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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 30328

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At a glance

Schools

878

Students

Top rankedLake Forest Elementary677^th of 1,219 Georgia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lake Forest Elementary up 81 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 30328 in the Sandy Springs area of Atlanta is served by two elementary schools within the Fulton County School District, both covering grades PK through 5 and together enrolling 878 students.

Spalding Drive Elementary is the clear standout in this area, ranking in the 90th percentile of Georgia elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 5-star rating. The school posts proficiency rates roughly 20-25 percentage points above state averages across all subjects and grade levels, with scores clustering tightly between 61% and 70%. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 7.8% is less than half the state average, and only 31.4% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. By contrast, Lake Forest Elementary serves a student body where 100% qualify for free or reduced lunch and has seen its ranking improve from the 26th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 44th percentile in 2025-2026, though its proficiency rates remain roughly 20-30 points below district averages. Lake Forest also shows notable grade-level inconsistency—4th grade math proficiency (54.2%) was nearly double the 5th grade rate (28.6%) in 2024-2025—while Spalding Drive demonstrates remarkable uniformity across all grades.

Despite serving a far more economically disadvantaged population, Lake Forest spends $2,263 less per student ($21,241 vs. $23,504) than Spalding Drive, a funding gap that may warrant attention given the greater intervention needs typically associated with high-poverty schools. Both schools maintain nearly identical student-teacher ratios (about 10.7:1), so the performance gap is not explained by class size. Lake Forest's chronic absenteeism (12.6%) is higher than Spalding Drive's but still below district and state averages. Encouragingly, Lake Forest's 2025-2026 math scores show meaningful gains across most grades, and its improving percentile ranking suggests possible momentum. For parents, Spalding Drive offers elite, consistent academic performance, while Lake Forest presents a school in transition with recent signs of progress despite ongoing challenges.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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
Spalding Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	130 W Spalding Dr	Atlanta	30328	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-5880	344	32	10.6	31.4%	162 (47.1%)	90 (26.2%)	58 (16.9%)	13 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)								(n/a)					$23,504	$1,098	$22,406
Lake Forest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5920 Sandy Springs Cir	Atlanta	30328	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-8740	534	49	10.8	100.0%	21 (3.9%)	73 (13.7%)	414 (77.5%)	8 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.8%)	39.4	677^th of 1219 public elementary schools	44.5%		34.6	758^th of 1238 public elementary schools	38.8%	81	39.7	41.0	46.2	28.2	$21,241	$1,434	$19,807

Cities Near Zip Code 30328

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Atlanta	1.18 mi	149	243^rd
Marietta	3.01 mi	60	91^st
Dunwoody	3.38 mi	6	50^th
Brookhaven	3.55 mi	6	285^th
Sandy Springs	3.59 mi	1	197^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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