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How has Wesley Lakes Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282000367
Wesley Lakes Elementary School
685 McDonough Pkwy, McDonough, GA 30253 · (770) 914-1889 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
470 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
22.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.4pp since 2021
Math
17.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.3% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 17.8% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 23.1% |
| 2021-22 | 22.8% | 17.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wesley Lakes Elementary School
Wesley Lakes Elementary School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Lakes Elementary School this school | 564 | 83.3% | 20.0% |
| Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Fairburn | 536 | 83.0% | 29.5% |
| Wynbrooke Elementary School Stone Mountain | 546 | 84.4% | 51.2% |
| Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School Lithonia | 599 | 87.0% | 44.5% |
| Butler Elementary School Savannah | 524 | 89.3% | 23.0% |
| Walker Traditional Elementary School Augusta | 646 | 81.6% | 68.1% |
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 Wesley Lakes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,051 of 1,208 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #1,115 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #28 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #951 of 1,215 ▲ 37 | #24 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #412 of 1,183 | #8 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #692 of 1,324 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,097 of 1,301 | #21 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #1,047 of 1,301 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #670 of 1,312 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #265 of 854 | #4 of 19 |
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
564
-279 (-33%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 564 | 37.6 | 15.0:1 | 83% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 46.6 | 16.9:1 | 84% (660) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 48.5 | 17.4:1 | 73% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 50 | 16.9:1 | 67% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 81% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 83% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 48 | 12.0:1 | 75% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 24% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wesley Lakes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (693 to 564); teachers down 15% (44 to 37.6).
About Wesley Lakes Elementary School
Wesley Lakes Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Henry County, located in McDonough, Georgia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 564 students.
The Henry County system has 53 schools and 43,012 students.
By race and ethnicity, Wesley Lakes Elementary School is 82% Black. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 52% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Wesley Lakes Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher, from 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.7 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Wesley Lakes Elementary School, 83% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points above the 63% average for public schools in Henry County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 34.3% for Wesley Lakes Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 20.0%. The 14.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Henry County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,146, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Henry County's 54 public schools enroll about 43,102 students and include Wesley Lakes Elementary School.
Birch Creek Elementary School is about 1.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Wesley Lakes Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wesley Lakes Elementary School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 33% decline took enrollment from 843 in 2020-21 to 564 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (16.9:1).
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Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in McDonough
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Ola Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,039 students
- Union Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Birch Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 745
- Walnut Creek Elementary1.7 mi · 712
- EXCEL Academy2.0 mi · 213
- Oakland Elementary School2.0 mi · 462
- McDonough High School2.0 mi · 1,359
- Impact Academy High School2.1 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Wesley Lakes Elementary SchoolHow large is Wesley Lakes Elementary School?
Wesley Lakes Elementary School enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wesley Lakes Elementary School serve?
Wesley Lakes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wesley Lakes Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Wesley Lakes Elementary School.
How diverse is Wesley Lakes Elementary School?
Wesley Lakes Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wesley Lakes Elementary School?
Wesley Lakes Elementary School is overseen by Henry County in Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.