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Shakerag Elementary School
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
School pathway
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.3% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 81.2% |
| 2022-23 | 83.1% | 84.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.5% | 83.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% 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%.
Schools most like Shakerag Elementary School
Shakerag Elementary School's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakerag Elementary School this school | 590 | 12.9% | 81.4% |
| Medlock Bridge Elementary School Alpharetta | 620 | 14.2% | 73.4% |
| Big Creek Elementary School Cumming | 745 | 15.7% | 77.8% |
| Yi Hwang Academy of Language Excellence Duluth | 459 | 5.4% | N/A |
| Settles Bridge Elementary School Suwanee | 741 | 15.4% | 77.1% |
| Wilson Creek Elementary School Duluth | 854 | 14.9% | 83.1% |
Where Shakerag Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #20 of 1,208 | #7 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #14 of 1,215 ▲ 19 | #5 of 113 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #16 of 1,215 ▲ 3 | #8 of 113 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #730 of 1,183 | #92 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #625 of 1,324 | #49 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #801 of 1,301 | #84 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #564 of 1,301 | #36 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #1,277 of 1,312 | #109 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #374 of 854 | #48 of 92 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 590 | 42.5 | 13.9:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 42.5 | 15.5:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 40.5 | 16.1:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 42.5 | 16.3:1 | 6% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 6% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 811 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 4% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 939 | 52 | 18.1:1 | 1% (12) |
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (693 to 590); teachers unchanged (42.5 to 42.5).
About Shakerag Elementary School
Shakerag Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Johns Creek, Georgia. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 590 students enrolled.
Fulton County, which runs Shakerag Elementary School, has 107 schools and 87,563 students.
More than half of the students at Shakerag Elementary School are Asian (62%). The rest of enrollment is 16% White, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Fulton County's population at about 8%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shakerag Elementary School scores 58%.
Shakerag Elementary School has 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 13% at Shakerag Elementary School. That is 49 points below the 62% average for public schools in Fulton County.
Shakerag Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Georgia public elementary schools.
A school with Shakerag Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 70.7%. Shakerag Elementary School scores 81.4%, 10.7 points above that line.
Fulton County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County's 205 public schools enroll about 138,270 students and include Shakerag Elementary School.
About 0.3 miles separate Shakerag Elementary School from the closest public school, River Trail Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Shakerag Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.4% against a local average of 63.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 590, down from 640 in 2020-21.
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