Lake Ridge Elementary School

Set in Riverdale, Georgia, Lake Ridge Elementary School is a cozy primary school, operated by Clayton County. It enrolls 498 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 68 schools in Clayton County (51,326 students total), Lake Ridge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lake Ridge Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder is composed of 38% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Lake Ridge Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Lake Ridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lake Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clayton County put median household income runs about $59,806, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Lake Ridge Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).

The closest other public school is Pointe South Elementary School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lake Ridge Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 19.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Lake Ridge Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 498). Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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