Summary:
Zip code 30742 is home to one high school, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in the Fort Oglethorpe area as part of the Catoosa County School District.
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School is a high-poverty school, with nearly 88% of its 963 students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, yet it is showing strong signs of upward momentum. The school jumped 65 spots in the state ranking from the 2024-2025 school year to the 2025-2026 school year, moving from the 45th to the 60th percentile. This improvement is reflected in several key subjects. In Algebra I, proficiency rose by 5 percentage points to 49.7%, which now slightly exceeds the state average. U.S. History is a clear strength, with 43.3% of students scoring proficient, outperforming both the district and state averages by nearly 5 points. The school also improved in Biology, though at 36.2% proficiency, it still trails the state by 11 points and the district by nearly 20 points, making it the most significant academic challenge.
The most urgent concern for the school is chronic absenteeism, which stands at 28.8%—nearly double the district rate of 16.4% and the state rate of 17.7%. This likely impacts academic performance and helps explain why the school's graduation rate of 87.6%, while matching the state average, falls 3.8 points below the district's 91.4%. On a positive note, the dropout rate of 2.0% is below the state average, and the school benefits from a favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1 with per-student spending of $14,429. Overall, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe is a school on the rise, with notable gains in math and history, but reducing absenteeism and closing the Biology gap will be critical to sustaining its recent improvement.
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