Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004006
Leadership Preparatory Academy
6400 Woodrow Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 · (404) 656-3103 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C-Beats 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
11.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
182 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
45.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.5pp since 2021
Math
32.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 37.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.6% | 31.5% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Leadership Preparatory Academy
Leadership Preparatory Academy's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership Preparatory Academy this school | 268 | 67.9% | 35.4% |
| SLAM Academy of Atlanta Atlanta | 238 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Bernd Elementary School Macon | 356 | 71.9% | 22.3% |
| Hartley Elementary School Macon | 385 | 75.8% | 11.5% |
| Resurgence Hall Charter School East Point | 408 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Williams Elementary School Macon | 294 | 84.7% | 11.4% |
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 Leadership Preparatory Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #660 of 1,208 | #32 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #798 of 1,215 ▲ 112 | #37 of 88 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #349 of 1,215 ▲ 51 | #27 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #265 of 1,183 | #19 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,267 of 1,324 | #89 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #217 of 1,301 | #19 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #1,291 of 1,301 | #94 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #855 of 1,312 | #70 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #21 of 854 | #10 of 73 |
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
268
-91 (-25%) vs 2020
+49% since 2010-11, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 268 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 68% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 16.5 | 18.0:1 | 80% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 69% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 64% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 61% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 56% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 53% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leadership Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (462 to 268); teachers down 38% (37 to 23).
About Leadership Preparatory Academy
Leadership Preparatory Academy serves students in Lithonia, Georgia, as a small elementary school. It enrolls 268 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. It has 56% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
DeKalb County is the local district for Leadership Preparatory Academy. It runs 131 schools with 92,088 students.
The share of Black students at Leadership Preparatory Academy is 96%. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 51% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Leadership Preparatory Academy scores 8%.
Leadership Preparatory Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 68% at Leadership Preparatory Academy. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Leadership Preparatory Academy lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Georgia public elementary schools.
In Georgia, Leadership Preparatory Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.4% actual against a predicted 42.3%.
In DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DeKalb County counts 154 public schools with about 102,960 students.
Miller Grove High School is the nearest public school to Leadership Preparatory Academy, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of Leadership Preparatory Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Leadership Preparatory Academy ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Leadership Preparatory Academy falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Leadership Preparatory Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
In 2020-21, Leadership Preparatory Academy enrolled 359 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 268. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.3:1).
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Lithonia
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolHigh · 1,370 students
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh · 1,224 students
- Miller Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Lithonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Grove High School1.0 mi · 1,073
- Stoneview Elementary School1.1 mi · 782
- Fairington Elementary School1.6 mi · 461
- Lithonia Middle School1.8 mi · 1,062
- Lithonia High School1.8 mi · 1,547
- Marbut Elementary School2.4 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Leadership Preparatory AcademyHow large is Leadership Preparatory Academy?
Leadership Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 268 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Leadership Preparatory Academy serve?
Leadership Preparatory Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leadership Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leadership Preparatory Academy is approximately 11.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leadership Preparatory Academy?
At Leadership Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Leadership Preparatory Academy in?
Leadership Preparatory Academy is part of DeKalb County.
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