Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183002314
Lamar Reese School of the Arts
1215 Lily Pond Rd, Albany, GA 31701 · (229) 431-3495 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- A+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
12.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
368 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 58% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
4%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
42.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +20.4pp since 2021
Math
46.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +25.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 20 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.9% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 21.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Lamar Reese School of the Arts
Lamar Reese School of the Arts's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Reese School of the Arts this school | 368 | 100.0% | 41.8% |
| Heritage Academy Elementary School Atlanta | 375 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| Flat Shoals Elementary School Decatur | 373 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Magnet School Albany | 404 | 100.0% | 53.7% |
| The Kindezi School Atlanta | 360 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Continental Colony Elementary School Atlanta | 368 | 100.0% | 19.5% |
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 Lamar Reese School of the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #511 of 1,208 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #472 of 1,215 ▲ 438 | #2 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #402 of 1,215 ▲ 157 | #3 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.9pp | #7 of 1,183 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #1,148 of 1,324 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #337 of 1,301 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #1,300 of 1,301 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #202 of 1,312 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #108 of 854 | #4 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
368
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 368 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 100% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 24.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 33.5 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 99% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 89% (509) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 21 | 22.2:1 | 76% (352) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar Reese School of the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (511 to 368); teachers down 10% (33.5 to 30).
About Lamar Reese School of the Arts
Lamar Reese School of the Arts is a small elementary school for students in Albany, Georgia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 368 students. That is 39% below the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Across its 22 schools, Dougherty County enrolls 13,241 students. Lamar Reese School of the Arts is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Lamar Reese School of the Arts is 98% Black. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 71% share among Dougherty County residents. A diversity index of 4% means there is a 4% chance two randomly chosen students at Lamar Reese School of the Arts are from different groups.
Staffing at Lamar Reese School of the Arts comes to 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Dougherty County average a similar 98%.
Lamar Reese School of the Arts holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 25.7% for Lamar Reese School of the Arts, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 41.8%. The 16.2-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Georgia schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Dougherty County show that the median household earns about $49,044 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Across Dougherty County, 22 public schools serve about 13,241 students.
Lamar Reese School of the Arts is about 0.6 miles from Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Lamar Reese School of the Arts is ahead of the 21.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 368, down from 405 in 2020-21.
The Lamar Reese School of the Arts discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School0.6 mi · 537
- Radium Springs Middle School2.5 mi · 747
- Radium Springs Elementary School2.7 mi · 682
- Alice Coachman Elementary School2.8 mi · 448
- Monroe High School3.0 mi · 1,189
- Morningside Elementary School3.3 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar Reese School of the ArtsHow many students attend Lamar Reese School of the Arts?
Lamar Reese School of the Arts enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lamar Reese School of the Arts serve?
Lamar Reese School of the Arts serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lamar Reese School of the Arts?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Lamar Reese School of the Arts.
How diverse is Lamar Reese School of the Arts?
Lamar Reese School of the Arts reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lamar Reese School of the Arts?
Lamar Reese School of the Arts is overseen by Dougherty County in Dougherty County.
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