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Which teacher or staff member at Lake Windward Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002078
Lake Windward Elementary School
11770 E Fox Ct, Alpharetta, GA 30005 · (470) 254-7050 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+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.
- B-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
13.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
78 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
73%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
81.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
88.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 88.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 90.2% |
| 2022-23 | 84.3% | 92.6% |
| 2021-22 | 79.2% | 86.5% |
% 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
84.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Windward Elementary School
Lake Windward Elementary School's state test result (84.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Windward Elementary School this school | 672 | 11.6% | 84.7% |
| Findley Oaks Elementary School Duluth | 585 | 15.6% | 74.5% |
| Sharon Elementary School Suwanee | 865 | 14.3% | 78.5% |
| Ocee Elementary School Alpharetta | 694 | 17.4% | 72.4% |
| Haw Creek Elementary Cumming | 926 | 12.0% | 71.7% |
| Dolvin Elementary School Alpharetta | 642 | 17.0% | 79.2% |
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 Windward Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #7 of 1,208 | #2 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #7 of 1,215 ▲ 2 | #2 of 113 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #9 of 1,215 ▲ 9 | #4 of 113 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #607 of 1,183 | #82 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #428 of 1,324 | #35 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #550 of 1,301 | #66 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #57 of 1,301 | #10 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #1,283 of 1,312 | #110 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #525 of 854 | #66 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. 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
672
-62 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 672 | 51.4 | 13.1:1 | 12% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 51.5 | 12.6:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 55 | 12.8:1 | 5% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 56.7 | 13.2:1 | 6% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 6% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 881 | 63 | 14.0:1 | 7% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 938 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 3% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 879 | 51 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Windward Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (748 to 672); teachers down 9% (56.7 to 51.4).
About Lake Windward Elementary School
Families in Alpharetta, Georgia, are served by Lake Windward Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 672 students on the rolls.
Lake Windward Elementary School belongs to Fulton County, a district of 107 schools and 87,563 students.
The student body at Lake Windward Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 37%. Other groups make up 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. Fulton County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Lake Windward Elementary School comes to 51.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. On the income side, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
Lake Windward Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Lake Windward Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 84.7% and a predicted 71.3%.
The county, Fulton County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County has 205 public schools with about 138,270 students, including Lake Windward Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Webb Bridge Middle School is closest at about 1.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lake Windward Elementary School. By average proficiency, Lake Windward Elementary School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 734 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 672 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 13.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Lake Windward Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
Nearby schools
- Webb Bridge Middle School1.1 mi · 1,228
- Taylor Road Middle School1.2 mi · 1,244
- Abbotts Hill Elementary School1.3 mi · 508
- Chattahoochee High School1.5 mi · 1,730
- Ocee Elementary School1.6 mi · 694
- Findley Oaks Elementary School1.6 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Windward Elementary SchoolHow large is Lake Windward Elementary School?
Lake Windward Elementary School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lake Windward Elementary School serve?
Lake Windward Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lake Windward Elementary School have?
Lake Windward Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lake Windward Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lake Windward Elementary School are roughly 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 37% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Windward Elementary School?
Lake Windward Elementary School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.