools within Lowndes County. The school teaches 601 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Lake Park Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Lowndes County, a district that educates 10,618 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lake Park Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

On the resource side, Lake Park Elementary School shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Lake Park Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lowndes County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lake Park Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 53.7%, a residual of +25.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lowndes County indicate median household income runs about $58,541, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Lowndes County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,812 students), Lake Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Clyattville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Park Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 734 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Lake Park Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.