Best Public Schools in Lookout Mountain, GA

Summary:

The city of Lookout Mountain, Georgia is home to a single public elementary school, Fairyland Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 293 students. The school is part of the Walker County school district, which is ranked 105 out of 206 districts in Georgia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fairyland Elementary School appears to be a standout institution in the Lookout Mountain area, consistently ranking highly in the state. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school placed 36th out of 1,238 Georgia elementary schools with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, and in the 2023-2024 school year, it ranked 11th out of 1,248 with the same 5-star rating. The school's academic performance consistently outpaces the Walker County and Georgia averages on the Milestones Assessment in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for grades 3-5, with proficiency rates ranging from 67.4% to 97.2% across the different subject areas and grade levels in the 2024-2025 school year.

The school's strong academic performance is accompanied by a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 31.74% in the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $11,745, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year was 12.2, indicating a relatively low class size. These factors suggest that Fairyland Elementary School has access to significant resources and funding, which may be contributing to its academic success.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)			Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Milestones Assessment Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fairyland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1306 Lula Lake Rd	Lookout Mountain	30750	Walker County	Walker County	No	No	No	No	(706) 820-1171	294	25	11.7	36.1%	264 (89.8%)	5 (1.7%)	15 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	97.1	36^th of 1238 public elementary schools	97.1%		98.9	11^th of 1248 public elementary schools	99.1%	25	74.4	91.7	84.8	67.4	97.2	75.8	78.8	$16,185	$565	$15,620

Cities Near Lookout Mountain

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rossville	2.61 mi	7	282^nd
Flintstone	2.85 mi	2	87^th
Chickamauga	6.98 mi	4	100^th
Fort Oglethorpe	7.07 mi	3	192^nd
Ringgold	10.26 mi	8	76^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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